They can change due to stress. But usually you'll have a Male shute not the whole plant. In my experience. Oh fyi, I'm a miss. No stress. Toss out and start over. I suggest you go back to basics. Get a plant that's already sexed from chick with the seed. See what you can do. Take a class, grow an orchid. They are particular, I'd young can get that to bloom, you can do anything with these beauties. But not yours, not the males.Thank you very kindly sir!
I have no issues being wrong! I just need to know for certain cause that is how you learn is being willing to make and admit mistakes.
So your telling me that out of 6 seeds that I got that were supposed to be feminine I just got the roll of bad dice and hit 6 males? LOL Or is it true that they could have changed in stress. Or do males dry up like this before creating pollen?
Again those a dried up bracts, not stigmas. The hairs(stigma) always emerge in pairs of two, not singly like that.
Go grow any flowering plant. It's different than raising animals. You can't compare them. But yes you'll know when it's right but you'll still need guidance.Hopefully it will be like I tell people with the bulldogs. Once you see it for yourself when it is right you will know it without question. Big difference in quality ranges in bulldogs and few can realize what it is to put a rear on one that matches the front. I have driven a couple hundred miles to meet halfway to show guys in person what they just couldnt realize until they had actually seen with their own eyes.
They can change due to stress. But usually you'll have a Male shute not the whole plant. In my experience. Oh fyi, I'm a miss. No stress. Toss out and start over. I suggest you go back to basics. Get a plant that's already sexed from chick with the seed. See what you can do. Take a class, grow an orchid. They are particular, I'd young can get that to bloom, you can do anything with these beauties. But not yours, not the males.
Most definitely I will need guidance. But sometimes a picture just doesn't do the real thing justice! Photos being 2d vs. 3d can be deceiving. Those dogs look thick in pics. WAAAAY Thicker in person. And I am definitely more a visual and audio learning having ADHD. Makes it really hard for me to just set and read page after page. Forums tend to be much easier on that cause I can scan about a bit and not feel so trapped!Go grow any flowering plant. It's different than raising animals. You can't compare them. But yes you'll know when it's right but you'll still need guidance.
Thank you very kindly sir!
I have no issues being wrong! I just need to know for certain cause that is how you learn is being willing to make and admit mistakes.
So your telling me that out of 6 seeds that I got that were supposed to be feminine I just got the roll of bad dice and hit 6 males? LOL Or is it true that they could have changed in stress. Or do males dry up like this before creating pollen?
Having read some more it is quite possible that I somehow stressed them into hermaphrodites. I started them late in June and we are already hitting 100 by then. I gave them full sun. SO what started as females I do believe could have looked to pollinate themselves. My understanding from another post was that they do this during poor growing seasons to make sure they continue the population. When no males are available. Although they could have all been males to start it is certainly possible since the seed was given me by what I have come to find out was a novice herself. SO if she sexed them herself and did not use colloidal silver to spray a branch and create one that would seed (another thing I have read since this post) then she could have identified them wrong and taught me the same. But through the first month and a half they had no balls near the very long stems that looked to be splitting at the top then stopped and withered and everything just kind of stopped. WE had 2 weeks over 105 and then a few cool days and right back to over 105 for a week. I had them full sun all day long for 16-18 hours of those kind of heat. WE were not even cooling below 95 at night. This red clay out here keeps things baking long after the sun is down. It is much hotter here than houston 9 hours south of us. I have lived in both. And have a friend from Miami that is like I dont know how you bear that damn heat! LOL SO I am gonna have to use my woods more wisely in the future and give them a more natural setting. I made the mistake of reading a little on forums and not considering that most growers are not in nearly as hot a climate as mine.The best advice I can give is to listen to this site, it has helped me tremendously. All good stuff in this thread. Here is a pic of both things you are looking at yellow is the "hairs" and the blue is the bracts. Go with feminized or I have gone the cuttings route. Make a nursery and Guaranteed every time!
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Having read some more it is quite possible that I somehow stressed them into hermaphrodites. I started them late in June and we are already hitting 100 by then. I gave them full sun. SO what started as females I do believe could have looked to pollinate themselves. My understanding from another post was that they do this during poor growing seasons to make sure they continue the population. When no males are available. Although they could have all been males to start it is certainly possible since the seed was given me by what I have come to find out was a novice herself. SO if she sexed them herself and did not use colloidal silver to spray a branch and create one that would seed (another thing I have read since this post) then she could have identified them wrong and taught me the same. But through the first month and a half they had no balls near the very long stems that looked to be splitting at the top then stopped and withered and everything just kind of stopped. WE had 2 weeks over 105 and then a few cool days and right back to over 105 for a week. I had them full sun all day long for 16-18 hours of those kind of heat. WE were not even cooling below 95 at night. This red clay out here keeps things baking long after the sun is down. It is much hotter here than houston 9 hours south of us. I have lived in both. And have a friend from Miami that is like I dont know how you bear that damn heat! LOL SO I am gonna have to use my woods more wisely in the future and give them a more natural setting. I made the mistake of reading a little on forums and not considering that most growers are not in nearly as hot a climate as mine.
Either way I will just keep reading and learning. The only reason for this post was to try to save a crop that I was at wits end with. I won't make that mistake again. Quite frankly wasn't a ver friendly response to an admitted total novice. I am doing this to relieve stress not create it so I dont need this kind of atmosphere.
Nope!so these are not pistils?
Sorry, my friend, that is a dude.Nope!
It works okay in pots but you're stuck when it comes to adding additional fertilizers. It's one dimensional. In soil I'll never use again. Kills beneficial bacteria and adds salt to your soil. I've said it many times but it bears repeating, FUCK MIRACLE GROW. I won't use their shit even free. So there's that.Funny MIMed the very first book I opened up says grow in miracle grow. Everyone i have read on any forum has said miracle grow is a big no no.
It works okay in pots but you're stuck when it comes to adding additional fertilizers. It's one dimensional. In soil I'll never use again. Kills beneficial bacteria and adds salt to your soil. I've said it many times but it bears repeating, FUCK MIRACLE GROW. I won't use their shit even free. So there's that.
Otherwise read blogs and articles on soil and fertilizers. Look up prices on Amazon and see what fits in your budget and go from there. There's a lot of good mixes and ferts that work well.
If your growing outdoors you should put a couple in the ground. Amend the soil first but you'll get larger plants with unlimited root space. Good Luck!
Agree, I'm having a Miracle-Gro meltdown right now! :/ OP here's a few ideas pulled from that Home Depot link you posted earlier, low-cost & I'm familiar with and would use both products if foxfarm wasn't an option, in fact I spoke with a very informative Kellogg's representative at their 800 number yesterdayIt works okay in pots but you're stuck when it comes to adding additional fertilizers. It's one dimensional. In soil I'll never use again. Kills beneficial bacteria and adds salt to your soil. I've said it many times but it bears repeating, FUCK MIRACLE GROW. I won't use their shit even free. So there's that.
Otherwise read blogs and articles on soil and fertilizers. Look up prices on Amazon and see what fits in your budget and go from there. There's a lot of good mixes and ferts that work well.
If your growing outdoors you should put a couple in the ground. Amend the soil first but you'll get larger plants with unlimited root space. Good Luck!
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