Is this a he\she

[sssmdg]

4 weeks into flower now on 5 plants, after a close look at my girls I noticed something that just does not look like the others.

I think it might be a yellow banana, I also noticed on this plant that there are about 6 seeds growing, not pollen bags by no means, they appear to be hard seeds on a few buds as well as 2 yellow bananas.

Please advise, do I just let it go, flush and prepare to harvest, pull out of tent, there are 4 other ladies in the tent with this plant, all the others are fine, ok fine today I should say.

 

[SmokinErb22]

I'd go over each plant and look for any pollen sacks and remove them.

Depending on how big your grow is, I doubt I'd cull anything this late in flower. Finished up a plant that hermied on me not long ago... didn't show hermie traits until week 6 of 12/12.. so I just kept plucking sacks off until it was finished.

 

[sssmdg]

I do not see any sacks on any of the plants, just that one I see two what appear to be the banana thing, other than that the same plant has a few hard seeds but no sacks what so ever.

Per your advise I am going to go over the other 5 in great detail to be sure I am not missing anything.

 

[stoneybud2]

These the only plants in the tent. Or is there others.
Looks like a he she. If you got seeds forming not cool.
You won't always see sacks. N sometimes nanners either.
2 options. In my eyes. Grow em out 4-6 more wks have seeded hermie smoke. Average smoke.n dpray your entire room down wif water to stop any pollen Or chop n start over. N spray room.
At 4 wks into id start fresh. It be a lot dif if u were 6.5/8 wks in. But your just beginning.
SB2.

 

[sssmdg]

I have 4 others in the tent in various stages, 1 of them is 2 weeks away from being flushed.

I will pull it out before it screws around with my buzz.

Thank you all, not good news but at least now I know.

 

[CannaBunkerMan]

That yellow thing is a leaf, not a sac.

 

[AuZeN]

That yellow thing is a leaf, not a sac.

exactly!

 

[RonSmooth]

The first pic looks like a full blown male flower to me. It had opened and released pollen already so you're likely going to have some seeds.

You could have a few lower buds almost completely seeded, a few buds on neighboring plants depending on air flow. Its not going to fully seed everything. Usually the pollen doesnt make it as far as the top colas.

Check the nodes at the base of flower clusters especially lower on the plant. You wont find any more full male flowers but you might see some anthers aka "naners" tucked in buds later in flowering. These usually fail to pollinate or only pollinate a few of the closest calyxes. Most dont even get a chance to open.

 

[sssmdg]

Thank you all, I have pulled it out of the tent and now it's sitting on my desk with 1 cfl on it. As bad as it sucks I guess that's just life of a newbie. He\she is now going to be flushed for a week and harvested early to protect the rest of the crop from any future damage it may have caused.

This does lead me to a question - in general Hermes, so they just pop up from time to time? No stress nor any light leaks, it seems as if it just crapped a nanner.

 

[RonSmooth]

Thank you all, I have pulled it out of the tent and now it's sitting on my desk with 1 cfl on it. As bad as it sucks I guess that's just life of a newbie. He\she is now going to be flushed for a week and harvested early to protect the rest of the crop from any future damage it may have caused.

This does lead me to a question - in general Hermes, so they just pop up from time to time? No stress nor any light leaks, it seems as if it just crapped a nanner.

Hermaphrodites and females that throw a few "naners" late in flowering are different things.

A herm will have both full male and female flowers on different branches. That means that a male flower can open and bunches of anthers can release pollen unobstructed. The amount of pollen and lack of obstacles mean that this type can cause heavily seeded harvests.

Male flowers mature and open earlier than the females so if it is later in flowering and you find dried, open flowers the odds are you missed it and it wont continuously happen until harvest.

If it is getting late in the plants life cycle and it has not been pollinated, many healthy females will grow an anther or two among full female flower clusters (buds) This is a last ditch attempt to reproduce. Often the plants are harvested before the anthers released pollen.

This is what most people mean when they say "my plant hermied". They fond a few anthers late in flowering and immediately backtrack the whole grow looking for a reason. "It must have been that time I sneezed in the room!"

If stress causes hermies or "naners" or whatever then all of us should be having persistent problems. Forcing a female plant to flower for months without receiving pollen is unnatural at the least. Im sure its stressful too! ; )

Not to mention the pinching, bending, pruning, topping, and all that other stuff we do to alter the plants natural growth patterns.

I would like to see a study that finds solid evidence of stress induced hermaphroditism or self pollination. And Id like to know exactly what type of and how much stress is required. I have a feeling thats not happening anytime soon so Ill stick with my skepticism.

IMO the "cause" is genetic or a natural responses to the nearing of the end.

 

[stoneybud2]

The first pic looks like a full blown male flower to me. It had opened and released pollen already so you're likely going to have some seeds.

You could have a few lower buds almost completely seeded, a few buds on neighboring plants depending on air flow. Its not going to fully seed everything. Usually the pollen doesnt make it as far as the top colas.

Check the nodes at the base of flower clusters especially lower on the plant. You wont find any more full male flowers but you might see some anthers aka "naners" tucked in buds later in flowering. These usually fail to pollinate or only pollinate a few of the closest calyxes. Most dont even get a chance to open.

Exactly !

Genetics play a role with that. Along with many other things.
If you have any clones of these toss em. You can run them again to see if it happens again but ime not worth the hassle. To keep a herm in the mix.
SB2

 

[sssmdg]

Clones have been tossed and thank you. The hermi I will watch on my desk now. Its at least a month from harvest so I other than through it away I really do not know what to do with it. Flush and harvest maybe

 

[CannaBunkerMan]

Not a hermi. Let us know if you find any beans after harvest, I'd like to know.