I've just finished my first grow, all feminized Pure Power Plant seeds from Nirvana. Everything was going great until the last few days, when about a quarter of the crop began displaying male seeds--either this happened quickly just as I was harvesting or I unfortunately didn't notice. I do know that 2 weeks ago there was no sign of this. These are all richly flowering plants with resinous heavy flowering tops--unfortunately the heaviest tops were the ones most likely to be hermaphrodites.
I have several questions related to this unfortunate development:
1) will the flowers on these plants be as potent?
2) what is the marketing situation with plants like these--is there are market for them at all?
3) looking back, I think any one or of the following may have caused this:
a) waited a week too long to harvest
b) turned the lights off for 48 hours before harvesting (someone recommended this)
c) pH was generally around 5.6, but a few times it went up to 6.8 before I corrected it
d) something else?
Incidentally, this was a flood and drain hydroponic system using the standard Advanced Nutrients feeding program; air temperature was consistently 73 degrees and humidity at 50% until harvest when I dropped it to 45%. Any suggestions, opinions, etc. are welcome!
I have several questions related to this unfortunate development:
1) will the flowers on these plants be as potent?
2) what is the marketing situation with plants like these--is there are market for them at all?
3) looking back, I think any one or of the following may have caused this:
a) waited a week too long to harvest
b) turned the lights off for 48 hours before harvesting (someone recommended this)
c) pH was generally around 5.6, but a few times it went up to 6.8 before I corrected it
d) something else?
Incidentally, this was a flood and drain hydroponic system using the standard Advanced Nutrients feeding program; air temperature was consistently 73 degrees and humidity at 50% until harvest when I dropped it to 45%. Any suggestions, opinions, etc. are welcome!