week 4 hermie

[HatchBrew]

Just found a plant in flower room with two sacs on it. Removed it, one was open. What's the damage gonna look like for the rest of the room? Had only that one plant in flower of that variety. All other plants are different genes. Hopefully won't end up with a full seeding...damn

 

[WelderDan]

It depends on were the nanner was (lower branch or higher up), if you are running a fan, back of the room vs. front in relation to airflow.

A single nanner can result in hundreds of seeds under the right conditions.

 

[HatchBrew]

Middle lower no direct airflow on it. Marked all branches that were in its direct vicinity. No stress on plant throughout cycle, rule it out to genetic? No light leaks or temperature extremes.

 

[RonSmooth]

was it a full male flower or just anthers (naners)?

If it was so early in flowering, I would guess it was a full male flower. If they were growing separately from a female flower cluster and opened, you will have a good amount of seeds. It wont ruin the whole crop but I would expect to find a couple fully seeded buds. Pollen will travel in the most faint air movement. If the male flower was low on the plant, your filter probably creates and updraft and the pollen rode the breeze up into the upper flowers.

The "naners" that grow out of female flower clusters in late flowering are better as they may be inviable and not pollinate anything or if they do open, the closest stigma grab the pollen before it can really spread with the wind.

I found 2 isolated & opened full male flowers low on a plant. I let the plant finish and found a good amount of seeds. Some buds had 10+ in them and some had none. I guess it depends on which way the wind blows.

In my case it was genetics. Im guessing selfing a feminized plant led to the undesirable trait. It would be hard to completely rule out environmental factors but full blown male flowers early in flowering seem more a genetic trait.

I ran cuttings of the plant that hermied on me and one of the cuts was fine. No male flowers. One grew a single sack in the same area as the first but I caught it and nothing since.

I am not running this one again though. I can't rely on me catching them before they open.