Are These Hermies?

[ianSF]

Are these hermies? I've looked at a number of pics online and I still can't tell. They look like seed pods without seeds inside. I popped a few open and I don't see male flowers.

They're Querkeles and Sweet Tooths, about 15 of 20 have started showing these at some, but not all the nodes. They've been under 24 hour LED (Haight Solid State PFF-800) since January. I was planning on putting them out May 15 for a light dep. Haven't bought the full season clones yet.

Should I chop them or are the still good for outdoors?

Thanks!

 

[pray4pistils]

I don't see any indication of sex in those photos at all. Can you take a shot with more normal color balance? Also, how old are these plants? You mentioned that they've been under 24 hours of light since January but that leaves up to almost +/- 4 weeks. Btw, no dark period prolongs the maturation process. So, you won't see sexual distinction as fast as you would if you were running 18/6 or 20/4, etc.

 

[eugenegreen]

They're pre-flowers... Those are females bro!
I'm sure others will clown on you, but hey I take it yer new...
Congratulations, 15 outta 20! Nice...

 

[Snype]

Looks normal to me, I'm not sure what you're talking about because I don't see any pollen sacks in your pics. As long as you see a white pistil coming out of the ovary then it is female. You never know what will happen with your plants in the near future though. If you put any stress on your plants it could herm.

 

[eugenegreen]

Oh and, they will flower if you put them outdoors.. You wanna wait until the day hours are longer. Also, having kept them under 24/7 lighting and placing outdoors is gonna stunt or shock them... They might just finish budding by June (puny crappy buds), or they'll flower, then stunt and revert back to veg and flower normally in the Fall (hopefully)...

When starting indoors, to go outdoors... It's better to mimic natural sunlight hours with a timer.. My deuce cents man

 

[ianSF]

pray4pistils- I think it was the first week of January. I was working a lot of ot at the time and my gf took over their care for a while.


eugenegreen- Yep, new new, noobie. I was planning on turning the timer back slowly 15 minutes at a time so when I translant, the light cycle matchs daylight. Will that stress them too much or should I start over with new clones? These are 12-15 inches tall and I've been training and topping them to make nice branchy plants.

Snype- I was worried about the seed sack looking things at the stem-leaf meetingpoint.

 

[Texicannibus]

from the sounds of it your concerned about preflowers ive got some querkles in my growshow if you want to see what your in for

edit: female preflowers i mean

 

[generalgrievous]

That's a female calyx.... They look big like on a reveg clone.

 

[Snype]

Snype- I was worried about the seed sack looking things at the stem-leaf meetingpoint.

That's called an ovary, otherwise known as a calyx.

 

[Texicannibus]

These querkles can pop out some odd growth between the axial and the sun leaf where normally all you get is a single calyx/preflower. Could be your seeing that several of mine exhibited this trait and there is a picture of it in my querkle album.

 

[dunkybones]

Them is calyx's cooking under you led's. No worries.

 

[GanjaPharma]

yep congrats its a girl

 

[ianSF]

Cool, thanks everyone for your help!

 

[ianSF]

Texicannibus- Nice querkle pics! I went back and read your threads. Thanks for the info. I'll get some more pics up after they're out in the sun.

 

[Texicannibus]

Texicannibus- Nice querkle pics! I went back and read your threads. Thanks for the info. I'll get some more pics up after they're out in the sun.

Np man be interested in seeing how these perform out doors. I had a few light leak type issues very little but enough to cause a few pricks to pop out. Be careful on shocking these girls in any fashion and keep a good eye on them. They imo are worth the extra hassle as the taste, bag appeal and effect are very good.

Mine vegged relatively slow but was extremely fast flowering with one being pulled as early as 4.5 weeks(hermi) and still being effective and tasty. Not sure though may have shocked this pheno somehow to cause the hermi tendency running a clone of it now thats already huge this paticular plant is super vigorous and stretchy. It has candy tasting buds. Hopefully she yields more and takes atleast 6.5-8 weeks to finish this run.