Do all of your tops look like that? Or just several?
Looks like how pistils get when they are physically disturbed; for example I'll see that on preflowers where fan leafs are repeatedly tapping/bumping against the flowers due to airflow moving things around. Or preflowers that are repeatedly touched for whatever reason... or far too close to the light with not enough airflow.
Doesn't look like pollinated pistils/calyces to me, which has a pretty distinct look IMO. But the pic quality is kind of hard to tell.
I feel you... well if there's nothing physically disturbing the pistils on the affected flowets whether it be fan leafs rubbing against them, intense airflow or intense light... I'd be worrying about pests... I really don't think they're pollinated calyces - but need better pics to say for certain.It's not even happening to several I would say I've seen this in about 10 flowers at the most through my entire 20 plant flower room. That's just 10 individual flowers throughout the garden, not ten plants. Some that it's happening to are really close to the light and some arent.
I feel you... well if there's nothing physically disturbing the pistils on the affected flowets whether it be fan leafs rubbing against them, intense airflow or intense light... I'd be worrying about pests... I really don't think they're pollinated calyces - but need better pics to say for certain.
Well, for what it's worth after looking at the pics again... This last picture I quoted really doesn't look like pollination or damage from mites to me whatsoever... or even a nutrient thing. It looks exactly how pistils look when they get physically damaged. Have you been moving the plants around a lot? Walking through the garden and brushing up against pre-flowers? Anything like that? If they've been relatively untouched in that sense, then it's either light intensity or fan leaves bouncing around on preflowers. I wouldn't trip at the moment unless it seems to get more widespread... and watch your distance from light to canopy...
Consider other options here, has anyone else visited or have you visited someone else (who may have had a hermie/male)? Are there likely other growers in your area? Could something like a pesticide have been used recently in the area?Well last round I dealt with hemaphrodites in the same room but after that round was done I sprayed (drenched) the entire room with water and let it air dry for a week before putting anything else in that room. I've been looking for male sex organs everyday and havent seen anything that suggests male sex organs. Lime I said above there are some fat bases were the pistils come out from but no ball sacks any where. It just started happeneing a few days ago and only to a few plants. What should I be looking for @Seamaiden and is that normal having real fat bases where the pistils shoot out from because some are fat bases and a lot arent?
Consider other options here, has anyone else visited or have you visited someone else (who may have had a hermie/male)? Are there likely other growers in your area? Could something like a pesticide have been used recently in the area?
Right now, I feel like it's probably a one-time thing, but if it's pollination those pistils that were pollinated should be completely dried and red by now. If so, expect seeding. If not, then I personally think it's some other environmental violation as I'm suggesting above. And if that's the case, I think those ladies should continue chugging along.
I have male plants dropping their jizz in the room next door to my flower room and I never really get accidental pollination...
I suppose it's possible you carried some pollen on yourself - but again, the pistils don't look like they've been pollinated. Like Seamaiden said the pistils should be completely dried up and red at this point... and usually within a relatively short period of time the calyces have a peculiar look to them if they are forming seed.
Get some better pics and you'll get more definitive help.
And as for a "dangerous waiting game" - you should always be on the look out for male genitalia regardless. But if anything HAS been pollinated, there's nothing you can do about that, obviously.
I have been waiting for this thread.....this is not pollination... I know that much, this started showing up in one of my rooms about 8 months ago. its in both now, very sporadic... I thought at first it was as @Myco said physical damage(my room is packed w/ a lot of fans) because the plants push through it....but it infected pistils that were untouched/undisturbed.... I also suspected fertilizer salts or foliar that I was using...but I don't think that is it either..... I think its a pest, I just cant identify it... 2 reasons, 1) plants treated early on with spinosad, are less likely or don't show this.... reason 2)my girl said something is bothering them and not the "baby spiders".....to explain a bit my girl becomes very itchy when there are bugs in my room, and in some way or another something goes on between my plants and her.....you can see it physically in the plants and on her(arm hair stands straight up, goosbumps, itching, blood flow) and she has told me things about them that she couldn't possibly have known, I need to grill her on this....seriously...iv thought about starting a thread on that topic,.... but moving on.... this effects the plants the worst when I don't keep up on preventative pest management and cleanliness or try to just use bennies.... For me this usually phases out around weeks 4-6....plants finish, on to the next one... I will post some pics when the lights click on, its only effecting one plant in my room right now that I suspect was missed during spray....
This is how it starts....I will photograph another plant in a few hours when the lights come on....the part that confuses me about this is the plants always push through finish as usual and show no deficiencies(within reason). I use bennies often, and keep a moderately clean setup so maybe am I just keeping the broad mite at bay? Iv burnt pistils with potassium nitrate as well, could it be one of my salts? @Myco is right that this looks just like wind damage, and I have some damaged/windburnt pistils on every run, but when it's physical damage it's a little more intense then what's happening here.....
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