CrimsonEcho said:

Hi people,

I am having this tiny foxtailing problem. This is the second time i grow these plants. They are clones from mothers that didn’t show foxtailing first run.

I thought it may be because it was getting too much light cause its mostly at the top colas but i noticed some of the lower ones show minimal foxtailing too.

I pulled up my lights to about 16” and i am out of vertical space now. It was at like 12” or so because i didn’t had any headspace, i thought they would be ok, guess not.

What i want to ask is. What do you think is causing this foxtailing?

They are different strains, 2 Dinachem and 2 Northern Lights and they all exhibit this symptom, so the lights seem like the most plausible culprit right?

I suspected the lights so turned of an 80w cob and moved it to 16”. Was getting 80+K lux with cheap lightmeter, now i am getting 40K lux.

Ps: they are about 15 days away from harvest.

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Monster762 said:

Your good. That’s not even really foxtailing. A sometimes it’s heat but a lot of times it’s genetic. I got strains foxtail in regular rock hard trich coated dank. View attachment 837131Ugly pic. I deleted most my pics recently. But you can see how the top is. And it’s fire produces a lot of kief too. Dense too.

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Jimster said:

To me, they look like they are about done. When I start to see that, it is typically when the plant is spent and is going too long. Surprisingly, corn will do the same thing if left too long in the field. I often find a small nub at the end of a huge cola when trying to let it get huge-er. Too much heat can also cause it, so look for hot spots if it's just in one area.

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ethcan said:

They look great. Don't worry, the foxtailing won't cause any loss in weight or quality. I actually like the explosion look, as long as the trimmers are careful with them :)

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heisenbubble said:

I dont see any real foxtailing.lower the temps a little

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TerpyTyrone said:

Sorry bro's I disagree. I think its much harsher of a smoke.
The trichromes are usually pretty much the only thing this plant does have an adundance of.
The smell/resin production is something that seems affected when this happens to me. I had the same issue . the plant never tightened up. Just produced white hairs on top of the orange ones

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Monster762 said:

Your good. That’s not even really foxtailing. A sometimes it’s heat but a lot of times it’s genetic. I got strains foxtail in regular rock hard trich coated dank. View attachment 837131Ugly pic. I deleted most my pics recently. But you can see how the top is. And it’s fire produces a lot of kief too. Dense too.

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greencraft said:

Maybe cut back on feeding i've noticed high ppms (overfeeding) can cause foxtailing as well .

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TerpyTyrone said:

View attachment 837136 should I start lowering ppm?
These were in with my autos and turned out to be photos. I treated am like autos so the fought back a little. Cal mag issue .Blah blah blah... Should I lower ppm to say 500 ppm for pic #2
She smells lovely and is from the same batch of Foxtail bitch ass CK white widows. Next is cheese/haze sativa dominant photos. @greencraft ??

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Madmax said:

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jumpincactus said:

fox tailing is based on 2 factors, genetics and environment/temps

The genetic based foxtails will be as potent as a regular bud, they just suck for bag appeal. But potency is still there. :D Heat related foxtailing is a potency killer.

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Madmax said:

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