Help! Did My Plant go Hermie????

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LoIQ2

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Newbie here. 1st grow. Been reading alot here but need help. My Master Kush (feminized seeds) DWC Hydro vegged for 5 weeks 18/6 400w MH (PH 5.8) and now in flower week 5 - 12/12 400w HPS (PH 6.0). Plant full of buds and getting really frosty. I get a headache if in the grow room too long. Just Noticed a change though.... Please take a look at pics and tell me if she went hermie? Praying she's ok. So much time invested in this for this to happen now.....ughhhh! Need experienced advisor. All I know is what I get from the net. I need a friend. Please help!

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Them's not male flowers, although it's a bit hard to see, but I think you're good.
(Try photos with lights out, with/without flash...)
 
I can't see any signs of herming from those photos. Most herm problems I encountered was do to some light getting in during the dark cycle. Always make sure your grow room is completely light tight.
 
they look like healthy plants. those are calyxes with stigmas. check the buds for green bananas sticking out, they are real small, around 1/4" long and 1/8" thick and bright green. those are hermie seeds. you're probably fine.
 
Thanks All - I'll check in a bit and post better pics. Encouraged but still not sure. Appreciate all feedback.
 
I see nothing. The herm stuff always has a little tiny stem between it & the plant. If whatever you are looking at is sitting in contact with the plant then you're golden.
Have a cookie!
 
They'll look more and more as though seeds are forming within, but don't worry; they're just swelling up with more and more lovely herbage for you to toke!
Seriously, it can get quite convincing there's a seed in there. But yours are classicly ladies.
It's a fine job you're doing there...+rep to decent growers
 
sworth said:
They'll look more and more as though seeds are forming within, but don't worry; they're just swelling up with more and more lovely herbage for you to toke!
Seriously, it can get quite convincing there's a seed in there. But yours are classicly ladies.
It's a fine job you're doing there...+rep to decent growers
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My 1st Rep - totally honored. Thank You!
 
Hey, just adding to the overall opinion here -- I have two plants that are just about 2 weeks ahead of yours, and this will also be my first harvest. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that right at the nodes suddenly there was new growth, ball-like but showing pistils. They never got any bigger than that and are still there, no change. So I think that's a normal part of their development in flowering.

And I, too, am looking for hermies so it did concern me at first. But then I saw the pistils and figured its still female. :)
 
kryptoniteglo said:
Hey, just adding to the overall opinion here -- I have two plants that are just about 2 weeks ahead of yours, and this will also be my first harvest. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that right at the nodes suddenly there was new growth, ball-like but showing pistils. They never got any bigger than that and are still there, no change. So I think that's a normal part of their development in flowering.

And I, too, am looking for hermies so it did concern me at first. But then I saw the pistils and figured its still female. :)
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Thanks for sharing Kryptoniteglo - Are you Hydro or soil? Have you decided to flush? If yes, are you tapering off or cold turkeying nutes? 1 week or 2?
 
LoIQ2 said:
Thanks for sharing Kryptoniteglo - Are you Hydro or soil? Have you decided to flush? If yes, are you tapering off or cold turkeying nutes? 1 week or 2?
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I'm hydro. I won't be flushing BECAUSE the plants aren't taking any nutes right now. They're just drinking water. I haven't added nutes in almost two weeks. I just top off with water and the ppms have remained exactly the same. Since I know they're only drinking water, and less and less of this, too, they're sort of flushing themselves. Leaves are yellowing, but not in a nute-burn way. It's different. So I think they're just at the end of their life span, and this is their final stage. Sad for them, good for me. :)

Initially I had thought I'd drop the nutes down from 800ppm to 600ppm, then to 400, and maybe less since some people recommend that, but they're not taking them anyway, so I think it's a moot issue. I was on the fence about a true flush (changing the res to pure water) but I've read enough arguments that it's not necessary that I finally decided not to do it.

So right now I'm just riding this out as is...no more adding nutes, but I'm not going to take away what's there. Today marks the end of 7 weeks of flower, so I probably have another week or so.
 
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