Need some help

Hey guys this is my first time growing from a clone indoors in dwc. I'm growing Lemon Og Kush by DNA genetics I'm currently in week 5 of flower using a 400w hps. I attached a picture of some lower buds with a yellowish flower and My question is if it's normal to see this in the flowering stage and what is it?

That's pollen. Don't get excited. It happens some times. It doesn't look like a hermie. If you want some female seeds let them stay if not cut them off ASAP. Do so gently so they don't open and spread pollen. You could spray water on it before you remove to prevent spreading.

GOLDBERG71 said:

That's pollen. Don't get excited. It happens some times. It doesn't look like a hermie. If you want some female seeds let them stay if not cut them off ASAP. Do so gently so they don't open and spread pollen. You could spray water on it before you remove to prevent spreading.

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Okay thanks! Is it common for the females to produce the pollen?

It's a hermie..

95Monster03 said:

Okay thanks! Is it common for the females to produce the pollen?

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It's not uncommon. Some strains show that usually low on the plant with low light. Some breeders make female seeds by allowing the plant to flower longer. It's a last ditch biological reaction to preserve the soecies. If you are showing all the pollen sacks ITS NOT A HERIE. At least not to me. Sometimes the pollen is sterile also. But to me a hermie throws pollen sacks throughout the entire plant. And I'd never consider seeing it to the end. But from what I can see in your pictures that's not the case here. The pot still will be good. You just might not want to use that plant as your keeper. If you don't keep it dark during dark hours and keep your times straight you could be causing the plant to react that way.
If you don't have seed on hand and like the strains in that room you might want to leave it. All the seeds will be female. I use to get all worked up when I saw little pollen sacks. But I've never had something like that drop tons of pollen. Usually only the smaller bud site down low near the sacks will become fertilized. There could be a stray seed in the main colas but it never bothered me to much.
At the stage I'm at now. I'd just cut those sacks off. Then I'd allow the plant to finish keeping an eye on it and if more show up I'd remove them too. Then I'd cull it in favor for one that didn't throw pollen. If I want to make seeds I'll reverse a female that didn't throw pollen. I will say this though I've grown out 15-20 seeds created by small pollen sacks like that from flowering a little past fully being ripe and none of those have turned out to hermies. That's why I would NOT call yours a hermie. I recently had my first hermie if the buds were an ice cream cone. It had so many pollen sacks I'd refer to them as sprinkles on the cone. I culled it fast. If I allowed that to throw pollen I would expect the hermie trait to be highly present in the off spring.

When a plant has both female and male parts (calyxes/pollen sacks) it is by definition a hermaphrodite. But you can pull off the male parts like Goldberg said. I wouldn't keep that strain around if I were you.

caherbgrower said:

When a plant has both female and male parts (calyxes/pollen sacks) it is by definition a hermaphrodite. But you can pull off the male parts like Goldberg said. I wouldn't keep that strain around if I were you.

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By websters that true. But there is also a protective mechanism where a majority of strains will self pollinate to save the species. This process doesn't produce as many seeds as a male or true hermit would. When this happens and it happens often if you go a little longer. Like I said many breeders and I know SOMA is one who uses this mechanism to create female seeds. If these plants were actually what I refer to as true hermies. All those seeds would be prone for that trait. Which they aren't. If you do some research you will find this also to be true.

I've seen buds pop nanners before and that's not what's happening with this plant. If the plant were late in flowering I could see your argument holding some weight. I just wanted to drop my two cents having grown plenty plants that had hermaphroditic tendencies.

caherbgrower said:

I've seen buds pop nanners before and that's not what's happening with this plant. If the plant were late in flowering I could see your argument holding some weight. I just wanted to drop my two cents having grown plenty plants that had hermaphroditic tendencies.

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I'd have to agree with you on this plant. I skipped over the fact it was week 5.