metalchick832
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(before I begin... might I just say that I am sorry I don't have pics to share... sure wish I did!)
I was having some problems with growth on my outdoor plants. They all of a sudden seemed to come to a stop after I sexed them. Well, I came to the conclusion that two were male and only one was a female. Now, I know there's all kinds of fun stuff that I can do with a male plant, but I was still terribly disappointed in only having one female. So, I made the decision to turn the plant hermie... and was told it was probably inprobable... I even heard impossible!
But, me being me, I had to prove someone wrong. So I began to think: What causes hermie plants to grow? Well, there are a couple of reasons that I could think of:
1. Genetics
2. Light Leaks in the Grow Room
Well, since my plants are outdoor plants and there are no light leaks from my atrium, I knew I wouldn't be able to do this outside. So I obviously had to figure a way to do it inside. Well, I set up a grow room and put the plants on 12/12 light... then I made sure I left the door cracked a bit to let in some light during the dark period. After a while all that was doing was causing the plant to revert to veg. I guess there wasn't a big enough light leak.
Well, I was out of ideas after that, since I obviously can't effect an already grown plant's genetics. I resigned myself to the fact that I could not turn this plant hermie.
Then the cold night temps started. I was worried for my plants (and paranoid about having them outside with all the copters that fly around here) so I decided to go ahead and bring all of the plants inside. My girl and my boy went into a grow room, but since the other male (the one that I had tried to turn hermie) was not doing so well, I figured I'd leave it in the living room and go ahead and try to make some hash out of it. I put it on the floor under a window where it could get some light. I kept watering it of course, but not doing much else. I hadn't touched it hardly except to water it (and I admit, that I wasn't even really looking at it when I did that... I feel like a bad momma now!
) for a few weeks. But I went and took a look at it this morning because I wanted a cutting from it before I harvested it and.... and.... IT'S A HERMIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know how it happened. I would like to continue my research in this capacity, just because I think it'd be a good thing for people to know how to do. I've just been treating it like an ordinary house plant sitting on a window sill... but I have decided to try this with my other male and control it a little bit better.
I think it has to do with the lights in the house (we do use compact flors) and the exposure to the household elements (tobacco smoke, cooking odors, pets... etc). I have some male clones started. I'll let you know what happens!
~Metalchick
I was having some problems with growth on my outdoor plants. They all of a sudden seemed to come to a stop after I sexed them. Well, I came to the conclusion that two were male and only one was a female. Now, I know there's all kinds of fun stuff that I can do with a male plant, but I was still terribly disappointed in only having one female. So, I made the decision to turn the plant hermie... and was told it was probably inprobable... I even heard impossible!
But, me being me, I had to prove someone wrong. So I began to think: What causes hermie plants to grow? Well, there are a couple of reasons that I could think of:
1. Genetics
2. Light Leaks in the Grow Room
Well, since my plants are outdoor plants and there are no light leaks from my atrium, I knew I wouldn't be able to do this outside. So I obviously had to figure a way to do it inside. Well, I set up a grow room and put the plants on 12/12 light... then I made sure I left the door cracked a bit to let in some light during the dark period. After a while all that was doing was causing the plant to revert to veg. I guess there wasn't a big enough light leak.
Well, I was out of ideas after that, since I obviously can't effect an already grown plant's genetics. I resigned myself to the fact that I could not turn this plant hermie.
Then the cold night temps started. I was worried for my plants (and paranoid about having them outside with all the copters that fly around here) so I decided to go ahead and bring all of the plants inside. My girl and my boy went into a grow room, but since the other male (the one that I had tried to turn hermie) was not doing so well, I figured I'd leave it in the living room and go ahead and try to make some hash out of it. I put it on the floor under a window where it could get some light. I kept watering it of course, but not doing much else. I hadn't touched it hardly except to water it (and I admit, that I wasn't even really looking at it when I did that... I feel like a bad momma now!
) for a few weeks. But I went and took a look at it this morning because I wanted a cutting from it before I harvested it and.... and.... IT'S A HERMIE!!!!!!!!!!!!I don't know how it happened. I would like to continue my research in this capacity, just because I think it'd be a good thing for people to know how to do. I've just been treating it like an ordinary house plant sitting on a window sill... but I have decided to try this with my other male and control it a little bit better.
I think it has to do with the lights in the house (we do use compact flors) and the exposure to the household elements (tobacco smoke, cooking odors, pets... etc). I have some male clones started. I'll let you know what happens!
~Metalchick
