Indoor I think I have a Hermie

[Beerhunter CDN]

Problem: I think I have a hermaphrodite.

-Medium/grow method: Canna Coco Coir with a smidgeon of perlite

-Feed and supplements used: Advanced Nutrients Sensi Bloom A&B, AN Overdrive, AN Calmag Plus.

-Water source: RO water (2ppm) and an EC of 1.6 (800 ppm) feed approx. 3/4G every 24 hours and watering to runoff (10-20%). Water temp is approx 21C. She is two days into flushing with RO water (pH 6.0)

-Strain and age: Mephisto Genetics Grape Walker Kush at Day 88.

-Climate: 23-24C day and night; 30-40% RH day and night.

- Light used: Autocobs (cobshop.net), 20/4 at 24” above canopy.

-Additional info: I’ve only noticed this new growth come up in the last day. I found three different areas of this weird, new growth. You may have to zoom into the pics to see but I’ve tried to centre the “abnormality” in the pic.

Any thoughts on this would be great; I’m not terribly concerned about it as the plant is almost at harvest but I’d like to understand what it is and why it happened if possible. @slowandeasy @STILLSMOKIN @Mañ'O'Green @namvet25 @Hanzo-hattori

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[Time]

Foxtailing?

I don't know but I'm subbed for the answer.

 

[Sgt pepper]

Pull it out I'd imagine it probs won't matter being this far in..

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[Garage_Grower]

Nanner my friend, seen one on my CBD right before I chopped her. Sometimes it just happens near the end of the plants life. I wet my fingers and just plucked it off. I chopped my plant the next day, it was basically done regardless. Didn’t find anymore when I trimmed her up either.


Easy smoking! [emoji869]

 

[Beerhunter CDN]

Balls!! I figured they were nanners and planned on plucking them off regardless. More or less, I wanted to know what I’d done wrong to stress the plant.

 

[Proph]

Balls!! I figured they were nanners and planned on plucking them off regardless. More or less, I wanted to know what I’d done wrong to stress the plant.

Yup.. That's a herm. Good learning experience and nice pics for others to use and learn from! Every strain/plant has its own limitations. Breeders are the ones who should have info such as "stress notes" and "growing notes".. But most don't bother testing. Most common culprit is over feeding (as in high ppm feeds) or high N ratio durring flower. But there is no way for us to know what caused it.

 

[Garage_Grower]

Borrowed from Nebula Haze over at Growweedeasy.

If a female plant is allowed to go too long without being harvested or pollinated (allowed to go past the point of optimal harvest), she will sometime produce a bunch of bananas in her buds as a last-ditch attempt to self-pollinate and create seeds for the next year. This is sometimes known as rhodelization. This is not as destructive as other types of hermies since it only happens after plants are already past the point of optimal harvest.

What type of stress can trigger bananas to form on cannabis buds?

Inconsistent Light Schedules & Light Leaks – When plants don’t get light at the same time each day, or if they’re exposed to light during their dark period (light leak)

Temperature – When temps get too high, hermies and nanner often appear. Cold night temps, or just large temperature swings in general, are also known to trigger bananas for some strains.

Too-Bright Light – Like too much heat, light that is too bright can stress your plants and trigger hermies. This is most often caused by growers keeping their lights to close to their plants. You can light-burn your plants even when the temperature is under control.

Major Plant Problems – Major plant problems like nutrient deficiencies, root rot, pH problems, light-burn and nutrient burn can all trigger hermies to start growing

Genetics – While stress plays a big role in the formation of bananas, the tendency to form them is genetic. This tendency is very common in the seeds of a plant that hermied – these “feminized” seeds, while always female, are much more likely to show the same herming traits as its parent. Growing seeds that were produced this way is naturally selecting to produce more buds that grow bananas. Only get feminized seeds from a trusted breeder.


Easy smoking! [emoji869]

 

[Beerhunter CDN]

Yup.. That's a herm. Good learning experience and nice pics for others to use and learn from! Every strain/plant has its own limitations. Breeders are the ones who should have info such as "stress notes" and "growing notes".. But most don't bother testing. Most common culprit is over feeding (as in high ppm feeds) or high N ratio durring flower. But there is no way for us to know what caused it.

Interesting that you say that as she was quite nute sensitive and I had recently buggered up a feed and made it too strong. I think she was also borderline N toxic for some time. Anyway, I plucked off the nanners and I’ll just keep an eye on her for the next few days before harvest.

 

[Beerhunter CDN]

Borrowed from Nebula Haze over at Growweedeasy.

If a female plant is allowed to go too long without being harvested or pollinated (allowed to go past the point of optimal harvest), she will sometime produce a bunch of bananas in her buds as a last-ditch attempt to self-pollinate and create seeds for the next year. This is sometimes known as rhodelization. This is not as destructive as other types of hermies since it only happens after plants are already past the point of optimal harvest.

What type of stress can trigger bananas to form on cannabis buds?

Inconsistent Light Schedules & Light Leaks – When plants don’t get light at the same time each day, or if they’re exposed to light during their dark period (light leak)

Temperature – When temps get too high, hermies and nanner often appear. Cold night temps, or just large temperature swings in general, are also known to trigger bananas for some strains.

Too-Bright Light – Like too much heat, light that is too bright can stress your plants and trigger hermies. This is most often caused by growers keeping their lights to close to their plants. You can light-burn your plants even when the temperature is under control.

Major Plant Problems – Major plant problems like nutrient deficiencies, root rot, pH problems, light-burn and nutrient burn can all trigger hermies to start growing

Genetics – While stress plays a big role in the formation of bananas, the tendency to form them is genetic. This tendency is very common in the seeds of a plant that hermied – these “feminized” seeds, while always female, are much more likely to show the same herming traits as its parent. Growing seeds that were produced this way is naturally selecting to produce more buds that grow bananas. Only get feminized seeds from a trusted breeder.


Easy smoking! [emoji869]

Thanks for the info Garage. I haven’t had too many issues with her until today. I think I kept most of those issues mentioned in the article you posted to a minimum but I might have over fed her at the end before flushing.