Welcome Blue Skye. Hope you enjoy them.
I was out back looking at the depressing pile of sticks poking outta the pots from this years. Of course, these are dead and dried out, but most have a hollow stem to some degree. Some more than others, close to yours. Now I'm looking at my 8-Ball buds, and she's hollow like a fine straw on her larger ends and stems. I'd imagine closer to the tip she's pretty solid. Plants are what? 90% water weight? The whole way a plant's uptakes is like a straw, or like that thing with food coloring and a piece of celery. Make up some rich colored water and put the celery in it, it will draw up some color. I just did a search for 'cannabis vascular system' and found a good read, but you know censorship. But here's the highlighted area about the straw.
The evaporating water vapor that exits through the stomata draws water up through the plant to replace it much like a chain. Water has a tendency to stick to the sides of a container ('adhesion') and also to adhere to itself ('cohesion'). Because of these two properties, water in narrow tubes forms a continuous chain of water molecules. Water evaporating through the stomata pulls the chain of water up the stem to replace the lost fluid through 'vessels', the many long, narrow hollow tubes made from dead xylem cells. Water molecules form a chain; as the top of the chain is lost to evaporation, the rest move upward to fill the void.
Hot weather? Wet weather? Might the plant have had the tap opened all the way up? I know big plants need alot of water to get to be big plants. I know some have this soft pith? But hey,,,, you did well, I sure didn't see anything wrong with the buds or was that a bad branch? Like said, ain't broke, don't fix.
Why not, we been using fish since the days Indians showed us starving ass white men how to plant fish in the corn patches. I'd be warry of one thing,,, salt or the oil in some. I don't know. My Grandma used to have me disk all the fishheads etc. in the gardens. You might wanna bury it deep to, cat might wanna dig it up. Good idea tho.
Hey Brightlights, I almost always use something kind of sort of like what your talking. Biological Warfare. Stuff I'm using has Streptomyces lydicus WYEC 108 in it. That is if you remember to give the soil a drench. Product is called Actinovate AG. I'm going to take a peek at yours, couldn't find what was in it. But from what I understand about this stuff here is it's a bacteria that eats dead and sick type matter that attacks the roots and causes the moldss and wilts. Which damping off is one.
Back to A-Birds thought about them pics, I have one going right now that if I can capture it correctly,,,,, it could be the bud of the year. It's a Mind Cant'rol from a seed give away abit back. I'm not even going to try to get a pic anymore while she's under that HPS. I mean this girl is sick. You can bet I'll get acouple good pictures of her.
I'm pretty happy with what turned up in the flower room this time. 11 plants, 7 different strains. Going to be all new ones next time too. But I started 2 more seeds. If that Mind cant'rol is anywhere close to be as good smoke as she looks. I'll be looking for a mother plant and hope I get the same pheno. She'd do great as a single cola SOG plant. I have 2 in there. Both look to be the same pheno cept this ones amped up. Well I'm outta here... Hope all's great out there and Keepem Green
Woody just flew by 
an say have a great day 
Thanks NC!... there is a LOT in that thread, Thanks 420 Folks!!!
