Badcableman
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Hello folks. I've had my medical card for a few years, but with the ever-increasing prices at the dispensary (and the inconsistently inconsistent quality or potency despite lab testing & labelling), this year I finally decided to try my hand at growing my own medical cannabis. I must say, I am humbled by all of the outstanding photos of all the pristine cannabis being grown by all of the experienced growers on this site.
That said, I know I got a late start for my growing zone this year. I am a competent casual gardener, usually having reasonably good success growing vegetables and some landscaping flowers & etc. I started my vegetable seeds indoors at the end of March and moved them out to the greenhouse in mid-April due to favorable (read unseasonably mild) conditions. Unfortunately, I didn't commit to growing cannabis until that point in time; hence, I am at least a month or more behind pretty much everybody else.
I popped 6 seeds from a tube of mixed genetics, mixed strains, and mixed types (photo vs auto) of regular (non-femenized) seeds. All 6 germinated and were put into 5" pots. 1 was culled due to seedling/plant deformation which would not have been viable or productive. 1 was lost to unknown insect damage to the main stem. 2 ended up being males and culled, leaving 2 females, which were put into 5 gallon containers at the beginning of July.
The weather here in MI has been unseasonably warm and very humid by MI standards. 1 plant remained only 3" high without hardly node spacing and strange branching. The other grew a single stem with well-spaced nodes and is now perhaps 15" tall. Making a long story short, just this week, I discovered the short plant had hermied and was culled. I am of the opinion it was likely a hermie autoflower, and now I am left with the single regular photoperiod plant. FWIW, the plant is showing signs of stress (3-lobed fan leaves), likely from high temps and humidity.
I've taken the liberty of attaching a few photos of my remaining plant. My question at this point would be is it worth growing this plant out given my late start? Or am I fighting an uphill battle?
That said, I know I got a late start for my growing zone this year. I am a competent casual gardener, usually having reasonably good success growing vegetables and some landscaping flowers & etc. I started my vegetable seeds indoors at the end of March and moved them out to the greenhouse in mid-April due to favorable (read unseasonably mild) conditions. Unfortunately, I didn't commit to growing cannabis until that point in time; hence, I am at least a month or more behind pretty much everybody else.
I popped 6 seeds from a tube of mixed genetics, mixed strains, and mixed types (photo vs auto) of regular (non-femenized) seeds. All 6 germinated and were put into 5" pots. 1 was culled due to seedling/plant deformation which would not have been viable or productive. 1 was lost to unknown insect damage to the main stem. 2 ended up being males and culled, leaving 2 females, which were put into 5 gallon containers at the beginning of July.
The weather here in MI has been unseasonably warm and very humid by MI standards. 1 plant remained only 3" high without hardly node spacing and strange branching. The other grew a single stem with well-spaced nodes and is now perhaps 15" tall. Making a long story short, just this week, I discovered the short plant had hermied and was culled. I am of the opinion it was likely a hermie autoflower, and now I am left with the single regular photoperiod plant. FWIW, the plant is showing signs of stress (3-lobed fan leaves), likely from high temps and humidity.
I've taken the liberty of attaching a few photos of my remaining plant. My question at this point would be is it worth growing this plant out given my late start? Or am I fighting an uphill battle?