Is this Bud Foxtailing? If so how to address?

Cannagar · Jan 2, 2023

My apical bud is starting to foxtail. It seems to have just begun to. But I’ve never dealt with this before and am a little unsure what best practices are to deal with it. It’s not very easy to capture in pictures.

This is the first day of week 7 of flower. And this is just about the only bud with any fresh pistols. The other buds are almost entirely orange or curled in at least.

Cannagar · Jan 2, 2023

as a precaution I raised my lights 2 inches last night.

Fromunda506 · Jan 2, 2023

Reduce light intensity, temp if you can and back down her nutrients a little if you are still feeding. Was just chatting on here over the weekend with a few other growers about this. Not positive exactly what combination of factors causes it, but that is how I shut it down if I see it in my grow. Works pretty well. Hate to see my nice hard buds blow apart and fill up with extra stems.

growsince79 · Jan 2, 2023

it looks good to me.

Cannagar · Jan 2, 2023

growsince79 said:
it looks good to me.

Yeah. I can’t quite tell if I’m being paranoid or if it’s just not far along enough to easily catch in pictures.

Cannagar · Jan 2, 2023

Fromunda506 said:
Reduce light intensity, temp if you can and back down her nutrients a little if you are still feeding. Was just chatting on here over the weekend with a few other growers about this. Not positive exactly what combination of factors causes it, but that is how I shut it down if I see it in my grow. Works pretty well. Hate to see my nice hard buds blow apart and fill up with extra stems.

I have been giving her an extra quarter dose of flower fuel in her feedings. I suppose I could back down from that a bit.

Trixie · Jan 2, 2023

Foxtailing comes mostly from fading your light intensity.

josefrahl · Jan 2, 2023

Doesn't look like foxtailing to me. I've had it a couple times from being too close to the lights. It will usually happen in small patches at various spots in my experience, a little on the top, a little to the left of that, ect.., with an inch or two break between pistil clusters.

steamroller · Jan 2, 2023

May be bro science but some believe foxtailing is genetic or a heat/ light surplus.
What is your daytime temp?

Cypress66 · Jan 3, 2023

steamroller said:
May be bro science but some believe foxtailing is genetic or a heat/ light surplus.
What is your daytime temp?

I think some of the plants will be naturally foxtaling and I have had a few that have not had any in the same garden at the same height but the light is a factor in my opinion on some of my work I have raised the light or turned the lights down and its seems to work on the stopping of the foxy bud so it's just a thought and it's not a bit of advice on how to stop it peace and good luck with it

Cannagar · Jan 3, 2023

steamroller said:
May be bro science but some believe foxtailing is genetic or a heat/ light surplus.
What is your daytime temp?

About 72-80

Zen_Seeker · Jan 3, 2023

Cannagar said:
My apical bud is starting to foxtail.

Doesn’t look that way to me. More like it’s stimulated into making new buds.

Sugar leaves don’t look bad. No big colour change. Not pointing up or down. Tips and sides aren’t burnt, yellow or white.

Foxtail I’ve seen looks like a row or two of little buds then small set of sugar leaves repeatedly like a pine tree. As the plant keeps trying to flower, burn, try again.

You say this is week seven after the stretch?

GrowDuGas · Jan 3, 2023

Looks good

Cannagar · Jan 3, 2023

Zen_Seeker said:
Doesn’t look that way to me. More like it’s stimulated into making new buds.

Sugar leaves don’t look bad. No big colour change. Not pointing up or down. Tips and sides aren’t burnt, yellow or white.

Foxtail I’ve seen looks like a row or two of little buds then small set of sugar leaves repeatedly like a pine tree. As the plant keeps trying to flower, burn, try again.

You say this is week seven after the stretch?

Yeah this is week 7.

Zen_Seeker said:
Doesn’t look that way to me. More like it’s stimulated into making new buds.

Sugar leaves don’t look bad. No big colour change. Not pointing up or down. Tips and sides aren’t burnt, yellow or white.

Foxtail I’ve seen looks like a row or two of little buds then small set of sugar leaves repeatedly like a pine tree. As the plant keeps trying to flower, burn, try again.

You say this is week seven after the stretch?

yeah this is the start of week 7 flowering.

Here is a link to my current grow diary.

https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/update-on-my-current-grow-liberty-haze-barney’s-farm.145296/

Zen_Seeker · Jan 3, 2023

I’m still a new grower but that’s my opinion until a wiser more experienced member has a minute to chime in.

Light, heat, and removing to many fan leaves are what I’ve seen cause fox tails. But again limited experience.

7munkee · Jan 3, 2023

Nothing wrong with foxtails unless you are in it for the aesthetics for bag appeal.

I see it as more weight.

growsince79 · Jan 3, 2023

7munkee said:
Nothing wrong with foxtails unless you are in it for the aesthetics for bag appeal.

I see it as more weight.

If its too bad it can ruin the bud. I don't like growing stems. A little genetic, loose bud might be okay. If its stretching and looks like it's revegging, I'd take it out.

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