Sativa girl's node looks a little odd

skippyV · Sep 9, 2025

I'm a new grower and noticed the end of this branch just looked a bit different from the rest of the branches.
I'm not worried, just curious. Is this from a node of the branch splitting?
Bottom, side and top view pics:

skippyV · Sep 10, 2025

This was a wishy/washy question. Not surprised there is no responses. This post is unworthy.

Moderator, I could not find a means for deleting this post. Feel free to delete it for me.
Thanks

Leste · Sep 10, 2025

Ain’t nothing wishy washy, read some of the posts on here. Someone will reply. Keep the faith

Halloweed · Sep 10, 2025

I'd help if I could but I'm not sure the answer. Might be a mutation.

Greenadian · Sep 10, 2025

Hey there @skippyV can you share a few more full plant photos. Are these plants flowering? If so, for how long?

KG1 · Sep 10, 2025

Iit looks like it topped itself either through damage, pest, environment or simply mutations in cell division.

Although it is super hard to really see clearly it looks like it lost the apical tip.

Sometimes a leaf grows instead of the tip in this case which no further growth can come from since no growth nodes.

If it's happening all over you have some apical dominance issue but if just one branch more likely damage or something leading to the tip abortion.

Hormones stack at the apical tip no doubt they will cause the next branch at the nearest node to now become the dominant one.

Wouldn't worry unless it happening all over the plant. People may not have answered straight away because it's not super common and some won't have experienced it in grows or online yet.

TannedViking · Sep 10, 2025

Looks like a mutation, which can happen from stress. I've had a break at the base of the stem which after healing tried pushing out an entire new branch.

LoveGrowingIt · Sep 10, 2025

skippyV said:
This was a wishy/washy question. Not surprised there is no responses. This post is unworthy.

The post is not unworthy. Activity here ebbs and flows. This one's a bit of a challenge, too. It's sometimes difficult to tell from pictures.

A phyllotaxy mutation is the first thing that came to mind. (phyllotaxy = the arrangement of leaves on a stem) Another possibility is the plant has matured to the point that it's changing from opposing phyllotacy to alternating phyllotaxy. That may have mutated. I once had a whorled phyllotaxy cannabis plant, which had three branches per node. That I think was because it got too hot when it was a seedling, and the stress from that caused it to mutate.

superchola · Sep 10, 2025

Nothing wrong with mutations some plants do it naturally

superchola · Sep 10, 2025

Certain mutations can make plants more resistant to pests or diseases, providing a survival advantage.

superchola · Sep 10, 2025

Just saw that in front of my own eyes

skippyV · Sep 15, 2025

LoveGrowingIt said:
The post is not unworthy. Activity here ebbs and flows. This one's a bit of a challenge, too. It's sometimes difficult to tell from pictures.

A phyllotaxy mutation is the first thing that came to mind. (phyllotaxy = the arrangement of leaves on a stem) Another possibility is the plant has matured to the point that it's changing from opposing phyllotacy to alternating phyllotaxy. That may have mutated. I once had a whorled phyllotaxy cannabis plant, which had three branches per node. That I think was because it got too hot when it was a seedling, and the stress from that caused it to mutate.

Interesting. This is just one branch. I'm going to upload a video.

skippyV · Sep 15, 2025

Thanks for all the replies!

I think mutations are curiosities. And as @superchola said, mutations can become improvements to the genetics. Not that I'm a grower/master-genetic-manipulator. I'm just trying to grow a plant to completion. This will be my first plant that survived to the budding stage.

I think she's happy, despite my never-ending battle against spider mites.
Now that the weather is cooling, maybe the mites onslaught will taper off.

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