Red pistols, balls and no bananas late 3rd week

[Chaosvox]

I noticed that the pistols were turning red about a week ago. I didn’t see anything else so I decided to just watch but not move them. Today I noticed that the production of new white pistols had stopped and the bud looked different. I found areas that have what appear to be balls but cannot find any bananas. These are her and there and a few clusters but no areas with just a small cluster of balls like you would expect. Then again this is my first grow of anything other than a ficus that I murdered in record time. I have actually tried and have done well up until now. I have battled fungus gnats and won, building the room around them during summer in Arizona. And 75+ humidity during monsoon season. They are 5 feet tall with a couple close to 6 foot and 4 ft. Hence 5 ft. I need to know if the plants that these pics belong to have Hermie’d. None have opened if they are so I can hopefully save the rest. If not even better.

 

[Ponky]

If there are no small little seeds forming its probably ok.

 

[Madmax]

The hairs dying at early stage of flowering is a sign but not always that they have been pollenated Could b a possibility ..not much you can do bout that .i use a pin and prick them feeling for a seed inside or just pluck a pod off and have a look.only way your gonna know.seeds normally take a good 6 weeks to ripen ..

 

[Beza]

Looks like seeds

 

[Chaosvox]

Hairs browning due to an outside influence, brown from the tip. Hairs browning due to plant health brown from there root. Generally.

36c and 72% does that say?

Thank you for the help. Yeah it says 36% humidity and 72 degrees.

 

[Chaosvox]

The hairs dying at early stage of flowering is a sign but not always that they have been pollenated Could b a possibility ..not much you can do bout that .i use a pin and prick them feeling for a seed inside or just pluck a pod off and have a look.only way your gonna know.seeds normally take a good 6 weeks to ripen ..

I did look inside a couple and did not find anything like a seed. Actually nothing at all. Here is a picture I forgot to include. Is this due to phosphorus deficiency?

 

[Madmax]

Thats great then..i dont think its phosphorus as leaves go a dark bluey green color..ive got no idea ..sorry bro.

 

[Chaosvox]

The hairs dying at early stage of flowering is a sign but not always that they have been pollenated Could b a possibility ..not much you can do bout that .i use a pin and prick them feeling for a seed inside or just pluck a pod off and have a look.only way your gonna know.seeds normally take a good 6 weeks to ripen ..

I don’t see dead pistols just the absence of them. Also the buds are more solid that they appear when pistols present. All of them may look like this under the pistols but I am not experienced enough to know that. I checked the little sacks I find here and there and they seem to be hollow. I checked all my plants and cannot find a single banana or pod that looks like it has opened. Is it a normal thing for the buds to grow these sack looking things? Is it normal for the buds to just stop growing pistols? And is the a period where the old pistols and next set don’t overlap and leave the bud without? I need to figure this out fast as I do not want to ruin my entire grow because I did not remove a plant before it spewed pollen everywhere. Thanks for the help everyone I do appreciate you. I will take more pics of these sacks I am speaking of.

 

[Chaosvox]

Just a branch. But I did take a bunch more pics of what I am looking at that is concerning me. I am in my 4th week so not sure what’s up.

 

[Beza]

Just a branch. But I did take a bunch more pics of what I am looking at that is concerning me. I am in my 4th week so not sure what’s up.

Man, looks good to me. I don't see any male sacs. Nice looking buds man...good job! Those are calyx bunches and white hair clusters opening is all I see.

 

[Chaosvox]

Man, looks good to me. I don't see any male sacs. Nice looking buds man...good job! Those are calyx bunches and white hair clusters opening is all I see.

Hey thank you man that means a lot. I have never grown anything before this and I have poured so much into this to try and help a few people that need the medical attributes. I have learned a ton but just enough to create more questions than I can count. All the symptoms I have been worried about has come down to a high ph in my soil. I did two different tests using soil and 7.0 water filtered and GH soil ph kit. Bothe show that the ph is about 7.3-7.5. That would explain the lime green leaves, slowed developement, loss of pistols, brown spots and burnt tips to start. Unless I have still not properly identified the actual root of the problem I need to lower the ph. If I was in veg still I would replant in better soil but ain’t I’m at the middle of 5th week of flower I am thinking ph down or sulffer products maybe vinegar or comparable but I am a total newbie so I am turning to you all to tell me what I need to do. Have I taken the proper actions or what should I do? I appreciate you help as I have put countless hours, all my $$ and so much work into these plants. I built the room around them in 3 parts mostly in summer here in Arizona. NOT an easy job and keeping the plants away from the heat and high humidity during monsoons. But I somehow did and they looked awesome going into flower. If you need certain pics or more explanation on whatever let me know and I will get it to you. Here are some more pics to illustrate what I am looking at. Also I should add that most of the leaves that were dead or bad including many spots I removed already.

 

[Chaosvox]

Hey thank you man that means a lot. I have never grown anything before this and I have poured so much into this to try and help a few people that need the medical attributes. I have learned a ton but just enough to create more questions than I can count. All the symptoms I have been worried about has come down to a high ph in my soil. I did two different tests using soil and 7.0 water filtered and GH soil ph kit. Bothe show that the ph is about 7.3-7.5. That would explain the lime green leaves, slowed developement, loss of pistols, brown spots and burnt tips to start. Unless I have still not properly identified the actual root of the problem I need to lower the ph. If I was in veg still I would replant in better soil but ain’t I’m at the middle of 5th week of flower I am thinking ph down or sulffer products maybe vinegar or comparable but I am a total newbie so I am turning to you all to tell me what I need to do. Have I taken the proper actions or what should I do? I appreciate you help as I have put countless hours, all my $$ and so much work into these plants. I built the room around them in 3 parts mostly in summer here in Arizona. NOT an easy job and keeping the plants away from the heat and high humidity during monsoons. But I somehow did and they looked awesome going into flower. If you need certain pics or more explanation on whatever let me know and I will get it to you. Here are some more pics to illustrate what I am looking at. Also I should add that most of the leaves that were dead or bad including many spots I removed already. I forgot to add that the filtered solution was 1122 ppm.

 

[Beza]

Your grow looks really good (better than mine). I had PH probs myself this round (plus aphids, thrips, and new light burns) plus I usually run a super soil with no feeding throughout but we recently went legal here in New Mexico and need to tighten up for when I get my license and sell to dispensaries and super soil was finishing to dark for me (to much nitrogen). My stuff already better than local dispensaries and several owners like my samples.

I would not mess around with PH up and down except for emergencies but just my opinion. I grew my first pot plant in 1973 and have grown off and on straight for almost 20 years and never used a PH meter or drops. Our water here is high alkaline PH 7.60 so have bought Walmart Spring water for years with no problem. Well, they seem to have changed the PH as started running into problems. I bought a crappy $100 PH meter that is trash. At some point I will buy a Milwaukee PH tester. I have some drops that have proved handy.

I almost ruined my grow with an unreliable ph meter. Dumped PH 5.5 on my grow and thought to check and caught it with my drops and did a quick flush. Most say grows best 6.5 - 7.0. I bought a reverse osmosis countertop model from Apex and good for about 600 gallons before filter change. My plants immediately responded to the 6.7 ph.

If you can trust your meter I would take a tablespoon of Epsom salt per gallon of water and use just enough vinegar to drop the PH anywhere low 6 (around an 1/8 of a teaspoon I think but check with meter). Like 6.3-6.5. Marijuana loves acidic soil and some nutrients won't metabolize above 7 ph and water once with the Epsom/lower PH mix and next day look for darker green on upper fan leaves. Then if possible continue to water with PH 6.7 water and two weeks from now give them another Epsom if leaves haven't returned to normal.

I've grown a long time but their are others more knowledgeable when it come to PH up and Down and PH in general. Dolomite lime in your soil mix can stabilize PH nicely. I've had friends that adjusted stuff so much and often that they threw em all into PH lockout and they all died so sometimes, "less is better."

Hope this helps. You have a talented green thumb sir and will make a superb grower someday!