Plastek's Perpetual Shark Tank

PlastekShark · Mar 23, 2019

I was tired for that last post. I meant stigmas. Some of the stigmas have been swelling at node sites.

PlastekShark · Mar 23, 2019

@InTheShed words of wisdom?

InTheShed · Mar 23, 2019

Can you take a pic of what you mean? I'm not sure which part you're referring to as the stigma:

Photoperiod plants show sex before 12/12 if they get old enough, showing pistils at the node sites for females and pollen sacs for males.

PlastekShark · Mar 23, 2019

The area that shows sex and the first single pistils. A few have those have swollen a bit.

PlastekShark · Mar 23, 2019

The first calyxs that show sex, Haha. Those have swollen

InTheShed · Mar 23, 2019

Need pics. Some things words can't describe!

PlastekShark · Mar 23, 2019

InTheShed said:
Need pics. Some things words can't describe!

Here ya go

InTheShed · Mar 23, 2019

Looks like a plant getting ready to show sex. Assuming you're concerned because these are regular and not fem seeds, or because you just are curious, those should show a pistil if it's a female, or just swell up if it's not.

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Learn how to find tiny pre-flowers at the base of each leaf to determine the sex of your plant in the vegetative stage (at only 3-6 weeks from germination)!

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PlastekShark · Mar 23, 2019

This is from the lemon haze that refuses to flower. Quite a few of those pistillate calyxs have gotten "puffier" and I wasn't sure if normal photos do that or if the swelling is because she will in fact autoflower like she's supposed to. These have been visible for quite some time, the swelling however, is newer.

InTheShed · Mar 23, 2019

I don't remember seeing that on an auto, and at this stage I'm betting photo. Maybe Heavenly Hybrid got your auto seeds! She has a few that were supposed to be photos

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PlastekShark · Mar 23, 2019

Hmm, maybe... :laugh:

Hopefully switch her around 7-10 days from now. I also need to figure out a way to get my light higher. Starting to get to close

InTheShed · Mar 24, 2019

Start to slowly tie the tallest branches out to open the middle. That should give you a bit more headroom.

PlastekShark · Mar 30, 2019

Not much in terms of development. The flowering lady is taking her sweet time. I see a couple amber on some of the more shaded calyxs. Just not the 10/20% I'm waiting for. Hopefully 2 more weeks. That'll put her at 10 weeks of flowering time! Should be nice and dense. Except for the main cola that was a bit too close to the light. That one started fox-tailing on me. Looks cool, but it's taking away from the density! The smell is absolutely wonderful as well!

As for my lemon haze "auto" that turns out to be a photo-period, I have a friend willing to plant her outside at the end of April. So I'll just keep her trimmed up and vegging along for now. She should end up about 10-12 feet tall come harvest time. His seedlings he plants at that time, usually hit 8-10 feet by harvest o_O

. He's going to split the harvest, as long as the critters don't get her! So that's some good news.

The northern lights auto looks a little odd to me at times, but healthy at 32 days from popping her head from the dirt. I decided to try topping her at the 5th node, along with some LST to see what I can get in the end. Yay for experimenting!

Pics to follow in the AM.

My apologies on delayed updates! Loads of OT at work lately and not a lot of big changes with my girls as of late. Lighter schedule this week, thankfully! :bongrip:

Happy growing!

InTheShed · Mar 30, 2019

PlastekShark said:
That one started fox-tailing on me. Looks cool, but it's taking away from the density!

As long as the top didn't burn, more foxtails equals more trichomes!

PlastekShark said:
As for my lemon haze "auto" that turns out to be a photo-period, I have a friend willing to plant her outside at the end of April. So I'll just keep her trimmed up and vegging along for now. She should end up about 10-12 feet tall come harvest time. His seedlings he plants at that time, usually hit 8-10 feet by harvest. He's going to split the harvest, as long as the critters don't get her! So that's some good news.

Excellent news! Ideally you should get the get the time in the tent to mirror the daylight hours where you are, to prevent it from going into early flower and having to reveg. For example, if I was going to put a plant outside in L.A. on May 4th, the sun is up from 6:00 am - 7:39 pm, or 13:38 hours of daylight. I would slowly get my tent lighting to be the same by then.

You can search for your city here and it will give you those numbers for whatever day you choose!

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PlastekShark · Mar 31, 2019

Yeah, I'll have just about 14 hrs of light here as well. The closest I could get would be 18/6 really. I have them at 20/4 currently. Don't wanna go lower than 18/6 and end up slowing down my NL auto. Would that be sufficient?

PlastekShark · Mar 31, 2019

InTheShed said:
As long as the top didn't burn

I don't believe so...pistils still popped out of the tail tips like crazy. What would that look like?

InTheShed · Mar 31, 2019

Well here's what I can tell you. Archiweedies had a Durban Poison in his tent running at 18/6. Can't remember why (heat issues maybe?) he decided to run the tent at 16/8. Damn thing went into flower! It still was getting 16 hours of light, but the change made the plant think that winter was coming. They didn't all do that, but it happens!

PlastekShark said:
I don't believe so...pistils still popped out of the tail tips like crazy. What would that look like?

Some plants throw new pistils right up until harvest. Here's an article on foxtailing:

What Are Marijuana Foxtails? Good or Bad for Buds? | Grow Weed Easy

What makes long thin buds grow on top of your regular buds? And when is fox-tailing perfectly normal? Also, why do new white pistils keep appearing on almost-done buds?

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Some folks don't like fotxtail buds but I think they're cool!

PlastekShark · Mar 31, 2019

Thanks for the article, it was a good read! :thanks:

I've since pushed my.plant further into the corner of the tent when I noticed the fox tailing starting so hopefully I've avoided as much heat/light damage as possible!