That im growing frigging hermies and im looking for comfort.

I started 4 plants on March 1, whose purpose it was to provide clones in mid April for the outdoor grow.


Problem:?

Once about a week ago, a lightning hit a transformer kicked the electric off in for over an hour. I immediately rushed to my house and provided lighting but they were in total darkness for about 15 minutes in the middle of the day.

I thought just that 1 x wont be a problem but yesterday, again a thunderstorm knocked out the electric and my lights didnt come on at 5:00 am and in fact, it was 1 1/2 hours before i discovered the problem.


2x they have had their photoperiod disrupted. Is this grow done and Is the risk to high for herms or should I flower the plants and forget the clones. Do you think there is a snowballs chance that im n ot growing a bunch of hermies. ?

What do you think? There really isnt time to take a cutting and flower it to see.

[LazLo]

It's unlikely that your looking at hermies with such small interruptions. My light cycle was really messed up last year when the carpenter pulled the plug on my lights. Twice in 4 days. Found out more than 18 hrs later first time. Caught it second time within 2 hrs and used another outlet. And still got 7 of 10 girlies from the NLXS. And they were about a month old when that happened. Those were started from seed. No clones.

You are getting an earlier start than me this year. Travel plans have me getting seeds started May 1. That will skew the lighting schedule to get the 15/9 needed when transplanting at sites first week of June.

Never lose your nerve, temper or keys!

[older toker]

I agree with LazLo, you should have no problems if you just go back to your regular time schedule. Light in the dark period is much worse than dark in the light period. The latter usually has no effect.

[Pimpslapped]

My experience is pretty limited, but I've had a couple different light period interruptions of varying lengths due to power outages. One plant did herm, the others did not. They were random bagseed and a Nirvana NL. One of the bagseeds hermed badly on me. This was after a handfull of brief light interruptions during flower and a 2 day period of no light.

My belief is that if a plants genetics have an inclination to go herm, then repeated lighting issues can force that trait to manifest. But a couple of brief interruptions shouldn't be too much of a problem, less likely to be an issue during veg than flower, IMO (Granted, I'm far from an expert, but I've had more than my share of bad luck along the way, so I've learned a bit that way.) YMMV

[cannanaut]

Cannabis is not that sensitive plant! You can make clones without worry.

[Slapstick]

I wouldent worry, had similar problems before with no hermies. Depends a bit on the strain ofc. some strains are more sensitive than others.

[SativaHybrid]

I agree that you are probably won't have a problem with hermies. However certain strains respond differently to photoperiod stress than others. Last year I had a timer failure that had my prospective mothers in the dark for over six hours longer than usually. None of my C99 or Chochlate Chunk hermied however 4 out of 6 of my Thaitanic crosses hermied. I also had a much higher male ratio than usual.

[barletta]

Danger, Hermies ahead!. Lol, just kiddin I move veg plants from 20/4 indoor lighting to outdoor lighting, to on a chair under a lightbulb, and they don't herm. They like a schedule more, but I've never had a plant that just hermed from the get go. Always related to an issue in flower, usually later.

Damn, I hope you guys are right. The strains are Sensi star and White Rhino and slapsticks comments are pertinent. The star can be a bit testy about its pp.

They are femmed seeds.

[Jiu Jitsu Playa]

i agree with everyone, shell grow like a lady, not the tranny you unexpectedly wake up next to after drinking cheap priced patron in a mexico border town and you just know someone slipped something in one of your drinks.... nevermind