So I am a lil nervous bc I was cleaning up the legs of my ladies to discard anything that is wworthless and only going to take away something instead of adding it.
Damn it...I'm stacking posts again...alright.
I strip the ladies bare from the waste down. I borrow
@SeaF0ur 's straight razor (he doesn't use it anyway). I always did this with trepidation but hydro is so fast, it gave me the balls to just strip it all...from a certain point, down. & that's really the way to do it. Then through the stretch I poke through & pick out any suckers (I don't know what you call them, on tomatoes, we call 'em suckers. The stuff that will just be larf. It throws so much more energy into the stretch.
me? it's bagseed. I found one seed in a bag of what was supposed to be, "Master OG". I'm not ripping anyone off, but it doesn't look like master og. I had a conversation with a friend about it, and decided to name it after my dad, "Chip". he recently passed so it's for a good cause to name it after him.
I will check out some pictures on the bubetube and see what nl #5 looks like compared to it.
HA!
If that's NL 5 brother, be happy, happy, happy lol. It's one of the most desired strains of all time. It looks more like NL5 to me than MOG actually. But, in my opinion, you just have a mutt of some sort. Nothing wrong with that. Some of the best dogs are mutts.
uponn examining the lil buds that I trimmed off I noticed that inside a calyst that there was what felt like a seed...also there were other parts that almost felt and looked like seed pods....I didnt find an actual seed, just eveidence of the possibility..I have gone above and beyond to make sure my girls are never interupted during lights out...temps never got higher then 81 and never lower then 65....Im hoping I was either wrong or mistaken or that if it did happen it only happend to like 1 of the small buds...that same small bud had an area close to the stem that i pulled apar and there was this wierd textured stuff on my fingers that i am hoping wasn't any pollen. Everyday I check for nanners although i am somewhat a newbe I think i would be able to tell if I saw a lil nanner.
I know what you are talking about, I think it's fine. I don't have an explanation for you. I freaked out the first time I saw it, started calling everyone I knew, posting questions...the plant was fine. No seeds, no signs of hermie, nothing. As this run progresses I might be able to pull one off & show you so you can see if we are talking about the same thing. If we
are talking about the same thing, I will run into it in a couple weeks.
This is just my hypothesis, but I think the jizzle you are seeing that you are nervous could be pollen is just the product of the plant coming into full flower setup. If we are talking about the same thing, you are probably around week 4-ish? I think it's just the growth preparing to step up flower production, it's very small, & if you squish it, it will crush into a damp powdery looking stuff? Almost like a powdery paste. If that's what you are talking about, you are fine. I can see how/why you could be worried though. Pics would help me give you a definite answer.
If you have good hands (mine shake) you should be able to cut open the calyx with a sharp blade & you will see the formation of a pod within the calyx (if it seeded). If it's seeded, the calyx pistils should also die back. Basically, if it's seeded, you will be able to see it with magnification in short order. Where the pollen came from is anyone's guess.
Nanners, I discovered on the last run, are not necessary for a hermie. I've always done the same thing, watch them for nanners. On the last run, 1 large branch (probably 40g dried, it was big) got seeded up, & I didn't even know it. A fellow grower with
infinitely more experience than me came over to check it out & he agreed. There were no nanners on that branch, plant, or any other plant in the room. I didn't even carry males at the time.
They can be hard to find...meaning, they don't always look as "out of place" as you will see in pics. I've seen some that are just as green as the bud, the only way you could tell was it that you could tell it was newer growth & the THC stalks/heads weren't there.
So, what you are feeling can happen to unseeded buds at a certain stage of growth. But that same "growth bubble" (I don't know what else to call it) won't be there at week 8....just when the buds are forming, calyx's out, ready to rock.
When I finally get a microscope (like a real microscope) I'll try to show everyone what I mean.
@Stumpy420 The plant looks good brother. Are you thinking of going soil or are those just plants to play with? I always say that I find hydro to be easier to kill it, & it's just easier for me - labor wise. But you appear to be doing well in whatever you are doing for soil. If you want to go that route, in my opinion, well grown soil stuff
can taste better. It's like a more "intricate" palate.
I guess what I'm saying is don't let my love of hydro influence you to do it hydro. I find it easier. But you are doing well in soil too, & soil consistently tests much higher in terpene content, which affects the whole medical experience. Same cut grown in soil vs hydro can have a significantly different
feel/high. It would be great if you master soil. You do all the hard work, then you can just tell me the recipe.
You do all the work lol, & when you have it perfect just tell me what to buy lol.
