What happened to my cola?

Hello, I am a novice grower just starting out. My first two grows were of mephisto “Toofless Alien” and Solfires “Big Black Banana”. The two strains are auto-flowers and about 6-7weeks in bloom. the big black banana #2 looks way off though.

The main cola appears to have budded probably 10x more than my other guy. Same nutes and soil, only difference was pot size.

Does anyone know why this would happen? I’m guessing it has to do with heat/light stress since the fatter cola is roughly 1 foot taller than the normal looking one. There’s so much bud it can’t stand up without support, and it appears to still be growing new pistils.

The pictures are of the mutated big black banana and a regular one.

Slightly better lighting.

Are both plants pictured Black Banana??

if not then the answer os that you have 2 doff strains so or course they look different.

if same strain in both pics then you have 2 diff phenotypes. Plants from the same seeds can often look different unless the breeder has put in the time to stabilize the strain to one phenotype.
Basically shirt answer is some plants look like mom and some look like dad.

Different phenotype...

Red Eyed said:

Different phenotype...

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Must be, I didn't expect it to look so different. I thought phenotypes were more strain specific, meaning one strain remains similar to itself. It is a hybrid strain. The short answer Craigson gave makes a lot of sense. they are both "big black banana", same batch of fem seeds. I grew 4 plants, 2 look normal, and the other 2 looked like this. These two have the same genetics, reliable bank, same nutrition, same lighting, same humidity, yet the cola's are way different. I wasn't sure what to expect if I were to plant the rest.

GreenForMiles said:

Must be, I didn't expect it to look so different. I thought phenotypes were more strain specific, meaning one strain remains similar to itself. It is a hybrid strain. The short answer Craigson gave makes a lot of sense. they are both "big black banana", same batch of fem seeds. I grew 4 plants, 2 look normal, and the other 2 looked like this. These two have the same genetics, reliable bank, same nutrition, same lighting, same humidity, yet the cola's are way different. I wasn't sure what to expect if I were to plant the rest.

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welcome to the world of seeds. its an endless hunt for those Olympian style kids

GreenForMiles said:

Must be, I didn't expect it to look so different. I thought phenotypes were more strain specific, meaning one strain remains similar to itself. It is a hybrid strain. The short answer Craigson gave makes a lot of sense. they are both "big black banana", same batch of fem seeds. I grew 4 plants, 2 look normal, and the other 2 looked like this. These two have the same genetics, reliable bank, same nutrition, same lighting, same humidity, yet the cola's are way different. I wasn't sure what to expect if I were to plant the rest.

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The problem is, things are crossed so much these days that you can plant 100 seeds all from the same plant and good chance have 100 different looking plants. Most breeders these days drop a ton of seeds, find that gem, cross it and take the seeds and send those seeds to packs all over the world. It don't mean you will have the same looking plant as the one they post.

Red Eyed said:

The problem is, things are crossed so much these days that you can plant 100 seeds all from the same plant and good chance have 100 different looking plants. Most breeders these days drop a ton of seeds, find that gem, cross it and take the seeds and send those seeds to packs all over the world. It don't mean you will have the same looking plant as the one they post.

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aka a pollen meister , pollen chucker or if you have the space a breeder. alot of strains are just over achieving children that the parents live vicariously through..its like breeding but looking for that 12 y.o violin savant