Hermies or swollen Calyx?

[durky]

hermies or swollen calyx? Used "grow it up" hormone at start of flower for 3 weeks with pbp flower then bloom. buds grew well. then on week 4-1/2 /5 they slowed growing, and I noticed Calyxs popping up everywhere... assumed I hermied whole crop. Couldn't find any bananas or nuts and some of the calyxs are liquid, but some of them have a harder outside as if it was forming a shell. I can easily pull out some of the hairs from the Calyxs, they aren't "falling out" but they are redish / dying.

they are on week 6 now, and some of they Calyxs have.... flowered? well they expanded open and lots of white hairs came out. Only on some of the Calyxs, But one of my plants which is slightly nutrient deficient has formed harder shells with a white inside, but also lots of liquid.(see pics below).

Strains are Pineapple express, Strawberry cough, Black Indica. All feminized seeds. All of these are the ones grown from seeds the ones that I didn't use for mothers.

calyx I plucked hairs fell out easily

outside shell removed

When squished white "stuff" and tiny bit of liquid

any thoughts or ideas? exactly 6 weeks and 1 day old today since 36 hrs dark then 13/11

I have a crop of clones 2-3 weeks behind this crop that is growing in same room, If these are hermies, what are chances of them being pollinated from what ever source?

 

[NuttyProfessor]

looks like some seed to me , self pollinated , not 100 percent on that but 80 percent certain , im sure other will put you right

 

[Neil Rothwell]

agree with paddysmoke on this, most plants try to self pollinate at the end of the cycle for self preservation. self pollination is due to the fact it wasn't naturally pollinated as it would have been in nature. save the seeds, they will be good for the next crop. the odd time these seeds may hermie if they are LST'ed

 

[Kola320]

You didn't ever get sacks ? when my girl went hermie she grew balls before she pollinated herself. the last few weeks you will see more of a swell in calyx.

 

[durky]

No sacks at all been looking everywhere. Only one plant has potential seeds... those Calyxs in the other plants have nothing in them but liquid yet. Those plants where LSTed at the start so maybe that did it. They where fem seeds. Thanks for your input guys.

 

[Antics]

LST likely didn't cause this.

If you had male plants in the same room.. look at that as the cause.

If you didn't have male plants, and didn't see male pollen sacs (Hermy), then it's likely that your plant was bolting, which means producing female pollen sacs. If the seeds are mature enough to be viable, they should be feminized seeds.

When a female is bolting, the female pollen sacs look like small bananas. Thus the nickname, 'Nanners'

 

[durky]

was a couple males at the very start but they where killed within first week of showing preflowers. No Nanners anywhere on these buds.

 

[durky]

When should I harvest the seeds? These strains are suppose to run 8-9 weeks. so around then I should be harvesting ?

 

[Antics]

Unless you're growing for seeds, harvest according to when the bud is done, 30x-60 scope looking at the trichomes will help you harvest right when you want it. Make sure you look at the trichomes on the buds, and not on the leaves.

Depending on when it was pollinated, the seeds may or may not be done when you harvest the plant.

 

[durky]

hmm What do good seeds look like, best success rate? Mine have always been Brown with a white line...

 

[Antics]

Good seeds are brown/black/tan. Anything white or green usually isn't viable.

 

[Jkballa14]

My plant was female, then literally overnight these were Everywhere. Did my plant herm?

 

[013]

Hey JK,

Welcome to 420! Its an old post from 2014 but that’s cool too. Looks like swollen calyx, each one should have 2 hairs pop out in a few days but just to be safe can you drop close up pic of a couple nodes where limbs join the main stem?

 

[Jkballa14]

Here are some pics

 

[Dwight Monk]

Here are some pics

That's a flat out Male, need to get rid of it before it pollinates any ladies you have or any ladies that anyone else is growing anywhere within miles of you as it is outdoors.

 

[bluter]

it's male enough to take your truck to the saloon for beers.

 

[013]

pass out the stooges - it’s a boy

 

[Morda Grown]

That is a late stage male too... Bag it, tag it, set it for cremation.

 

[Jkballa14]

Got it he's gone

 

[013]

Sorry about that but now you know.... best to start with feminized beans unless you are planning to breed