Covered my outdoor plants to trigger early flowering but may have caused it to go hermie. Advice?

Moravianz

Moravianz

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I have some outdoor predominantly sativa plants and due to the colder Septembers here and the risk of mold setting in, I tried to trigger them to flower early by covering them to create a 12/12 daylight/night cycle. However, one of my girls is forming seeds and my guess is she's going or has gone hermie from the stress or light leaks. You can see a seed pod in the attached photo. She's got nice little sticky buds forming. I'd like to just let nature take its course (ironically after toying with it). My questions is this: can it now polinate my other plants? I just don't know. There's another of the same type right next to her and two others in the garden. Advice???
 

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RSlip22

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If there are pistils coming out of there then that looks normal to me. Every plant I have ever seen grown develops pistils at the internodes between weeks 2-3 of flower.
 
Moravianz

Moravianz

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dickiefickle said:
Cut them all down and bin them
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So from the photo, what do you see? Why is it forming a seed? Hermie? Does it mean they could pollinate other plants?

Keep in mind these are feminised seeds so no chance it's a male and haven't seen any little banana clusters.
 
Moravianz

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RSlip22 said:
If there are pistils coming out of there then that looks normal to me. Every plant I have ever seen grown develops pistils at the internodes between weeks 2-3 of flower.
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True, all female plants grow pistils at the internodes during flowering but there is also a young seed forming. WHY is the question.
I can only imagine that my experiment of covering them in the early summer evenings for two weeks 1) stressed the plant and 2) I probably didn't completely cover it into total darkness and so light got inside and added further confusion to the plant and it went into survival mode, I.e hermaphrodite but not a full on male because it's from feminised seeds.
What I can't find out from anyone who knows for sure is if this plant can and will polinate my other plants. I just can't get a definitive answer. I should add that my plant is beautiful and huge, over 6 ft! I really don't want to kill it unless I have no other choice.
 
GardenGnome83

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If you're worried, pluck the seed pod and check if there is actually a seed in it, I bet not. They swell. My cookie preflowers get huge before the rest.
 
Moravianz

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GardenGnome83 said:
If you're worried, pluck the seed pod and check if there is actually a seed in it, I bet not. They swell. My cookie preflowers get huge before the rest.
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Did already and I did in fact find some seeds, not fully developed, but seeds. Not seed clusters, just one inside the calyx.
 
Moravianz

Moravianz

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GardenGnome83 said:
Might not be a seed. You'll find out lol
Good luck
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Thanks. Ju
Moravianz said:
I have some outdoor predominantly sativa plants and due to the colder Septembers here and the risk of mold setting in, I tried to trigger them to flower early by covering them to create a 12/12 daylight/night cycle. However, one of my girls is forming seeds and my guess is she's going or has gone hermie from the stress or light leaks. You can see a seed pod in the attached photo. She's got nice little sticky buds forming. I'd like to just let nature take its course (ironically after toying with it). My questions is this: can it now polinate my other plants? I just don't know. There's another of the same type right next to her and two others in the garden. Advice???[/QUOT

I've added two more photos. One other closeup of the seed pod that seems to be forming and the other of the plant in question and its/her sister so you can see why I don't want to cut it down if not necessary. She's beautiful and over 6 ft tall!
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MrBD

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That's normal looking compared to every plant I've ever grown. Quit trippin. If you're really finding seeds in there post a picture of it. Those plants don't even look mature enough to pollinate themselves.

Or maybe it's a conspiracy theory and your neighbor snuck over and chucked some pollen on your plants.
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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yeah, all i'm seeing is a nice swollen calyx, really nothing telling me that it was pollinated.. usually when pollinated, the pistils, hairs, on that bud site will turn brown and recede back into the bud rather quickly compared to a non seeded bud site.. if the pistils aren't turning brown, more than likely it's not been pollinated..
i also agree with what others have said, sometimes if you dig a calyx, you'll think you're seeing seeds when in reality, you are not..
 
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