plants turned orange early

[terrier]

hi guys I've only been in flower for four weeks. and the hairs on the plants have turned orange early looks like they ready to cut. they pineapple chunk don't think I grow them again. is it smokable after just four weeks buds very small. many thanks for any replys

 

[Nico Farmer]

Hi, have you heat issues?

 

[Jellyfish]

It might be Too Much Light.

 

[terrier]

thanks for the reply's guys. nico farmer the temps are hitting 80 but we got a heat wave at the moment. my other 3 plants are fine. jellyfish they in a tent and I got a 600w hps on them they in 12 litre buckets but 3 have stretched like hell.

 

[Jellyfish]

How close is your light?

 

[Cantharellus]

start looking for balls somewhere...

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

start looking for balls somewhere...

Stress produced male flowers would be a good guess. If only one plant is affected I'd look more toward heat stress than anything. Different genetics react in different ways.


I use a scope to look at how many amber trichomes there are and chop between 5 and 15% amber. Count 20 trichomes on the main flowers themselves (not the frosty leaves poking out) in a few places and average the number of amber trichomes you find.


1 amber in 20 is 5% amber. 2 is 10% and 3 is 15%. I recommend chopping any new strain between 5% and 20% to see what you like best. Over 15% usually makes it sleepy and overripe for me, see what you find best for you.

 

[Cork144]

low humidity or high heat, looking at the hairs is a terrible way to tell, ive had strains that went orange in 5 weeks and the remaining four weeks did nothing but produce new white pistols,

 

[madalasatori]

A lot of it is due to geneteics, I had a white widow do this at week 5, no hermies or anything just one of its characteristics

 

[pipp]

I normally get a lot of brown hairs around 5 weeks but agree at the moment heat stress may have caused a couple of male flowers. Properly scour the buds especially around where most brown hairs are and look for an odd male flower hidden away.

 

[terrier]

thanks very much guys you been very helpful