How can you tell if a seed is male or female?
How can you tell if a seed is male or female?
Examine the nodes of the plant and look for either the early growth of small sacs on a male, or two bracts on a female, which will eventually produce the hair-like stigma.
Is it best to soak seeds before planting?
It is recommended that you only soak most seeds for 12 to 24 hours and no more than 48 hours. After soaking your seeds, they can be planted as directed. The benefit of soaking seeds before planting is that your germination time will be reduced, which means you can have happy, growing plants faster.
Will a Hermie pollen other plants?
If your plant is a female plant that has been pollinated by a male or hermie plant it will produce seeds along with the buds. If the plant is a hermie that has been pollinated and also it’s growing its own pollen sacs (the ones that look like bananas) in the same buds, it will pollinate other female and hermie plants.
How do you deal with a Hermie plant?
Sometimes a plant will produce just a couple of these pollen sacs, you pull them off, and that’s it. However, if the plant is constantly popping up new balls, or yellow hermie bananas (nanners), then you’re probably better off cutting your losses and just pulling down the plant to protect your other one.
How long does it take a Hermie to pollinate?
4 days
How long should plants veg?
approximately 60 days
Can you veg a plant too long?
Yes, you can let them veg too long if you don’t care for the vegging plant properly, IMO. Keep everything trimmed, top-side and bottom, and that means doing roots, too.
Can you go back to veg after flower?
Once flowering, cannabis will mature—the point at which you harvest—senesce, and then die. Re-vegging allows you to harvest buds from your plant and then grow the same plant again for a second harvest.
Should I use both veg and bloom switches during veg?
Ya. Veg switch only on for veg and both switches on for flowering. You could run both in veg and bloom phases, and the veg phase would probably grow a little faster, but you save a lot on your electric bill by not using the bloom light in veg phase. Plants simply don’t need as much light in veg phase.
How long can you veg a mother plant?
Vegetative growth: As your cuttings veg for 2–3 weeks, see which cuttings grow the fastest and develop the healthiest foliage. If you’re growing indoors, you’ll generally want plants with short internodal spacing.
How long do mother plants last?
Some plants live for only one season, while others progress through their life cycle, year after year, with dormant periods between these cycles. A well-kept mother plant can potentially live for years, continually producing new branches that can be cut and grown into clones.
What is the best light for a mother plant?
metal halide lamps