Hi All, I'm not one to post, unless I can't find the solution in books or on the web, maybe my research skills are letting me down, I don't know! I read the forums quite a bit and know the drill with most of the common problems but this one stumped me, when posed by someone and I wondered if anyone could help? This is the situation. There could be many reasons but there is more than likely one major reason. So a diagnosis would be nice. Plants went through a hard early life but things where sorted out with various remedies, hot soil was balanced with proper nutes & remedies ect, the plants have had good lighting 250watt HPS in a small area well vented. Temps around 15 degrees C - 22 degrees C. Things have been going well since the balancing. 4 weeks into flowering, male pollen sacks where spotted lower down on one of the plants. They where taken off along with a couple of others from another plant. Most looked immature, one looked a bit suspect. Images 1, 2, 3, are shots of the top buds 2/3 weeks prior. (Image 1 and 2, are 5 and 6 (2 weeks later)) and (3, is 8 and 9 later on BTW), Image 7 is a white widow apparently (had lots of PH problems in Veg but fixed and went mental in flower) I've shown this as it's had no change either(no red/amber or browning). One day after pollen sacks where spotted and removed, hairs turned red/amber (not brown, a couple lower down are brown but very few)(Images 5 and 6). Gulp! But something else was added to the equation. 5 days previous the plants where given a boost and also, when the pollen sacks where spotted the fans where switched off and the room was left to bake for a couple of hours (mainly so pollen wouldn't blow all over the grow, in case any had escaped during removal of the male parts). For 2 hours the grow baked, the temp just above soil had hit 25 degrees C (canopy would have been a bit hotter!!). All the buds where at around 24" (60cm) from the light and about 90cm tall (36") ( they had been trained with string to keep them low). The thing was, that only two of the plants had gained the red hairs on the top buds of all the branches after the disturbance, these two looked like identical strains anyway. They weren't ready, it was two early! Crystals where immature and clear. Apparently they where a bit limp on arrival from the 2 hour bake but watered and regained their strength. Plant top buds now = images 5,6,7,8. I added 7 and 8 as they where included amongst the grow (it was only small) and would have probably turned brown/ amber too, if the whole grow had been pollinated IMHO, I thought the more I could show here the better. So, here are a few things I have found and I'm wondering which diagnosis may apply: 1) The pistles have pollinated. 2) This is quite normal, lots of strains get different colour pistles, so nothing to worry about, some say it's the plant kicking into hyper drive, bud will pack on loads of wieght now. Very likely the boost has kicked in. 3) the pistles are damaged by light/heat from the two hours of lack of ventilation. 4) Against my belief completely: they are ready for harvest. 5) Plants are stunted because of lack of nutes and are maturing for harvest. 6) None of the above, something else. BTW I have added image 9 because I like it. It's a lower bud off the main stem of the plant in image 8, and there is no 4, don't know why, just didn't work out that way!
Little update, Orange haired plants seem to be secreting more resin but orange hairs have shrunk more.
the hairs(pistils) are very delicate, they normally will only turn when the bud is nearing harvest, but they are very sensitive and can be turnd simply from touching them of from somthing as light as dut particals in the wind. i would not be worried about this as it doesnt mean anything bout bad health for your plant, you should be fine. on another note, you do seem to have dark green droopy curling leaves, this looks like nitrogen toxicity, imo, could be somthing else tho, but you def got somthing going on, but its not to do with the pistils
Nice one! they have had all sorts of stress, it only came together at the last minute really, I think they where due a water too. It's his first grow so, lot's learned. Cheers
if you want, check out this thread http://forum.grasscity.com/advanced-growing-techniques/526119-male-flowers-my-female-sensimilla.html , if you did not remove the pollen sacks in time and your flowers did get pollenated, then youll know what to think
That's good news then! I'll Keep a few of them for myself I think, if there is any that is! I can tell him to chill now