Hole in the trunk normal?

[Zoneshityee]

Is it normal to have a hole bored out in the main trunk ??

 

[Zoneshityee]

??

 

[Zoneshityee]

??

 

[Zoneshityee]

Further look

 

[Greenjourneyman]

Yep. called a pith.
botany is fun!

 

[Zoneshityee]

Oh, like pithium?

 

[Zoneshityee]

Yep. called a pith.
botany is fun!

All of them have that empty hole ??

 

[mysticepipedon]

Some strains/phenos have hollow stems, but there are a group of plant pests called borers that will eat a small hole in a stem and then eat the pith. I used to get these, sometimes, when I grew outdoors. The holes are hard to find, but they usually have a bunch of small caterpillar dropping right at the entry hole. I used to find them after harvest, if a branch was removed and one of the bastards was revealed.

I don't see any borer poop in those pics. It's probably genetic.

 

[chemistry]

Root Rot, and stem rot.