[ProspectorGrower]

Hello everyone, this is my first grow, I was gifted my plants at about 3 weeks old from my father who has been growing in his yard for a couple years now. He knew nothing about the lineage or strain, only that they were random seeds he sprouted form past grows and/or bud he found seeds in.

They are now a few week into flowering and from what I can tell I have 2 out of 6 plants that are the same, the rest are all different.

One of them is very interesting to me as it has a very odd leaf pattern. I've yet to find anything similar online.

It's consistent throughout the plant, the buds are very leafy and sugary in comparison to my other plants.

Does anyone have any input on this, do you think it's just a mutation or is this indicative of a particular strain? I'd love to know more about it if possible.

 

[Gmix]

Plants start with 1-3 blades & work up to 5-7
It can sometimes grow 3-bladed instead of 5-bladed leaves because of genetics, young growth, stress, or changes between flowering and vegetative growth.
I can’t say witch as I’ve no idea how old the 3 bladed leaves are however I’d lean more towards genetics/stress

 

[ProspectorGrower]

I appreciate the reply and input. The anomaly in question isn't necessarily the number of leaves as much as the way the leaves attach to the stem in a strange way.

 

[GNick55]

I appreciate the reply and input. The anomaly in question isn't necessarily the number of leaves as much as the way the leaves attach to the stem in

i agree with @Gmix,.
it’s a mutant,. i’d be more upset than into it that’s for sure,.
hopefully it works out to something descent,.

 

[Ninjadogma]

Hello everyone, this is my first grow, I was gifted my plants at about 3 weeks old from my father who has been growing in his yard for a couple years now. He knew nothing about the lineage or strain, only that they were random seeds he sprouted form past grows and/or bud he found seeds in.

They are now a few week into flowering and from what I can tell I have 2 out of 6 plants that are the same, the rest are all different.

One of them is very interesting to me as it has a very odd leaf pattern. I've yet to find anything similar online.

It's consistent throughout the plant, the buds are very leafy and sugary in comparison to my other plants.

Does anyone have any input on this, do you think it's just a mutation or is this indicative of a particular strain? I'd love to know more about it if possible.


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Its a type of mutation and very common across cannabis plants when they are subjected to an irregular light schedule. I see that when I increase light duration. Five fingers become 3 and sometimes they'll throw 4 with the down step. The radius of the fingers also tightens up whereas a normal fan leaf can have a 270 degree radius, the fans will only spread 45 degrees. So also look at your bud clusters and notice how some of the sugars are losing their serration. Some strains do that with their sugars in flower, but it could also be a sign that the daily duration of light is too long. You want to make sure they're getting a good 10.5 - 11 hours of uninterrupted darkness while they're flowering.

That bud growth looks a little leafy to me, so you might check that light schedule, and also recheck how much nitrogen you're still feeding them. Once they flower you don't stop the nitrogen, but it goes all the way to the back of the bus.
Wishing you the best outcome for your grow.

 

[Redneckx]

You might share a picture of the whole plant? Also like to know the height of the plant.
Why I'm asking is because I've seen that behaviour on dwarf plants, short nodes, resinous and leafy.

 

[Ninjadogma]

You might share a picture of the whole plant? Also like to know the height of the plant.
Why I'm asking is because I've seen that behaviour on dwarf plants, short nodes, resinous and leafy.

It definitely looks like Afghan genetics, but I'm wondering if the leafy bud growth is that genetic marker, the light schedule, or a heavy N load in the root zone. Afghan genetics tend to look leafy but they throw plenty of bracts and then just raise a couple periscope pistils out of them while leaving everything else tucked in. It looks like it's moving out of flower, not into it. Tops should be getting busier and that looks like leaf growth mixing in up there.