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I was looking at some seed advertising and noticed that most of the "Big Bud" type of plants seem to have foxtailing occuring in their pictures. I have had foxtailing happen before and I didn't really notice anything different aside from the shape and slightly less taste. Does anyone else try to do this on purpose? The buds come out nearly as wide as they are long, but are flattened slightly instead of round. I see more and more traits that used to be undesireable that are making their way into the lineup of more and more strains and their progeny. Times have changed but not as much as the plant!
What are your thoughts? Please overlook the "borrowed" pic of foxtailed bud @Izzy1980 ..Thank You!
IDK if it is the LEDs that are causing more foxtailing, or something in the genetics that is becoming less recessive.If you look at the overall shape and size of cannabis from the 60s to now, the plants hardly resemble each other. In the 60s and stuff, everything was tall and spear tipped sativa. he Indica, when it arrived, was also considerably taller than it is today. This makes sense for indoor tent growing but sucks if you are trying to grow tall plants from the current strains.Undesirable for me or anyone I know. Cash croppers hated it because it slowed down trimming.
We only ever saw it when heat got away on us or the plants grew too close to the lights.
I see it all the time on LED grown pot and it's one of the things that's prevented me from trying any of the newer LED's myself..
I have used the beginning of foxtailing as a sign that my plant is finished, and I sometimes get a little green horn, about a 1/2 inch long, growing out of the bud's tip. This is from old landrace strains that don't normally foxtail until the very very end. With foxtailing becoming commonplace, like pistils showing during vegging, it gets a little more difficult to determine when something is truly finished.Genetics can cause it. The more sat dom stuff will do it. Happens alot in haze crosses. It happens to me when plants get too tall and close to the light like @Dirtbag said.
For example: vegged a week longer then I liked for this room. This plant does it a little to an extent but as it got closer the more it happened.
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Genetics can cause it. The more sat dom stuff will do it. Happens alot in haze crosses. It happens to me when plants get too tall and close to the light like @Dirtbag said.
For example: vegged a week longer then I liked for this room. This plant does it a little to an extent but as it got closer the more it happened.
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IMO she's telling you she's done. The little extra weight gained isn't worth it. Not only is trimming a hassle, but the tails just end up turning to shake. Also the inside of the bud is probably getting looser the longer you wait.I often get a lot of fox-tailing. I just let it grow, what else is there to do? What does bother me though is the new pistils that come out of foxtailing. Sometimes, it seems the whole outer-skin of the top buds is new growth/fox-tailing that continues to spit-out new white pistils. I then becomes hard to judge maturity and ripeness.
Unfortunately looks like this?For sure some strains have it to a degree. Our Wedding cake was like your pic. That just is what it is, I have no issues with buds like that.
To me though, undesirable foxtailing is the long spires that shoot way out of the buds all over from heat stress. Like your top in the pic only worse. And it could happen to almost any strain that got too close to the lights for us.
It would also make the half pound bags huge.
Unfortunately looks like this?
No offense I know it new lights, I’m on a permanent learning curve rn. Lol just tryin to show what ya don’t want!Yeah, sorry man dont mean to offend but I'd consider that undesirable foxtailing.
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