Mystery of the Missing Stigmas

TrimothyLeary

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Hello, all. I'll get pics up shortly, though I doubt their helpfulness in this situation.

I've got a Girl Scout Cookies from Fast Buds that I had started inside, but placed outside probably around week 5. Now it's about harvest time, and strangely, all of the stigmas have disappeared. They were turning orange pretty uniformly across the plant prior to their diappearance. I DO see new stigmas growing in some spots.

There is no other damage on the plant.

We had a lot of rain and wind in the last few weeks.

I'm currently thinking the stigmas had browned and died, and the rain and wind simply detached and washed them away.

I can't find any likely herbivores that target only stigmas, and don't leave other signs of damage. I did read about the Hemp Russet mite, but that isn't looking likely.

I haven't sprayed the plants with anything, though they've received a good deal of rain for a few weeks.

Any ideas? Wind and rain detaching them seems the most likely at this time so I'm not worrying, just wondering.
 

TrimothyLeary

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What is the length of sunlight in your area?
14.5 hours increasing to about 15 hours today.

While they are autos, I was considering there could still be some effect from changing environment and light cycle/intensity. I hardened off for three days.

No, highly unlikely on pollination, it was almost done, most stigmas orange. And its the whole plant, with no other plants know to be nearby, aside from my vegging females.

I'm still thinking they were washed/blown away. The weather has been intense lately, this has been the clearest week we've had and has been my first chance at a decent inspection. I did spot a few, sort of tucked down and stuck to the bud, like they were rained on and then baked in the sun.

That's where I'm at. Trichomes are 80% cloudy, so, harvest tonight, will load some pics up. Thanks for taking a look guys.
 
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