Bananas At Day 30 Of Flowering

[tiktok420]

When I first started flowering I found some bananas on my nicest plant. I cut them all off and she never showed any bananas again (this would have been almost 4 weeks ago now). Now this plant has some bananas again. I found these on a couple of popcorn buds at the bottom of the plant, so this time I just cut off the entire popcorn buds I found the bananas on. It wasn't very many bananas maybe 10 at the most but they were on 4 different popcorn buds. They were on the same exact buds that I found them on 4 weeks ago. I know this because I marked them with a pen just in case. When I cut one of the buds off it fell to the bottom of the pot and poof, I could see a little yellow cloud. I grabbed the spray bottle and misted the entire bottom of the pot hoping this might help. I thoroughly inspected the entire plant and I don't see any more bananas. Looking at the bananas most were not opened except for 2. Looking at the trichomes I see at least 60%-80% cloudy. What should I do? Is this enough to polinate both my plants? I would preferably not cut her down. Am I screwed?

Thanks for any advise

 

[sproutco]

Sounds like a nightmare to me. Don't clone this beast...

 

[Guest]

it only takes one pollen sac to seed the whole plant....I've had a Bubblegum female that grew a nanner over night and burst...it happened to be right infront of the fan....whole crop got seeded......sounds like she is a hermi and I wouldnt run her anymore....curious as to the strain?

 

[drmota]

what the hell is a banana?

 

[Bulldog]

I've had a strain going for a couple of years that once (maybe every 9th or 10th clone) will put out a couple nanners (usually after at least 4 weeks flowering) and I have been able to pluck them off and keep going in every case. I wouldn't even call them full-blown "hermies". Once, I was late and a couple opened. I think I found about a dozen seeds on that plant and a few on the one next to it-that was it. I once had to remove a complete lower (smaller) branch to rid the plant of the pesky little sacks. It's just something I put up with on that particular strain because it's one of my favorites. Like I said, I usually get it on one plant maybe every other grow, so it's not like it's THAT bad.

I guess it depends on how well you like the strain, how many plants you actually have, and how well you trust you skills. Now that you see a possible trait here, yes, I would also advise that you don't clone it.

 

[The Alchemist]

If your thricomes are are at 60%-80% cloudy then you shouldn't be too bad cos your not too far away from the chop(assuming you want to cut them down wehn their cloudy for the high feeling) i wouldn't worry too much i've oten gottten weed with a few seeds in it and its still potent stuff. It shouldn't affect you too much i'd imagine!

 

[-StashBastard-]

what the hell is a banana?

A male flower looks a lot like a banana.

 

[Guest]

hey stash
fantastic pic brother
very nice

 

[hilljack]

that is a beautiful picture

 

[Guest]

Yes fantastic pic....

One thing that is probably less than clear in these discussion about nanners and such....

The male flower can take two forms....

The first like the picture...

all male all day long....

But there is another type and... quite common in later blooming....

the nanner is part of a flower with both male and female parts....

This is referred to as a perfect hermaphroditic flower type....

in other words it has both male and female parts....

In a hermie the flowers that look like the all male flowers will do the most damage....

For a number of reasons the male nanners that are part of a bisexed flower rarely has much or any impact(certainly much less than the other type) on making seeds.....

The reason might be as simple as the stamens can dangle in the air and release pollen.... in the pic above the pollen has not been released.... it will not happen until the stamens begin to air dry and then burst....

while the nanner type stays moist due to the female parts and doesnt release pollen.....


These are rarely points of discussion but I would be interested to hear comments....

 

[tiktok420]

Tough decision, I think I will take my chances.
Thanks everyone for your input I needed that : )

 

[Guest]

Thats interesting budley,I never considered banannas to be specific to herms only I didnt know that.I know there are two different "types" of male pollen sacs,the ball on a stick type and the nanner type.I always thought it was just due to different stages of development,when they are in early flower they make the "balls" and when they are in late flower they make the "nanners"Fortunately for me I have little actual experience with hermies only having grown one in my life since I started growing seedbank strains,I find this subject inetersting though I'd like to hear more input because like I said,I really dont know.

 

[Bulldog]

Skeletor, I've seen both types myself and just figured it was strain-related as to shape they would take.

I, too, would be interested to hear from someone who knows from personal experience.

 

[Guest]

I'm pretty positive its not a strain/pheno related issue,any strain can get balls or nanners I'm pretty sure about that.I'd like to know exactly what the deal is myself with the balls and the nanners,man thats a good picture though I'd say the best naner pic ever lol!

 

[Bulldog]

Definately a great pic.

So much detail.

 

[Guest]

If you look hard enough,you can see the chiquita lady!

 

[pieceofmyheart]

I had those on one plant a grow or so ago. I picked them off with tweezers. Some had pollen but didnt explode in my plants but some of them were empty and thin like they never fully developed. I was lucky, I didnt have any seeds develop, but I was so close to harvest anyway that I just picked them off and drove on.

 

[Core]

did't have it yet....*knocks on wood*

 

[TGT]

The two types of male parts is very interesting and now that I think about - it relates to my old school Blueberry clone. Usually in mid to late bud she gets a couple nanners of the second type, and they NEVER pollinate. I figured it was because the plant was sterile, but now it seems possible it is just not able to dry out and pop. They are always crowded with the female parts and this probably keeps it moist and compact.

I only get a couple and I use to clip them out, but gave up to see what would happen. No seeds as of yet and I have been growing her in every crop for over two years now. Very interesting indeed - thanks for bringing this out. This is something new that I have never heard talked about before and I am amazed it hasn't been mentioned until now. Thanks!

TGT

 

[Guest]

When making female seeds,you let a proven 100% female plant flower past her prime in the hope she will produce a bananna or two for self-preservation,these bannanas are then removed to pollenate another 100% female plant,they dont let it self-pollenate.This really doesnt have anything to do with the difference in the male organs but I dont think you will get the ball type pollen sac when making fem seeds.