good luck and hopefully you find the issue... on a side note: imagine trying to be so ‘woke’ you get offended by somebody not accepting ladybois in there garden. Now imagine taking it to the point you seethe so hard you spend Christmas morning going on a rant about it. Bruh find your local lady (of boy, don’t want to set you off even more by being exclusive) of the night, and pay her a $20 for a nice Yuletide hug.
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Major Herm Issues, I need advice
- Thread starter CaptinFunk
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St. Phatty
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If that's all you have to smoke, Herms ain't so bad.
As long as they have a lot of resin.
Their pollen is Toxic though.
As long as they have a lot of resin.
Their pollen is Toxic though.
CaptinFunk
Member
No not really. I have HAF fans for air circulation but monster plants don’t get direct wind (other than the plants on the ends of tables near wall fans)
CaptinFunk
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RockinRobot
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Check your timers if you're using the type that you press down the tabs for the on off times. Could have a light actually coming on for a short period.
Any stress can cause hermies.
Check your CO2 level at night. Do you know what it is at?
Your buddy is watering far more often. I’m no coco expert, but is it possible to try watering the same schedule as your buddy?
Maybe it’s possible there is some kind of salt build up issue between waterings.
I don’t grow in coco so just trying to give you ideas!!
Maybe it’s possible there is some kind of salt build up issue between waterings.
I don’t grow in coco so just trying to give you ideas!!
CaptinFunk
Member
Unfortunately I cannot. I use a nutrient injector where each pump pulls from a different nutrient stock tank. The longer the system runs, the more accurate the feed is because the system automatically adjusts based on EC and pH. Long story short, the absolute minimum I can run each irrigation evennt is like 7min at 12gpm flow rate.
He has batch tanks so his nutrient solution is already good to go and pre-mixed.
Overall, his pots are consistently way drier than mine. I’ve check runoff on his pots and there is some heavy salt buildup that I don’t have (because I get runoff on my second and third watering)
Again, most of the strains are fine and totally beautiful. This run, I have 12 different strains, about 700 plants total. The birthday cake clearly has a stressor and has herms. Motor breath and GMO look perfectly healthy but still have herms.
I’m still trying to figure out wtf is wrong with birthday cake. I just can’t seem to make this strain happy.
CaptinFunk
Member
I will do that. I don’t know what CO2 levels are at night but I have that on a timer so I know it’s not dosing after 7pm.
CaptinFunk
Member
I’m using Gavita controller for my lights. I don’t think a light is coming on, I have security cameras on motion sensors so any light coming on would be detected by the cameras.
St. Phatty
Active member
Yes. My buds are lightly pollinated this year, on purpose. The father was a super drought resistant Sativa-leaning male.
I inspect the buds before cutting them up but occasionally cut a seed which pisses me off a little.
I admit it is a sigh of relief when I get to a seed less batch, or bag of buds from a neighbor.
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
The cut I had of Canna-Tsu (yep, she's gone again but I still have loads of femmed pollen), likes to herm when the pH drops too low in the root zone for a long enough period.
When a medium dries out (water evaporates from the nutrient solution), the pH drops as the remaining nutrient becomes concentrated. Remember, nutrients are pH down (generally speaking). Since you're in coco, the issue is actually worse than with other media and is most likely the root cause. (pun intended)
Hope that helps
When a medium dries out (water evaporates from the nutrient solution), the pH drops as the remaining nutrient becomes concentrated. Remember, nutrients are pH down (generally speaking). Since you're in coco, the issue is actually worse than with other media and is most likely the root cause. (pun intended)
Hope that helps
shishkaboy
>>>>Beanie Man<<<<
CaptinFunk
Member
Not very dry, moisture stays fairly consistent. Each plant gets about 3x 7.5min waterings. Pots have 4x 0.5 gph emitters.
So each plant gets about 0.75gal each per day. (3gal in coco)
CaptinFunk
Member
The cut I had of Canna-Tsu (yep, she's gone again but I still have loads of femmed pollen), likes to herm when the pH drops too low in the root zone for a long enough period.
When a medium dries out (water evaporates from the nutrient solution), the pH drops as the remaining nutrient becomes concentrated. Remember, nutrients are pH down (generally speaking). Since you're in coco, the issue is actually worse than with other media and is most likely the root cause. (pun intended)
Hope that helps
My pots don’t dry out like that, and I do t get salt buildup. Right now I’m feeding at 2.0 EC and my runoffs are like 1.3 -1.5
pH is being fed at 5.9 -6.1 and runoffs are 5.7 - 6.0 depending on strain
Cold water most definitely can fuck a plant up... overwatering with cold water probably even worse.. and if this guys coco is wet and now just saturated thats definitely a possibility. Roots are trapped in an icecube, more cold water saturating that coco is only going to keep it colder for longer and stress it harder. I had it happen my autos... rez was on cement floor which was warm all summer, once late fall hit, at night it would get cold as heck and stay that way... i didnt realize until i touched the water and it was frigid. New home, new setup, Now my water is dialed in at the same temperature as my room.. 77-80F.. no problems at all.
