This is our first run and very experimental based. We started 9 random seeds. 3 outdoors in the summer and 6 in the aerogarden. 4 of the 6 indoors seemed to be female, we trashed the other 2. The outdoor plants didn’t do well but we didn’t give them the love they needed to be honest. Those were thrown out. We put 4 plants in bags with coco coir and perlite. We have 2 ts600 mars hydro lights inline vent, inline fan and carbon filter, another fan and heater to regulate temperatures. Nothing is connected to technology. We have the lights on 12/12 for blooming and heater goes on for 15 min every hr at night. We use ph up and down, and general hydroponics nutrients. Everything was going fine until week 5 and basically overnight 3 plants had seeds. We threw them out and didn’t notice any seeds opened but we sprayed down the only remaining female with water to hopefully get rid of any pollen from the males/hermaphrodites. The female is growing well. We didn’t tie her down until too late so she’s pretty tall but we have trained the outer stalks to lay flat. I will add photos later. This experimental run has taught us a lot so far but any recommendations are welcomed!
I might say to wait until plants show their sex before flipping to flower in the future. I’ve had good luck with getting the males out while everyone is still getting at least 16 hours of light. Sounds like you got a female going so that’s good news! Good luck on your grow.
You think the plant is ready to harvest or still needs a week or two?
Any suggestions?
Hey friend, I can’t tell too well from your pics but I’m not seeing much amber in the trichomes, do you have a jeweler’s loupe or some type of magnification to see closer? I prefer going a little longer to get a ‘heavier’ high, but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
Also, that last picture, it may just be the angle, but did you have some issues with light schedule at some point? It looks like a little bit of reveg in there but I’m by no means an expert.
Here’s some good reading on it - When is the Best Time to Harvest Marijuana Buds? | Grow Weed Easy
and I reference this chart when using magnification -
I would say most are pretty clear still. So I think it’s got a couple weeks. This is our first time growing so we’ve had some issues here and there but I’m just glad its alive and we’ve managed to not have any major issues.
Agreed on that, mostly clear. At least a couple weeks to go, how many days in flower is she? And good job getting this far, almost there
We started them without a grow room so they were not developed correctly to begin. We lost due to either changing into males or being male…we are on week 7 in the room with 12 and 12 light.
This is what the plants looked like when we put them in the grow room. This was on September 14th. They were growing in my aero garden for about a month before that.
I would suggest to put some time in the growroom itself
Actually i would suggest to buy a growtent to save time
Not sure if that type of foil around the plants do anything good …
Imo the foil is to far away from the plants to benefit from it.
Also i never had plants produce seeds overnight…
Might have stressed your plants to turn into hermies?
Not sure what genetics you used…
I would have tossed everything out if i had bananas or signs of pollination
In most cases spraying the plant with water to destroy the pollen will have no succes because the pollen already pollinated it before you have spotted it…
Good luck man!
You’ve got several weeks left judging by your pics. Just keep doing what you’re doing. They don’t look unhappy. You’ve obviously got a long flower there. I’m going to guess 12+weeks total
Welcome to OG! Nice grow brotha.
I second @Organical with a 2 more weeks needed. If you wanted too, you could make the lighting 11/13 for a tad faster finish. I prefer to flower under 11/13.
Just a heads up brotha, a couple Nanners are visible.
Those orbs are pollen in the slits.
Just look em over and keep plucking. I dip my fingers in water them go to pluck away to “attempt to neutralize any escaping pollen”. You should get some great smoke out of her. I like the look of her.
Either way for the first grow, You’re doing great! \