Hermie Question

[skinzilla]

I checked my girls yesterday morning and saw some dark yellow spots and some of the pistils have also turned a reddish/orange on some of the budsites. The pistils almost look burnt actually. My friend says I may have a hermie in my garden somewhere(4x8 ebb and flow). I checked all the plants fairly thoroughly but don't see any sign of a male sack or any balls anywhere. If I had a hermie in the garden and it's pollinated other plants, would I not see a male pod/sack/balls on at least one plant? Here's some pics, but I posted a thread asking if they were hermies, and the results are inconclusive apparently. Pics 2 and 3 show the reddish pistil issue the best. The others show the dark yellow spots the best I could get. Thanks in advance.

 

[skinzilla]

I'm 3 weeks into flower, if that helps/matters.

 

[Elsweeto]

I would check the lower buds very carefully sometimes you can get a single male flower on a lower bud.

 

[skinzilla]

So does that mean there HAS to be a male flower somewhere in the garden if I have hermies? I've checked fairly thoroughly and don't see any is all, so I'm hoping I don't have them.

 

[stihgnobevoli]

sometimes the male flower is inside a calyx and you never see it.

 

[Elsweeto]

or there is pollen around from another grow? where you in contact with males?

 

[TribalSeeds]

It doest look like the pistils shriveled up. If they have, its been pollenated.
When did you stop applying neem? That stuff can turn your leaves yellow like that if overused or applied too soon before the lights came on.
Are you using any kind of high P content Bloom Booster? That can cause some of these issues you are having.
If there are male flowers in there, all you can do is yank them as you see them.

 

[skinzilla]

So far I don't see any shriveled up pistils, or any male flowers under bud sites or in the calyxes. Hopefully I'm just being a bit hermophobic and it's just some odd growth. The hydro shop guy said overfeeding or too much heat could cause what I described too, so hopefully that's it(I raised the lights to reduce the heat at the top of canopy).

 

[TribalSeeds]

So far I don't see any shriveled up pistils, or any male flowers under bud sites or in the calyxes. Hopefully I'm just being a bit hermophobic and it's just some odd growth. The hydro shop guy said overfeeding or too much heat could cause what I described too, so hopefully that's it(I raised the lights to reduce the heat at the top of canopy).

How far are your lights now. Thought you pulled them up after the leaf troubles you were having. Anyhow, hope all is good from here on out for you. I wouldnt worry too much man, your gonna have some buds to smoke.

 

[GEMiNi GENETiCS]

You cant judge if you have a hermie just by a few pistils turning orange .. Pistils die at various stages of flower .. Older first to the newest the weeks progress
But IMHO that looks like it got too hot or light was too intense