First time dealing with Hermie.. is it a wrap?

[esbekay]

Well ladies and gentlemen... we have a problem. Had a phantom ballast die on me 2 weeks ago, was flickering then just went off entirely. Woke up this morning and noticed I had hermies. My question is... this is week 5 of flower, am I too far gone to do anything to save them? or should I just let them grow out and run them for BHO?

Thanks in advance for any advice / insight you guys can provide.

Here is 4 pictures of the plants...

http://imgur.com/dharn2N,UeZVf17,P4w6euC,x50ghuF#0

 

[mack 10]

The plants look ok in the pics, I would continue to grow them, just pull any nanners out with some tweezers or something. this should help to reduce the amount of pollen dropped.
like you say you can bho them anyway.
I would start some new clones asap.

maybe get some of that dutch master stuff that 's spose to kill hermie flowers?, forgot the name though.

 

[esbekay]

I cut a whole new army of clones weeks ago... they are just marinating under the T5s at the moment... thank you for the reply!

 

[esbekay]

I read they pulled the dutch master reverse off the shelves in america tho.. they had some online for $1100 for a 1 liter bottle.. little out of my price range haha

 

[stoned-trout]

theres several levels of hermies... occasional bannas here and there aint so bad but if balls are forming it gets ugly.... be carefull where your circulation fans blow

 

[RonSmooth]

I dont see any indication of a "hermie" in any of those pics. What exactly are you looking at?

 

[esbekay]

they look like swollen calyx areas... but when you open them theres seeds in them

 

[Paddi]

Yes - what RonSmooth writes.

IF they are hermies, I would not run the clones....


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[esbekay]

Heres a closer shot of one of the bad ones.....

http://imgur.com/XJgiLbc

 

[esbekay]

I'd like to add I've ran the same clones 3x already with no issues, this is the only time I've ever had a ballast malfunction on me tho

 

[mack 10]

they look like swollen calyx areas... but when you open them theres seeds in them

so they have been pollinated, not hermied?

I cannot see any banana's or male pollen sacs, just looks female to me? lightly pollinated/ pregnant. i think you have confused your terminology.
more pics please.

 

[krunchbubble]

Get rid of the clones, start over or you will be dealing with the same issues...

 

[esbekay]

I'm deff a noob, I might've mixed up the terminology .. but every single one of those bulbs has seeds in them.. took these pics right now 9:48pm

http://imgur.com/0cqwua6,QoE12NV,VANoq2u,4f00MT5,UYGnt2q

 

[RonSmooth]

If they are that seeded, you must have had a male or a true hermaphrodite open its flowers and release pollen. I think it is extremely unlikely that the ballast caused the problem

When a calyx id pollinated, the stigma wither and turn brown/orange. I see a lot of young, white stigma.

Seems odd that you'd have seeds so early in flowering. Are the seeds fully developed?

Do you see any sign of male flowers? They would be empty and dried by now but they should still be attached. Look at the base of the flower clusters at the node where the branches meet the stem.

If they are all really seeded, I would start new plants. You can let the seeded plants go until the new ones are ready to flower. Consider washing down the flower room to get rid of any residual pollen.

 

[esbekay]

well, I dont know if they are "developed" the seeds are white still... I had one harlequin that looked like a charlie brown xmas tree... but I cut it down the second I noticed the seeds.. they are deff seeded, and I'm using a new room entirely for the next round... these only got a couple weeks to go, then I'm going to use dry ice / kanga can to try to salvage what I got left ... (sorry for delay in reply, ive been working)