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Glenn_Coco

Glenn_Coco

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Thanks a lot for this thread. I just found 3 hermie flowers on two of my plants on week 6 or flowering, panicked and shit. But apparently it would be normal at the end of the cycle?
 
Mad_Prophessor

Mad_Prophessor

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Glenn_Coco said:
Thanks a lot for this thread. I just found 3 hermie flowers on two of my plants on week 6 or flowering, panicked and shit. But apparently it would be normal at the end of the cycle?
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As far as I have ever seen and I have grown a ton of plants at this point. I have always used fem seeds and that may be the root cause, but every plant I have ever seen (my garden or not) has grown nanners. I am not saying that all plant will be covered with them (some can be tho), but somewhere on the plant there are nanners. Outside of my own growing experience, I have been trimming for other growers during this time and I can attest to their plants as well growing nanners before they were done. I didn't delve too much into it at the time, but I wish I had. I am very curious if this is a result of the fem seeds, but that is another experiment I just have not had the time to do yet. I have a sack of White Widow x Skunk #1 seeds I have had for a while that are not fem and I plan on growing them in a couple of runs to test out my theory.

***The following is just my opinion and I have nothing to prove or disprove my theory at this point.***

I think that the regular seeds will NOT grow any nanners. I think that the forced hermie/colloidal silver treatment just breeds nothing but hermies (the process for creating fem seeds). In some cases, but not on a large scale, strains with weaker genetics I find it is more wide spread across the plant. Older strains that have been around for a long time and have stable genetics (Sensi Star for example) tend to only exhibit the nanners on the lower scrappy parts of the plant.

I have personally grown close to different 40 strains at this point and I am still counting. If you know anybody that can say that and prove me wrong, I would love to hear from them.
 
kiwipaulie

kiwipaulie

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Mad_Prophessor said:
As far as I have ever seen and I have grown a ton of plants at this point. I have always used fem seeds and that may be the root cause, but every plant I have ever seen (my garden or not) has grown nanners. I am not saying that all plant will be covered with them (some can be tho), but somewhere on the plant there are nanners. Outside of my own growing experience, I have been trimming for other growers during this time and I can attest to their plants as well growing nanners before they were done. I didn't delve too much into it at the time, but I wish I had. I am very curious if this is a result of the fem seeds, but that is another experiment I just have not had the time to do yet. I have a sack of White Widow x Skunk #1 seeds I have had for a while that are not fem and I plan on growing them in a couple of runs to test out my theory.

***The following is just my opinion and I have nothing to prove or disprove my theory at this point.***

I think that the regular seeds will NOT grow any nanners. I think that the forced hermie/colloidal silver treatment just breeds nothing but hermies (the process for creating fem seeds). In some cases, but not on a large scale, strains with weaker genetics I find it is more wide spread across the plant. Older strains that have been around for a long time and have stable genetics (Sensi Star for example) tend to only exhibit the nanners on the lower scrappy parts of the plant.

I have personally grown close to different 40 strains at this point and I am still counting. If you know anybody that can say that and prove me wrong, I would love to hear from them.
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Wow. I haven't grown nearly as much as you. I've been growing indoors for a few years however and only use female seeds / clones an have never seen a hermie ever. I have seen two on regular bagseeds I did outside back when I was a kid many moons ago.

I'm touching wood hard. :)
 
Mad_Prophessor

Mad_Prophessor

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kiwipaulie said:
Wow. I haven't grown nearly as much as you. I've been growing indoors for a few years however and only use female seeds / clones an have never seen a hermie ever. I have seen two on regular bagseeds I did outside back when I was a kid many moons ago.

I'm touching wood hard. :)
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The nanners were there, you just didn't see them.
 
Mad_Prophessor

Mad_Prophessor

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kiwipaulie said:
Sorry but I disagree. I check my flowering plants all the time as I always here people taking about them. Never had a herm on a fem plant. I think it comes down to environment issues.
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I don't think you have enough experience to be able to recognize them if you saw them. My environments are perfect for what they need to be. Temps where they should be and rh never over 60 during flower. I am not some first time grower that doesn't know what I am talking about, I do this for a living.

If you didn't know what you were looking for, you wouldn't see them. Nanners are green when they first start growing on a plant and have to mature in order to turn yellow.
 
Glenn_Coco

Glenn_Coco

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i'm also growing feminized seeds, they are from Royal queen seeds. do these late flowering nanners contain pollen? there was two open and when i touched them there was no pollen i could find. i did some shady stuff to these girls though. i began the flowering in a 10/14 schedule because i read it was better but apparently it reduces both yield and potency so at week 4 i changed it gradually to 12/12 over a few days. then a week later i changed the CFLs with a LED grow lights. the temps inside the cabinet have been edging on 35 celcius (95 f) so it's an added stress.
 
kiwipaulie

kiwipaulie

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Mad_Prophessor said:
You have never identified one in person but think you would be able to? Like I said, they are green when they first start growing on the plant. Late in flower, a novice like yourself would easily over look it. Sometimes, they can look like a calyx but be full of nanners. The part of this that you are not realizing is that the nanners I am referring to you would be finding while you are harvesting. You and your friend could be hacks and the shittiest groomers of all time. In that case, you would not be able to see them. If you have any grooming skill at all, you will find them. I have harvested hundreds of pounds with my own two hands. Every plant that has passed through them had nanners to some degree.



20 years Kiddo. That is how long I have been doing this for and I have seen far more plants than you could imagine. the next time you harvest, put on a headlamp and open your eyes. I guarantee you find at lest two sites that have nanners. You don't have as much experience as you are trying to let on to. It is obvious in your attempt at a witty attack on me. Pathetic.

I am telling you what I have seen in my gardens and in the gardens of many other growers. You are just being a punk.
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I ain't no kid and I've know people that have grown a lot longer than 20 years, so don't try and impress me with that.

I've yet to see one photo of a grow you have done, all you have done is dish out info on the newbie forum
 
Mad_Prophessor

Mad_Prophessor

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kiwipaulie said:
I ain't no kid and I've know people that have grown a lot longer than 20 years, so don't try and impress me with that.

I've yet to see one photo of a grow you have done, all you have done is dish out info on the newbie forum
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If you have yet to see a pic of my work, than you didn't look. But if you would like to see how it is done, here you go: And yes, all of these plants had nanners. Most were down low in the scraps, but they were there none the less.
 

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kiwipaulie

kiwipaulie

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Mad_Prophessor said:
If you have yet to see a pic of my work, than you didn't look. But if you would like to see how it is done, here you go: And yes, all of these plants had nanners. Most were down low in the scraps, but they were there none the less.
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Mad_Prophessor said:
If you have yet to see a pic of my work, than you didn't look. But if you would like to see how it is done, here you go: And yes, all of these plants had nanners. Most were down low in the scraps, but they were there none the less.
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Thanks for the pics. Buds arnt bad. But to be honest I wouldn't say "that's how it's done" I hope that's a current grow and still going, still got a while to go and you'll get nice fat colas. But you could have maximised your yield a lot more. But no point a novice like me should give any info. I've grown a single plant before that would probably yield more than those combined. There's plenty of grow journals to be found of mine in the section over the last few years

I'm not trying I get into a tit for tat, it's just that I don't get nannas. I'm going to go over mine tonight as they are due a feed and if I find one. I'll come back and eat my words!! :)
 
Mad_Prophessor

Mad_Prophessor

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OregonMan said:
Is this the beginning of a seed pod?
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It's hard to tell from the pic. It could just be a swollen calyx. It isn't the seeds you have to keep and eye out for, it's the male flowers. In most cases, you don't see them until you are harvesting them. They are usually on a small lower bud and tucked in next to the main stalk. As I said before, you have to know what you are looking for in order to be able to find them. They are sneaky and can hide.
 
ikeeee

ikeeee

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dam i have a plant northern lights and its 3 weeks into flowering it looks beautiful but i spotted like 3 balls but in different spots i wish i had my phone to take pictures to show ya but yea im guessing it hermi on me :"/ but i guess i can knock them out right????
 
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