Possible hermie! Need some help

KushyMcKush

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Im currently on my first grow and I am growing 6 plants from trusted breeder seeds and one bag seed. The bag seed was found in a qp and I only found 2 seeds in the whole thing. The reason I mention this is because Im wondering if the parent of this plant could have been a hermie as well and if this would maybe cause a higher risk for hermies in offspring.
She is my biggest, most beautiful girl and I would be devistated if I had to chop her down now just 4 weeks out from harvest :'(

Today, when I was watering I was looking all the girls over with a fine tooth comb, as I usually do when I pull them all out and I think I may have spotted 2 small nanners. I looked it over very very well and I only found these two and they are still really small. I cant tell if they are just calyx's or, in fact, hermies... I am still new to this. My light was a bit close for a few days as they were stretching and the tops were starting to turn a slightly lighter color greenish-yellow, so I raised the light up and within a day they were fine.
Now, if they are nanners, can I just pluck them out or cut them out carefully and be ok? Like I said, it was only these two. I will be sure to watch it closely. Id just really hate to have to chop her down now!!!
This is the plant in question: GOD I LOVE THIS GIRL!!!!!! She smells like bubblegum!
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First one:
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These two are the same from slightly different angles:
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cassinfo

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Looks to me like bananas are starting to form. It's gonna bust it's nut on everything else. Maybe just snip that seed pod off and keep and eye on hor? This way u don't have to chop her down. Good luck to u.
 

KushyMcKush

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Thats what I thought... Ugh! How annoying... Thats what I get for growing a bag seed that just happened to turn into a beautiful plant. Fuck! Well, Ill snip it out and keep an eye on her and hopefully it was just caused by the light/heat stress and isnt genetic.
 

KushyMcKush

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Well... Ive been plucking and plucking and Ive found dozens and dozens of little nanners. They seem to be on the very tips of A LOT of the buds all the way down each branch. Fuck! Shes such a gorgeous girl with huge fat buds and I am really struggling with the idea of having to potentially toss her. I just can't risk my whole room... But she has more buds than all the others combined!
What should I do?? I went through every single bud on the plant, every millimeter of every bud amd Im pretty sure I got them all... But there were a lot.
Do you think I should pull her put and put her under the t5 on the other side of the room and keep an eye on her? is it too late by now anyways? I haven't seen any nanners on any of the other girls yet so at least thats a good, right?
I need some help making a decision here.
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GroErr

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That's a bitch but it sounds like she has a lot of nanners coming in and pollen travels far and fast so putting her on the opposite end is not going to help if they pop open.

Only thing you could do is pick a completely separate space like a garage or the like and do a temp setup to finish her away from the others. Otherwise a few popped bananas could seed your entire crop.
 

Indacouch

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Damn that sucks nice frosty looking start and the damn banners had to come ......like mentioned above the other side of the room /wall won't make a difference ....as you know I'm sure pollen is easily transferred even by touching /clothes etc ......so good luck hopefully you get it under control ......
 

KushyMcKush

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Damn... You guyes arent helping! Lol well shit i might try and maybe move he somewhere else but i really dont know.
I will most likely have to chop her I guess. Hkw frustrating!i guess Ill take this as a lesson learned and move forward.
I guess this will at least feww up some space for my orher 2 girls that are kind of in th corners and light deprived. Maybe they will pick up once they have better light!
No more bag seeds for me... Ever again.
 

KushyMcKush

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Ive heard of nanners not even producing viable pollen. In what situation would this occur? Or, as far as plucking them all out. What are the chances they will all come back?
Im really scraping the bottom of the barrel guys! I really donlove this girl, but hey, if its for the good of the group, I guess I will have to do it. Im really struggling with this.
Also, they are about 4-5 weeks from harvest. Is there any part of this plant thats salvagable? Or are the tricromes just too underdeveloped to be useful? I was thinkimg maybe trying to make some wax or... Anything really out of her. Im sure this isnt really possible, but hey... I have to ask!
 

GroErr

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Yeah if you can't finish it elsewhere and cut early, won't be much on it to salvage. Shit happens :( You can keep plucking but you have a long way to go to finish.
 

KushyMcKush

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I know man. Well being the stubborn person I am, I decided to move it into another area under a 4' t5 fixture. We will see what happens. It moght not even be enough light to finish it, and I will stay vigilant on lookong for new male flowers. If it continues to worsen, I will be forced to just chop her. Like you said, "shit happens." If anything, this is a good learning experience to both help me be able to identify hermies, and also Ive learned no bagseed from now on. Theres too many options when it comes to quality genetics and they are too easy to aquire to choose bagseed over reputable breeders. Thanks for the advice everyone, but stil, to lose her would be a sad, sad day.
 

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Indacouch

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Hey if you love her/it that much then just go the extra mile .....like you said it could be sterile but it's good you moved it away ....just remember cross contamination of pollen is very easy as you go between your two areas now ......but hope no more nanners come and il be watching to see your end result .....I feel you I get attached to my girls to .......I think everyone does if they love to garden .......good luck
 

kornwood

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Look into switch and transport by optic foilar it works great as a preventive and in your issue it will shrivel up all nanners
 

DocktaGreenThumb

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1000% Herm (seen enough of them)
If they keep reappearing after two weeks of intensive supervision and plucking, if possible isolate it. I have had them stop producing the nanas before however you will still get some. It's damn near impossible to revert plants as it happens most of the time due to improper lighting and heat stress or genetics.

My suggestion, isolate the herms from the sensi. If all else fails, there is the unwanted answer of start over. :(
Or, you can grow some really good mids :)
 

KushyMcKush

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Look into switch and transport by optic foilar it works great as a preventive and in your issue it will shrivel up all nanners
Is this stuff safe for budding plants? Can it be sprayed didectly on the buds with no ill effects? I would be worried that it might damage them or potentially leave unwanted chemicals in the buds that may be harmful to smoke. I will read more a out it though.

Hey if you love her/it that much then just go the extra mile .....like you said it could be sterile but it's good you moved it away ....just remember cross contamination of pollen is very easy as you go between your two areas now ......but hope no more nanners come and il be watching to see your end result .....I feel you I get attached to my girls to .......I think everyone does if they love to garden .......good luck
I went over her again today and nothing has come back yet. I will keep her separated though until the end. It actualy works better this way because it give my other girls more space. Some of the parts that were on the outer edge of the room that werent getting much light are now right in the sweet spot. This allowed me to lower my loght a bit too for better intensity now that I dont have to worry about keeping it high enough to spread across a larger area :) they are my babies though, There are 3 of them Ive grown pretty attatched to lol.
 

KushyMcKush

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1000% Herm (seen enough of them)
If they keep reappearing after two weeks of intensive supervision and plucking, if possible isolate it. I have had them stop producing the nanas before however you will still get some. It's damn near impossible to revert plants as it happens most of the time due to improper lighting and heat stress or genetics.

My suggestion, isolate the herms from the sensi. If all else fails, there is the unwanted answer of start over. :(
Or, you can grow some really good mids :)
She has already been seperated. The one that hermied is a bagseed plant. The others are all quality genetics from a breeder. Shes the only one that has shown nanners so far and Im hoping it stays that way. Ive plucked out ever last nanner, so Im hoping either I dont get anymore or if I do its just a few. I just dont have time to spend hours going through and plucking all the time. If it gets bad, she will be chopped. Only 4 weeks to go though, so we will see if I can keep it under control until then.
 

Indacouch

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Hey man there's always some good that comes out of a bad situation ...unless the police are involved ...you may end up yielding more because you have more space
 

kornwood

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The mixture is sprayed on the tops of the leaves during lights on not on the flowers and it off gasses a chemical that suppresses the male hormones
Its the same product as dutch masters reverse
 

kornwood

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The mixture is sprayed on the tops of the leaves during lights on not on the flowers and it off gasses a chemical that suppresses the male hormones
Its the same product as dutch masters reverse
Same type formulation that makes seedless watermelons seedless
 

KushyMcKush

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Hmm i will have to look into it. May be something good to just have around. Heres some close ups of her. She looks less frosty under this fluorescent than under the cmh she was under before. Taken today, day 32.
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The rest of the girls (day 32):
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These white cookies are looking delicious! Can't wait to try them. (Day 30)
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