Plants that are prone to hermie smell like nuts.

So this has been a thing. I've been using different seeds and strains for the past 12 years. The plants that are most likely to hermie have a smell of peanut butter every damn time. The fruity/skunky ones are always the least likely to grow nanners. Plus, they smell more like peanut butter the more nanners they get. Have any of you noticed this? Whenever I have an especially nutty smelling plant it's almost a given it's going to pop some nanners.
 

Magnumb

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Hope not lol, i got a few plants with dosido (peanut sundae) about 2 1/2 weeks from harvest reeking of spicy peanuts, no nanners yet but i will keep my eyes wide open lol.
 
Hope not lol, i got a few plants with dosido (peanut sundae) about 2 1/2 weeks from harvest reeking of spicy peanuts, no nanners yet but i will keep my eyes wide open lol.
Yeah, I wouldn't be too worried if the name is (peanut sundae) The ones that have gotten nanners 90% of the time I just have to inspect every day and pick them. It does affect the strength and quality when they start producing those pods though. I hate that shit.
 

3rd Monkey

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Yeah, I wouldn't be too worried if the name is (peanut sundae) The ones that have gotten nanners 90% of the time I just have to inspect every day and pick them. It does affect the strength and quality when they start producing those pods though. I hate that shit.
What genetics are you running?
 
What genetics are you running?
Right now it's Nirvana AK48. It's probably one of the gooiest strains I've grown, that includes certified badass clones. Nirvana sent me Autos by accident, I've only kept one that I topped (since I didn't know they were autos) and I found a nanner on it. So I have 3 right now and again the one that smelled the nuttiest is the one that popped a nanner. Just one nanner though. I will say that 2 are est. 3 weeks from the flush and the trichome production is already really fantastic. Yield is going to be small for what I'm used to. Probably 4 ounces for the two, and the topped one is probably 4-5 weeks from flush so her yield is more up in the air.
 

SPLFreak808

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Imhe, Stress can cause certain sensitive genes to smell funky/nutty/buttery/earthy, the modern chem/diesel gene pool can be heavy with this one.

I notice if this happens to me, its ALWAYS in the first half of flowering, if its followed by early/mid nanners i take it as my own fault.
 

EezyTimez

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I found nanners on a plant last week I panicked and took the plant out and hoped it didn't spread.. then today I found another plant with nanners:( so instead of removing a 2nd plant I decided to pluck all of them(only lower branches mainly effected) off with tweasers and a water tray I sprayed them 1st to stop any pollen escaping and carefully plucked them off and placed in tray ... I'm hoping it stops I'm on week 5 of flower so I'm almost there just gotta scrape by I'm guessing and pray for the best ... Any other ideas of slowing it down ?
 

Logan Burke

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On my last grow I started getting nanners...but got lucky, because only about 10% of the nanners produced any pollen, and it was in the last 2 weeks of flowering. I'm almost 100% sure it was my fault though, 4 weeks before my light schedule was fucked up for 2 days straight, giving less than 12hrs of dark.
 
I found nanners on a plant last week I panicked and took the plant out and hoped it didn't spread.. then today I found another plant with nanners:( so instead of removing a 2nd plant I decided to pluck all of them(only lower branches mainly effected) off with tweasers and a water tray I sprayed them 1st to stop any pollen escaping and carefully plucked them off and placed in tray ... I'm hoping it stops I'm on week 5 of flower so I'm almost there just gotta scrape by I'm guessing and pray for the best ... Any other ideas of slowing it down ?
Actually, you're doing everything you can that I know of. Just try to get them before they open up. A million dollar invention would be "Nanner/pollen Killer" I wouldn't get rid of the entire plant this close to harvest though. I've picked nanners for weeks and had pretty good weed come out of it. I absolutely refuse to grow anything more than 75% Sativa unless I get it as a stable clone from a med clinic. It's pretty much a scientific fact that especially Thai Sativa's are very prone to hermie. If you want a plant with the very least chance of hermie 100% Indica is the way to go. I've grown many plants of NL and Afghan Kush and neither has every hermied.
 

rob333

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So this has been a thing. I've been using different seeds and strains for the past 12 years. The plants that are most likely to hermie have a smell of peanut butter every damn time. The fruity/skunky ones are always the least likely to grow nanners. Plus, they smell more like peanut butter the more nanners they get. Have any of you noticed this? Whenever I have an especially nutty smelling plant it's almost a given it's going to pop some nanners.
lolol first time ever maybe some 1 is rubbing peanut butter on ya plants as some kind of dirty fetish u do not no about ??
 

rob333

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Right now it's Nirvana AK48. It's probably one of the gooiest strains I've grown, that includes certified badass clones. Nirvana sent me Autos by accident, I've only kept one that I topped (since I didn't know they were autos) and I found a nanner on it. So I have 3 right now and again the one that smelled the nuttiest is the one that popped a nanner. Just one nanner though. I will say that 2 are est. 3 weeks from the flush and the trichome production is already really fantastic. Yield is going to be small for what I'm used to. Probably 4 ounces for the two, and the topped one is probably 4-5 weeks from flush so her yield is more up in the air.
nirvana has never given me a hermie ever must be the stress u are putting them under
 

EezyTimez

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On my last grow I started getting nanners...but got lucky, because only about 10% of the nanners produced any pollen, and it was in the last 2 weeks of flowering. I'm almost 100% sure it was my fault though, 4 weeks before my light schedule was fucked up for 2 days straight, giving less than 12hrs of dark.
I think it was my fault too my temp's we're up at 36° and humidity dropped to 20% for a day we had a crazy heat wave
 

Logan Burke

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Actually, you're doing everything you can that I know of. Just try to get them before they open up. A million dollar invention would be "Nanner/pollen Killer".
Water 'deactivates' pollen. Just spritz some water in the vacinity of a nanner, and on your hands in between picking each and every nanner.
 

EezyTimez

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Actually, you're doing everything you can that I know of. Just try to get them before they open up. A million dollar invention would be "Nanner/pollen Killer" I wouldn't get rid of the entire plant this close to harvest though. I've picked nanners for weeks and had pretty good weed come out of it. I absolutely refuse to grow anything more than 75% Sativa unless I get it as a stable clone from a med clinic. It's pretty much a scientific fact that especially Thai Sativa's are very prone to hermie. If you want a plant with the very least chance of hermie 100% Indica is the way to go. I've grown many plants of NL and Afghan Kush and neither has every hermied.
I got most of them before they opened but some had popped I seen polled dust on some leaves Bellow I'm just hoping that it's sterile and I can control it ... I'm not getting rid of any more I just gonna ride it out hopefully mines is ok too like yours :) ok I'm definitely gonna avoid sativa's from here on I think
 

Logan Burke

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Best thing you can do is spray water anywhere that the pollen did or even could've landed. It will prevent the pollen from doing anymore damage than it already did at that point. I think that it's totally worth growing out unless you start seeing seed sacks and what not.
 

Jimmy the vest uk

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Actually, you're doing everything you can that I know of. Just try to get them before they open up. A million dollar invention would be "Nanner/pollen Killer" I wouldn't get rid of the entire plant this close to harvest though. I've picked nanners for weeks and had pretty good weed come out of it. I absolutely refuse to grow anything more than 75% Sativa unless I get it as a stable clone from a med clinic. It's pretty much a scientific fact that especially Thai Sativa's are very prone to hermie. If you want a plant with the very least chance of hermie 100% Indica is the way to go. I've grown many plants of NL and Afghan Kush and neither has every hermied.
Search dutch master reverse, i have never used it before so have no knowledge on it but its advertised as a Nanner/pollen killer, thought you might be interested, good luck
 

EezyTimez

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Best thing you can do is spray water anywhere that the pollen did or even could've landed. It will prevent the pollen from doing anymore damage than it already did at that point. I think that it's totally worth growing out unless you start seeing seed sacks and what not.
Yeah that's what I did plucked all nanners I could see sprayed them 1st then sprayed entire garden with pH water ... I'm close.to the end so hopping seeds don't have time to form ... Only thing I'm worrying about is will it affect my next grow ? I have 20 stardog seedlings waiting to go into the flower room when theses are ready
 
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