Weird looking clone

kittencat · Aug 25, 2019

Hi everyone‍

I’m new here and and this is my first time posting.
I’m a first time grower, my plant is 5 weeks into flowering. It was given to me, unfortunately I have no information about the strain so I went into my grow not knowing anything about her except that I figured out she was a clone because of her uneven nodes. Anyways I took a clone of her and the clone is almost 6 weeks old. My question is about the clone. why would she have all 1 and 3 finger large leaves? Is this normal?

New Age United · Aug 25, 2019

Mild mutation from unstable genetics

323cheezy · Aug 25, 2019

I’d get s better clone or start fresh .., that clone probably won’t produce much

pulpoinspace · Aug 25, 2019

1 and 3 finger leaves can be a sign of stress. same with the purple stems. tough to say whats causing it.

kittencat · Aug 25, 2019

New Age United said:
Mild mutation from unstable genetics

Ok good to know. I appreciate your reply and Thank you for your insight. I’ll still try and flower her.

kittencat · Aug 25, 2019

323cheezy said:
I’d get s better clone or start fresh .., that clone probably won’t produce much

Ok thank you. I have some other clones that are about a week old, hopefully they will look better whe they start growing.

kittencat · Aug 25, 2019

pulpoinspace said:
1 and 3 finger leaves can be a sign of stress. same with the purple stems. tough to say whats causing it.

I’m still considering putting her into flowering soon. I topped her at 8” and she has 12 branches. I’m curious to see if she will still produce some good buds. Thanks for your reply <3

The Gram Reaper · Aug 25, 2019

I wouldn't say a mutation,. Looks a little over fertilized and maybe fed high phed water at one point. I would back off nutrients for a minute and ph your water.

8 inches is a good size to flip to bud. She should have enough N for a good stretch.

Grats and good luck!

macsnax · Aug 25, 2019

The Gram Reaper said:
I wouldn't say a mutation,. Looks a little over fertilized and maybe fed high phed water at one point. I would back off nutrients for a minute and ph your water.

8 inches is a good size to flip to bud. She should have enough N for a good stretch.

Grats and good luck!

My first thought was pH fluctuations

JayBio420 · Aug 25, 2019

kittencat said:
View attachment 4384809 Hi everyone‍ I’m new here and and this is my first time posting.
I’m a first time grower, my plant is 5 weeks into flowering......why would she have all 1 and 3 finger large leaves? Is this normal?

Your leaves are showing some stress, dark green, and I’m seeing the points claw down. To me this looks like you are growing out of a high N and P scenario. Dial back your nutrients if chemical and pure water if organic soil.

1 and 3 finger leaves indicates a flowering hormone disruption. (Edit or a very immature plant, or OG genetics for three leaf) Are you flowering right now or vegetating? You said flowering first, so are you ensuring 12 hrs or more of DARKNESS every night? If it’s by a window and not getting it’s pure 12 of darkness it will go into an unnatural stress phase where it reverses it’s processes and returns to veg.

kittencat · Aug 25, 2019

The Gram Reaper said:
I wouldn't say a mutation,. Looks a little over fertilized and maybe fed high phed water at one point. I would back off nutrients for a minute and ph your water.

8 inches is a good size to flip to bud. She should have enough N for a good stretch.

Grats and good luck!

Thanks for the advice. Really appreciate your comment. Been taking it easy with the nutes but it is possible the ph was off early on.
When I took the clone she was only 2” tall. I scraped her sides and dipped her in honey and put her in soil, then kept her leaves misted with water and a couple drops of flowering nutes for two weeks under 12 hours of low light. I’m thinking that might have something to do with the leaf anomaly. Didn’t do everything by the book, but then again I never do. Heehee

JayBio420 · Aug 25, 2019

kittencat said:
I’m still considering putting her into flowering soon. I topped her at 8” and she has 12 branches. I’m curious to see if she will still produce some good buds. Thanks for your reply <3

If you are in vegetation, and your plant went from 5,7,9 finger leaves to 3, that’s a light cycle disruption. If it started with 3 and hasn’t made 5s yet it’s just immature most likely.

kittencat · Aug 25, 2019

macsnax said:
My first thought was pH fluctuations

Yes that could be one of the reasons. I didn’t have a ph kit and was using water from my spring when I first started her. thanks for replying.

JayBio420 · Aug 25, 2019

kittencat said:
Thanks for the advice. Really appreciate your comment. Been taking it easy with the nutes but it is possible the ph was off early on.
When I took the clone she was only 2” tall. I scraped her sides and dipped her in honey and put her in soil, then kept her leaves misted with water and a couple drops of flowering nutes for two weeks under 12 hours of low light. I’m thinking that might have something to do with the leaf anomaly. Didn’t do everything by the book, but then again I never do. Heehee

New clones and small seedlings won’t really need any extra nutes. That’s your issue! It should resolve itself. I have a clone I just dropped in my supersoil having issues just like that. Need to taper those toddlers!

JayBio420 · Aug 25, 2019

323cheezy said:
I’d get s better clone or start fresh .., that clone probably won’t produce much

What would make you say that? A small clone with problems can turn into a huge healthy plant with the right care.

kittencat · Aug 25, 2019

JayBio420 said:
Your leaves are showing some stress, dark green, and I’m seeing the points claw down. To me this looks like you are growing out of a high N and P scenario. Dial back your nutrients if chemical and pure water if organic soil.

1 and 3 finger leaves indicates a flowering hormone disruption. (Edit or a very immature plant, or OG genetics for three leaf) Are you flowering right now or vegetating? You said flowering first, so are you ensuring 12 hrs or more of DARKNESS every night? If it’s by a window and not getting it’s pure 12 of darkness it will go into an unnatural stress phase where it reverses it’s processes and returns to veg.

Thanks. Yes she’s still in veg, going to do the switch in a week or two.
When I took the cut I put her in 12 dark for two weeks while she was rooting. Perhaps that’s where her leaf issue occurred.
Thank you. What you said really clicked with me, and now I’m thinking that she started to go into flowering during that first two weeks. Might explain her long pistols at her nodes too.

JayBio420 · Aug 25, 2019

kittencat said:
Thanks. Yes she’s still in veg, going to do the switch in a week or two.
When I took the cut I put her in 12 dark for two weeks while she was rooting. Perhaps that’s where her leaf issue occurred.
Thank you. What you said really clicked with me, and now I’m thinking that she started to go into flowering during that first two weeks. Might explain her long pistols at her nodes too.

You nailed it bud! It was the flowering stress... when clones root they need 18-24 hrs of weak light to root best! Keep on growing! You will probably have to contend with some growth delay now, but the issues should completely resolve in a few weeks if you hadn’t progressed too far through preflowering.

kittencat · Aug 25, 2019

JayBio420 said:
New clones and small seedlings won’t really need any extra nutes. That’s your issue! It should resolve itself. I have a clone I just dropped in my supersoil having issues just like that. Need to taper those toddlers!

Thanks. Yes I’ve was having some nute issues, being a first time grower and all, but finally learned that less is best. Thank you for commenting.

kittencat · Aug 25, 2019

JayBio420 said:
You nailed it bud! It was the flowering stress... when clones root they need 18-24 hrs of weak light to root best! Keep on growing! You will probably have to contend with some growth delay now, but the issues should completely resolve in a few weeks if you hadn’t progressed too far through preflowering.

Thanks so much. All great info to retain for future grows.

Jimdamick · Aug 25, 2019

kittencat said:
View attachment 4384809 Hi everyone‍ I’m new here and and this is my first time posting.
I’m a first time grower, my plant is 5 weeks into flowering. It was given to me, unfortunately I have no information about the strain so I went into my grow not knowing anything about her except that I figured out she was a clone because of her uneven nodes. Anyways I took a clone of her and the clone is almost 6 weeks old. My question is about the clone. why would she have all 1 and 3 finger large leaves? Is this normal?

There is no set number of fingers on a pot plant, as mentioned it is genetics.
Let grow as is, no more cuts, and provide more light.
Water every 3 days with lite nutes, and all will be good.

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