Hydrowannabe
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Yea I doubt it was the flash from taking too many pics.drying out too much too often sounds like more of a stressors that could cause it, I think
I need some help. pics.
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Hydrowannabe
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So do you think I did the right thing by keeping the lights off for today and will restart the schedule tomorrow or do you think that was unnecessary? That's what I read to do, but it now sounds like the writer didnt know what they were talking about. Edit...if i had just left the lights on as usual, they would have been on for like 36 hours straight or somethingOh come on. Calm down. Set the timer correctly and move on. Why would you chop that plant and not let it finish? This is just getting silly. By the time any highly improbable hermaphroditism could occur from a couple days of extra light those plants will be ready to harvest and no viable pollen will have even been produced.
This is just getting out of hand the way all this cannabis broscience has tainted the simple task of growing marijuana. People talking about chopping perfectly good plants weeks early for no reason.
Sfrigon 1
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I think it's fine , either way just once or twice. Sorry if u weren't asking me . Hope this helps
Hydrowannabe
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Who the fuck are you to answer? Haha jk. Thanks
Sfrigon 1
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Lol I'm new so I wasn't sure that was funny
fragileassassin
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imo it comes down to this.
Theyd probably be fine if you turned them back on and resumed your normal schedule now, but if it gives you peace of mind, just leave them off and pick it back up tomorrow.
Hydrowannabe
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I was just being sarcastic. I didnt care if you answered before him or not
Bernie420
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I have never looked into it but if I am wrong oh well Ive been wrong before...............................................
Your female plant doesn't make pollen and then pollinate itself with that pollen. I dont think it works like that.
So imo it isnt necessary to fret about cleaning the room because of pollen.
CanadianJim
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Really? What strains did they cross? Just curious because I've heard some people think you can skip stabilization if you use stable parent strains. I've been looking into how seeds are bred, and you would be surprised to read some of the misinformation floating around out there. If you think some of the bro science here is bad...
Hydrowannabe
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I appreciate you taking the time to try to help with my question, but what makes you "think" that? Gotta back up things like that with proof bc this is RIU ha. You may confuse new growers with weird ideas
Anyway..... this is from Jorge Cervantes grow bible
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Bernie420
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there you go maybe I was wrong i guess..... if jorge says so.
do you have a single male flower on your female plant?
anyways it doesnt happen that fast in the time that you had messed up your light schedule and I would doubt you have anything to worry about. Your plants are about done it wont make a seed in such a short period of time that you have left because of you messing up your light schedule for such a short period.
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Bernie420
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And you could spend the rest of your life and another one correcting all the misinformation here on RIU.
At least I admitted to I might be wrong even before I posted anything about something if I feel I might be wrong.
I wouldnt listen to anything I say about anything if I was me.
Aussieaceae
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Imvho, you're over thinking it man.
Those plants are so close, that "if" it happens at all, it'll be ripe for the picking before anything else happens and you can pluck them off anyway.
If I can give any advice, it's forget about all that crap and accept that "sometimes" it will happen, most of the time it won't.
Some things are out of our control.
If you get any in future, I say don't worry about iddy bitty light leaks, or temps, or humidity, or blah blah blah. Just keep it all in check and it'll be fine.
Promise you'll feel better and it'll be a weight off your shoulders.
Ime hermaphrodite plants are just a part of life, it's purely a game of chance.
Outdoors is an environment you have almost zero control over. You get early stage hermi, late stage hermi, balls, bananas, you name it.
But 90% or whatever of the time, you'll land with a male or female.
Ime it's been wet, drought stricken, extremely hot to cold, so on and so on, it's generally around the same odds.
They just happen, it is what it is
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I feel a lot of us ( myself included ) like to believe Cannabis is some mystical plant, that sets itself apart from all others.
Imho, it really isn't, besides getting us high and plenty other plants do that too.
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Hydrowannabe
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Thanks for the reply. What I've taken from all of this is that they might grow some bananas but it will take them longer to pollinate than it will for the plant to ripen. I'll flower this strain for about 70 - 80 days, so it has about a month left. Curious if you know how long it would take from the sight of bananas to pollination. And I'm not really overthinking things, but I was certainly overly worried when I discovered my little mistake ha. I mean, I see people all the time on here, very worried when they interrupted their dark cycle for less than an hour, so I was certain I would have a hermied plant after 24 hours of interrupted dark cycle. But you all have reassured me that everything is cool. So thank you for that peace of mind
Aussieaceae
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Imo if you don't get any within the next week or two, it likely won't make much difference if at all.
In any event, you can pick them all off if it's just a few. Any seed would be very minimal and likely very immature if any at all.
If they're from seed and not cuts, it'll likely only be a single plant if it does.
If they're cuts or a single plant, you'll just have to accept it if happens and be vigilant.
What I'm trying to say is if you get any, they were more than likely gonna form anyway. Interrupted light cycle really doesn't come into play imo, it's purely genetic.
Everyone gets them and some varieties/strains/chucks of seed, get more than others, it's just life.
Two scenarios I wouldn't personally keep a hermaphrodite around,
- If I was growing for seed, because I ideally want non hermaphrodite pollen and seed.
- If I had several or many plants and wanted seedless.
But this is where it comes down to personal choice and the individual plant itself.
For myself I pick them off if the plant's close enough, it's all good smoko. If there's many balls / bananas, I personally couldn't be bothered and just harvest early.
It's really grower's choice. Everyone has their own opinion and every grow varies.
Fantastic looking plant(s)!
You're doing everything that's within your control already.
Don't sweat it.
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Hydrowannabe
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Sounds like all good news to me. Btw, it's just one plant that's flowering right now. With my perpetual setup, and with things being so close to each other, I wasnt sure if pollen would spread and effect the current vegging plants or not. Sounds like I probably wont have to worry about any pollen . If I do, it will be much later on. For some reason I was thinking the pollen released quickly after the bananas formed.Imo if you don't get any within the next week or two, it likely won't make much difference if at all.
In any event, you can pick them all off if it's just a few. Any seed would be very minimal and likely very immature if any at all.
If they're from seed and not cuts, it'll likely only be a single plant if it does.
If they're cuts or a single plant, you'll just have to accept it if happens and be vigilant.
What I'm trying to say is if you get any, they were more than likely gonna form anyway. Interrupted light cycle really doesn't come into play imo, it's purely genetic.
Everyone gets them and some varieties/strains/chucks of seed, get more than others, it's just life.
Two scenarios I wouldn't personally keep a hermaphrodite around,
- If I was growing for seed, because I ideally want non hermaphrodite pollen and seed.
- If I had several or many plants and wanted seedless.
But this is where it comes down to personal choice and the individual plant itself.
For myself I pick them off if the plant's close enough, it's all good smoko. If there's many balls / bananas, I personally couldn't be bothered and just harvest early.
It's really grower's choice. Everyone has their own opinion and every grow varies.
Fantastic looking plant(s)!
You're doing everything that's within your control already.
Don't sweat it.
Hydrowannabe
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And thanks for the compliment at the end
Hydrowannabe
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Well it's hard to believe, but the world didnt implode or anything. Here's an update
Day 52. Fading has begun already. Im still breathing. Miracles do happen . Thanks guys/gals.
Day 52. Fading has begun already. Im still breathing. Miracles do happen . Thanks guys/gals.
