Whorled phyllotaxy question

Lstndasauce

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I have a plant that has whorled phyllotaxy. The first and second nodes grew two leaves. The 3rd and 4th nodes grew three leaves each. Now the fifth node has four leaves growing. Is it typical for a plant with thus mutation to keep increasing in the number of branches per node or is this a rare occurrence? If I clone this plant will the clones have the same mutation? I will post pics asap. Any input is greatly appreciated.
 

CannaOnerStar

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I had a plant while ago that first made 3 or 4 sets of regular 2 leafs and then started making ones with 3 leafs/branches, which is where i topped it and strarted training it for 3 main branches that splits to mane many more. However the pant ended up going hermie, which is a real shame because the plant was really really good in every way, tons of vigour and i had vegged it for over 2 months :/

Anyways im no pro with these but i did quite a bit of research when i found this plant.

First it seems that herming is quite common with these. I suspect its because it tries to grow more branches than normal and then has lower amounts of female flowering hormone than normal or something, not sure, but hermies are more common. Not all hermie tho.

From what i read, usually it starts to make normal 2 leaf pattern after it make two or few 3 leaf patterns. So i guess what you are dealing with 3 turning to 4 is even more rare. Maybe your will also start to do normal 2 leaf pattern at some point, who knows. I think its rare if that does not happen.

Good luck with it, would be nice to see some pics after its more developed to see how it went.
 

Sativied

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I have a plant that has whorled phyllotaxy. The first and second nodes grew two leaves. The 3rd and 4th nodes grew three leaves each. Now the fifth node has four leaves growing. Is it typical for a plant with thus mutation to keep increasing in the number of branches per node or is this a rare occurrence? If I clone this plant will the clones have the same mutation? I will post pics asap. Any input is greatly appreciated.
No that’s not typical. I‘ve grown many dozens (progeny of a quad-whorled) and it does happen sometimes. Not really a good thing either imo, worst case scenario it becomes fasciated (ribbon-like stem with so many branches it has little space left to grow decent bud). You could remove some branches to make sure the rest has enough space. Once mature, early flowering, the nodes will alternate anyway, making it more like spiral phyllotaxy.

And yes, a clone will usually have the same trait, but again with for clones typical alternating nodes they’ll usually won’t be at the same level and look more like spiral.

For loads of more info, speculation and whorled phyllotaxy porn, google ‘breeding for whorls’.

First it seems that herming is quite common with these.
Based on growing loads of plants with whorled phyllotaxy, it’s not any more or less common than plants with regular phyllotax, as in there is no direct link between the whorled phyllotaxy and hermies. That said, whorled phyllotaxy is a result of a different hormone balance (auxins vs cytokinins) which can indicate a hormone imbalance in general which turn can result in hermies.
 

CannaOnerStar

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whorled phyllotaxy is a result of a different hormone balance (auxins vs cytokinins) which can indicate a hormone imbalance in general which turn can result in hermies.
Okay. But my point is that i read that some people said that the two traits go hand in hand more often than herming in normal plants. Even if they are two unrelated tihngs that often go hand in hand, its good to look out for hermies more. I mean because they go hand in hand more often, you should be more careful looking for male flowers.

I only have experience with one and it hermied early in flower and it was not because of environmental factors.
 

Lstndasauce

Member
Thanks for all the input. I'll definitely be doing more research on this. I'll post updates as they come throughout this grow. This is only my second time growing indoors and I'm kinda stoked to see how this plant turns out.
 

Sativied

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Okay. But my point is that i read that some people said that the two traits go hand in hand more often than herming in normal plants. Even if they are two unrelated tihngs that often go hand in hand, its good to look out for hermies more. I mean because they go hand in hand more often, you should be more careful looking for male flowers.

I only have experience with one and it hermied early in flower and it was not because of environmental factors.
“Some people said” a lot of things, especially when it comes to cannabis plants. Most of those things are botched conclusions based on conflating their own limited experience with 5th hand forum-nonsense. Just like your claim of “often” based on a single plant.

Growing a variety you haven’t grown before is a good reason to check for male flowers, whorled phyllotaxy on its own not so much.
 

CannaOnerStar

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“Some people said” a lot of things, especially when it comes to cannabis plants. Most of those things are botched conclusions based on conflating their own limited experience with 5th hand forum-nonsense. Just like your claim of “often” based on a single plant.

Growing a variety you haven’t grown before is a good reason to check for male flowers, whorled phyllotaxy on its own not so much.
Read what you said:

That said, whorled phyllotaxy is a result of a different hormone balance (auxins vs cytokinins) which can indicate a hormone imbalance in general which turn can result in hermies.
And read what i said. If you dong get it, read it again and again and again, if you still dont get it, please dont ask me.
 

Lstndasauce

Member
So...lets just say in general..we should probably always keep an eye out in all of our grows for plants that hermie at any point during any given grow. Seems to be logical to me...agree to disagree??
 

Lstndasauce

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If this plant ends up being a female and I was to take a clone and either force it to hermie with colloidal silver or let it grow to harvest and leave a couple branches/buds intact and let them grow until they self pollinate, what percentage of the seeds, if any, would carry the same mutation?

I'm very interested in doing some small scale home breeding and learning about both this mutation and polyploidism has increased my interest in breeding tremendously.

Btw....
Strain is delicious candy x unknown (given to me by a friend) 3 weeks old tomorrow
In potting soil mixed with peat moss, compost, and cow manure
Spring water w/ about 6.4-6.8 ph
Lights are homemade fixture with 12 , I think 15 or 19 watt 5000k screw in led bulbs and a 150w full spectrum led
 

Sativied

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So...lets just say in general..we should probably always keep an eye out in all of our grows for plants that hermie at any point during any given grow. Seems to be logical to me...agree to disagree??
Right. Obviously if you grow clones from the same motherplant over and over it becomes less of a concern but if you don’t notice nanners on your plants you’re not keeping a good enough eye on them regardless.

what percentage of the seeds, if any, would carry the same mutation?
That’s impossible to say upfront. First, it’s possible none will have the same trait if they aren’t grown under the same circumstance. It’s a phenotype, which is a combi of genetics+environment. Any change in the environment, including slightly different feeding regime, could result in regular plants. Normally it would also depend a lot on what you cross it with, but if you self it, it is still very possible you breed it out.

Also, most polyploids exhibit whorled phyllotaxy, but by far most plants with whorled phyllotaxy are not polyploids.

I'm very interested in doing some small scale home breeding and learning about both this mutation
As I mentioned previously, google for breeding for whorls (different forum so no direct link). You won’t find more elaborate info on whorled phyllotaxy in cannabis than in that thread. I spent years researching it and crossing in and out up to a point where nearly half where whorled. A main advantage is that they simply produce more budsites in the same amount of time, but unless you train/top/lst the plants it can actually be a downside.

That all said, your plant frankly doesn’t look like something I’d use as breeding material. Too messy, and looks like it will become fasciated as I mentioned before. I would definitely remove some of the extra branches.
 

Lstndasauce

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@Sativied have you had any experience with polyploids? I have read a lot about it, not nearly enough to say I have any kind of credible knowledge on it myself, but I love learning new things and gaining knowledge about most anything. I read some of your thread on breeding for whorls and will be going back to read all of it for sure. Thanks for sharing your knowledge any and all you have to offer is more than welcomed.
 

Sativied

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@Sativied have you had any experience with polyploids?
No I don’t. Only way to be sure a plant is a polyploid is by a DNA test. A THC percentage of 35-50% would be a strong indication but still, very hard to tell without dna lab test. There’s a ton of misinformation on polyploid cannabis though. In fact, if you google polyploid cannabis and check the image results they often show plants with the fasciation mutation. Here’s a pic of one of mine:
which is from my whorled variety. That was one of the downsides, some of the whorled plants go crazy and become fasciated. Like a mohawk looking bud. Don’t have a link but there are some pictures in these or other forums of a fasciated bud I sliced in half and it’s not good, looks like slaw, as in more leaf than bud. I know sounds interesting and a sort of holy grail thing but honestly I wouldn”t waste my time chasing polyploid and instead just breed with something more stable.
 

MidWickedWest

Active Member
@Lstndasauce did you end up cloning her? I would love to add a whorled phyllotaxy to my clone collection…
I'm getting whorled phytolaxy in this pack of Ethos Super Lemon Haze f5 I just germinated...Crazy thing is I found a post about whorled phytolaxy on the same breeder and same strain. People have said on other forums it's environmental stressors but I doubt that bcuz these seed packs were the EXACT same.
 
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