Hermaphrodite or not?

sugarpuff

Member
Got a viking ak47, its ak47+some ruderalis breed for autoflowering, that im unsure of if its an hermaphrodite or not.

Its 19 days old today and yesterday it showed pistills.

On the fifth node on both sides it has two (whats its name?) and each of those has 2 white pistills growing out... obvious flower.
On the fourth node however on one side only it has 2 sacks that no pistills have sprouted from, These sacks are larger but are of equal size and form to another pair of balls that another plant I have got on its thicker fourth node and these sacks on the other plant do got hairs

So, can some flower be delayed alot with growing pistills?

How long do I have untill they may burst and pollinate?

I cant take pictures cause my camera cant focus on so small things.
 

sugarpuff

Member
managed to get two sharp pictures. I have marked the lower unknown sacks and the upper female sacks that has hairs.
There is no stem on these unknown sacks, thats a good sign right?
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technical dan

Active Member
the name youre looking for is pre-flowers. And it does look like male preflowers in the lower pics. It is a good sign that they are not on stems (yet) you will want to cut/pull them off as soon as the stem is present and it is confirmed as a nanner/ male flower.

As to weather the plant is a hermaphrodite possibly, it is probably not a true herm which would have an even mix and distribution of male and female flowers. But is a lady plant with some male flowers ..... still not what you want in a sinsemilla garden so if nanners show up after removal of preflowers I would say cut the plant. But if no new nanners show up you might (with a lot of attention) be able to get some good green off of it(or a hash wash is always an option).
 

sugarpuff

Member
Thanks for the answere.

I got a bit of a situation here... tomorrow i have to go out of town and will be back on thursday. If these 2-3 days old pods are male will they pollinate by the time i get home? I got 6 other plants so that would be a dissaster.

You think I should pinch the preflowers before I leave or can I wait untill i get back home?
 

technical dan

Active Member
before you leave I would assume the pollen sacs could open revealing the anthers n pollen better pull rather than risk it
edit: ^ if they were formed as pods. you would probably be fine giving the pre flower a couple more days to develop and then you will know for sure about the plant
 

sugarpuff

Member
Back now, I did remove the suspisious sacks right before I left on monday. They where probably female flowers that just wasnt mature enough to make pistills yet I think. Now 5 days later that plant have alot of female flowers and zero sign of male flowers so I think im okey.

The very tip of some of the leaves on some of the plants have started to become yellow, lack of N right? Just started to give them som veg nutes today for the first time. 3.5 weeks old.
The plants ahve grown ALOT these 5 days btw lol =D Nice supprise when i got home. They did very fine w/o water for 5 days to =)
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sugarpuff

Member
it could be N can you get a pic without the grow lights on?
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think my plants have eaten most of the nutes that was put in my soil from the start, seems that some of the yellow have already started to withdrawn since i gave my plants some nutes for the first tim earlier today. It is just the top leveas, all the middle and bottom leaves are 100% green.
 
Back now, I did remove the suspisious sacks right before I left on monday. They where probably female flowers that just wasnt mature enough to make pistills yet I think. Now 5 days later that plant have alot of female flowers and zero sign of male flowers so I think im okey.
you did the right thing!!. high content of ethylene into the plant can cause big male flowers forming at 4th and/or 5th node. No hermis, remove them at soonest and you'll get the matter fixed. no worries.

hempy greetings
 

technical dan

Active Member
. It is just the top leveas, all the middle and bottom leaves are 100% green.
That fact combined with the shade of green on the leaves N is just fine it will go from the bottom up and does appear in that pattern I keep these links around since the pics and explanations are good: Cannabis Plant Problems & Symptoms | Marijuana Nutrient Deficiencies | Grow Weed Easy, Nutrient and Deficiency Table. didnt check the links hopefully they are the ones im thinking of.

Now on to what is going on maybe too much N, or pH is off the leaves are dark green (indicating sufficient N) the tips are burnt and clawing down ..... Hopefully someone else comes in and checks whats going on I'm not good at diagnosis, all I can do is find the symptoms. Maybe the plant problems section or a sticky in there could tell ya whats causing problems.
 
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