Can a stressed seedling recover and be female? - Cannabis Infirmary - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

vaportrail · 02-11-2006, 12:09 PM

New to Hydro here. I have done some indoor growing, but this is my first grow using this bucket system. I have a couple of seedlings that are in sickly condition, I didn't mix the nutes right, started them in jiffy pucks, and then moved them to rockwool.
In my growing experience, I always killed any sick seedlings, and have never tried to nurse one back to health.
I know that stress causes plants to turn out male, and am wondering if I am wasting my time trying to save a couple of sick seedlings.

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**guineapig** · 02-11-2006, 12:15 PM

i guess if you have other viable seedlings you might want to let this one go........

it could take awhile to recover or turn out a runt at any rate.........

-guineapig 2 cents

Sinfuldreams · 02-11-2006, 12:16 PM

Thats kinda young to be so sick....
but if you can spare the room, keep it and learn from it.
it could still be female, but it might runt out on you.
But hell I use these things to learn 1st hand.

Sin

pez · 02-11-2006, 08:25 PM

Last year I had a plant that I nute burned at about the 3/4 node. The plant was always a little "whack" after that, never looked quite right. When it was a little bit older it got hit HARD by aphids( or something similar), everything on it was weird, but it turned out to be a nice 7ft (but disfigured) female.

So I guess it's your choice, if you don't feel like messing with it, but just because it's sick and stressed does not mean it's a guranteed male.

02-11-2006, 09:22 PM

That seedling looks to have Damped Off and is probably almost dead. They can't transpire moisture properly at that age. Too wet too soon me thinks. Why did you start in Jiffy Plugs if you were going to go Hydro (or at all)? Maybe it was too soon for the bubbler? You should not have used any nutes IMHO at this early stage. Seedlings rarely need any kind of feeding until they have a few sets of true leaves.

vaportrail · 02-12-2006, 04:43 PM

Yeah, those jiffy plugs were a big mistake...I am learning this new equipment, and style of growing.
I have the seedlings in rockwool now.

MynameStitch · 02-13-2006, 07:54 AM

Hey pez what temps was that plant grown in at night

02-13-2006, 08:19 AM

Ya the enemy is the clock and you can't afford to lose a day. Also no use growing out duds. If you can get something else going and it's not coming out of shock dump it.

Makavellian · 02-14-2006, 07:17 AM

yeah it can still be female .. there was a thread i read on OG that tells you how to maximize your garden's efficiency at making more females ..
it said that you can do basically anything (wrong lights,cycles,under overwater etc) to your plant before the 3rd week (the 3rd-4th week is the time where most of its sex determination shit is done) and it wont affect its sex.

vaportrail · 02-14-2006, 07:47 AM

That's the answer I was looking for. I have one seedling that is looking great now, but I almost killed it for the first 2 weeks of it's life. As long as it still has a chance at being female, I'll keep my grow space going.

02-11-2006, 12:09 PM	#1
vaportrail New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23	Can a stressed seedling recover and be female? New to Hydro here. I have done some indoor growing, but this is my first grow using this bucket system. I have a couple of seedlings that are in sickly condition, I didn't mix the nutes right, started them in jiffy pucks, and then moved them to rockwool. In my growing experience, I always killed any sick seedlings, and have never tried to nurse one back to health. I know that stress causes plants to turn out male, and am wondering if I am wasting my time trying to save a couple of sick seedlings. [url=https://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/7490DSC00025.JPG][img]
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02-11-2006, 12:15 PM	#2
guineapig Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In spite of my rage I am still just a rodent in a cage Posts: 4,601	i guess if you have other viable seedlings you might want to let this one go........ it could take awhile to recover or turn out a runt at any rate......... -guineapig 2 cents
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Sinfuldreams Basement Garden Gnome Join Date: May 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,581	Thats kinda young to be so sick.... but if you can spare the room, keep it and learn from it. it could still be female, but it might runt out on you. But hell I use these things to learn 1st hand. Sin __________________ Amateur Hour (Ron Mael) Lawns grow plush in the hinterlands It's the perfect little setting for the one night stands Now the drapes are drawn and the lights are out It's the time to put in practice what you've dreamed about Sinfuldreams: <<< Can Only Speak of Future Whoring Nattynattygurrl : I Aspire to Whore
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02-11-2006, 08:25 PM	#4
pez Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 141	Last year I had a plant that I nute burned at about the 3/4 node. The plant was always a little "whack" after that, never looked quite right. When it was a little bit older it got hit HARD by aphids( or something similar), everything on it was weird, but it turned out to be a nice 7ft (but disfigured) female. So I guess it's your choice, if you don't feel like messing with it, but just because it's sick and stressed does not mean it's a guranteed male.
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02-11-2006, 09:22 PM	#5
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Maybe but... That seedling looks to have Damped Off and is probably almost dead. They can't transpire moisture properly at that age. Too wet too soon me thinks. Why did you start in Jiffy Plugs if you were going to go Hydro (or at all)? Maybe it was too soon for the bubbler? You should not have used any nutes IMHO at this early stage. Seedlings rarely need any kind of feeding until they have a few sets of true leaves. Last edited by WeedWrapperMan; 02-11-2006 at 09:32 PM..
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02-12-2006, 04:43 PM	#6
vaportrail New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23	Yeah, those jiffy plugs were a big mistake...I am learning this new equipment, and style of growing. I have the seedlings in rockwool now.
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02-13-2006, 08:19 AM	#8
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Ya the enemy is the clock and you can't afford to lose a day. Also no use growing out duds. If you can get something else going and it's not coming out of shock dump it.
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02-14-2006, 07:17 AM	#9
Makavellian Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 406	yeah it can still be female .. there was a thread i read on OG that tells you how to maximize your garden's efficiency at making more females .. it said that you can do basically anything (wrong lights,cycles,under overwater etc) to your plant before the 3rd week (the 3rd-4th week is the time where most of its sex determination shit is done) and it wont affect its sex. __________________ 2007
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02-14-2006, 07:47 AM	#10
vaportrail New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23	That's the answer I was looking for. I have one seedling that is looking great now, but I almost killed it for the first 2 weeks of it's life. As long as it still has a chance at being female, I'll keep my grow space going.
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