Male plant partial flower?

I have a male plant (Pete) that was a bag seed and I was keeping it with my other mother plants but recently got a new space for it. However, 2 days before I went to move him, he started popping flowers on one of the four tops.

They don't seem to be pollen flowers, but rather actual flowers with white petals with pink/red lines in them.

I would at first attribute this to stress, but nothing in his diet had changed before they appeard. None of my other mother plants are showing sings of popping and the lights don't seem to be malfunctioning.

Pete is now in a separate room but the heat is low and will dip below acceptable levels if I turn the light off, so he is now under 24 hour light with no flux in temp or humidity over the last 3 days according to my hygrometer.

The flowers are still bulking up on this one top. What do I do?

Any and all help is much appreciated.

One of the flowers in question

Learnin4Lupus said:

One of the flowers in question
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That's an open pollen sack. The plant is a hermie. I'd scrap it, and wipe everything down with water to kill the pollen. I wouldn't want seeds from a plant that herm'd that soon.

HydroKid239 said:

That's an open pollen sack. The plant is a hermie. I'd scrap it.

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Keeping it for the breed. One of the few my patient has gotten good relief from. Going to cross it with a pure CBD strain

Learnin4Lupus said:

Keeping it for the breed. One of the few my patient has gotten good relief from. Going to cross it with a pure CBD strain

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Thought I seen a pistil in the 2nd pic on the right side.

This is the type of flower you have in your hand. The pollen is in the hanging pods. It has already fallen if you didn't find it intact.. unless it contained nothing.. but I doubt that.



If the other mother plants you had it with were showing pistils, I'd keep an eye on them. You may have already bred them with this male here.

I went and squished the pod and it was full of pollen.

When I cloned the top of the plant it did pollen flower out but I thought that was normal male flower look so I took it out and scrapped it, cleaned off my other plant that I put into flower at the same time and left Pete in the mother tent till 3 days ago. That pod probably did pop in that tent, so how do I clean off my mothers or will they be ok as I don't plan on flowering them for a long time anyways? (Pete on the farleft 2.5 week old pic)

Learnin4Lupus said:

I went and squished the pod and it was full of pollen.

When I cloned the top of the plant it did pollen flower out but I thought that was normal male flower look so I took it out and scrapped it, cleaned off my other plant that I put into flower at the same time and left Pete in the mother tent till 3 days ago. That pod probably did pop in that tent, so how do I clean off my mothers or will they be ok as I don't plan on flowering them for a long time anyways? (Pete on the farleft 2.5 week old pic)View attachment 4751742

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If they were pollinated then you can't clean the plants themselves. Are the ladies showing pistils? or should I ask, at the time
the pollen sack busted in the tent.. were there pistils already on the females?

If you have already entered flowering for the females, and do not want to make seeds with all the females. I'd remove them all from the tent and wipe it down with a clean wet lint free rag.

You also have the light pretty high and just the veg switch on, I'd flip both switches to get more power and lower it some.

Nope, they are all still in early veg and not showing any signs of pistols or flowering, nor 3 days ago when I pulled him out.

HydroKid239 said:

You also have the light pretty high and just the veg switch on, I'd flip both switches to get more power and lower it some.

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Yes, I have already done so to bring the temp up to 75

Learnin4Lupus said:

Nope, they are all still in early veg and not showing any signs of pistols or flowering, nor 3 days ago when I pulled him out.

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Should be ok if you clear the pollen from the tent. Water kills it.

HydroKid239 said:

Should be ok if you clear the pollen from the tent. Water kills it.

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Yup, cleaned out the tents and moved the plants around the day I pulled him just cause I felt like it.

So, is it a male or a herm? What are the signs?
Will it continue to flower itself till I put it in 12/12?

Most likely if I pollen collect and breed it, they will probably be dna trained towards herming?

If there are no pistils on the plant, just male flowers, and they were reg seeds it's most likely male. Herms have either female and male flowers, or female flowers with anthers (aka nanners), that's the part of male flowers that produce pollen.
If you have no female flowers it's either female or a very strange herm.

Learnin4Lupus said:

So, is it a male or a herm? What are the signs?
Will it continue to flower itself till I put it in 12/12?

Most likely if I pollen collect and breed it, they will probably be dna trained towards herming?

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I seen pollen sacks, and what looked to be white hairs as well. WHite hairs (Pistils) are female parts.
If you have both, then the genetics are shot. Seeds made from it will produce the same at a high percentage I'm almost sure.
I have little knowledge on breeding.

Were the seeds regular or feminized?

It's a male. That's what open pollen sacks look like. In your female veg tent make sure to clean it out well, might even wanna gently wipe the leaves of the plants. In the world of pollen a little goes a long way, and a single speck of pollen can give your girls seeds. A single female plant with pollen on the bud can get others pregnant with seeds too just from air flow in the grow space. Trust me I know from firsthand experience haha. As long as you clean before flowering you might be ok. If you let it go you could end up with more seeds than buds.
Good luck.

Killaki said:

It's a male. That's what open pollen sacks look like. In your female veg tent make sure to clean it out well, might even wanna gently wipe the leaves of the plants. In the world of pollen a little goes a long way, and a single speck of pollen can give your girls seeds. A single female plant with pollen on the bud can get others pregnant with seeds too just from air flow in the grow space. Trust me I know from firsthand experience haha. As long as you clean before flowering you might be ok. If you let it go you could end up with more seeds than buds.
Good luck.

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Excellent, many thanks!

xtsho said:

Were the seeds regular or feminized?

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No clue, 4 bag seeds from a half ounce I got. One popped and produced Pete

Killaki said:

It's a male. That's what open pollen sacks look like. In your female veg tent make sure to clean it out well, might even wanna gently wipe the leaves of the plants. In the world of pollen a little goes a long way, and a single speck of pollen can give your girls seeds. A single female plant with pollen on the bud can get others pregnant with seeds too just from air flow in the grow space. Trust me I know from firsthand experience haha. As long as you clean before flowering you might be ok. If you let it go you could end up with more seeds than buds.
Good luck.

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Ok, but why is it flowering itself?