Sowed the seeds directly into soil in two separate 12L fabric pots from Root Pots on Friday 02.06. Strawberry Banana Auto took 4-5 days to germinate, Haze Berry 1-2 days more. I think I packed the soil too tight with the Haze Berry, so maybe the seedling had a harder time breaking through. I was a bit worried by the 4th day because my ambient room temperature was around 68 degrees and humidity between 40 - 50%. To remedy this, I filled up a hot water bottle and cushioned it between the two fabric grow pots, gave the soil a good spray soaking with warm-ish water and then lay a towel loosely over the top so there was still oxygen coming through. The popped up soon after.
Should I defoliate my plants more? I removed the bottom pair of nodes on both plants but they are still quite bushy. I'm hesitant to cause the plants unnecessary stress and negatively impact my yield, so would love any advice. Today is day 27 and they're pre-flowering.
I am worried that my Strawberry Banana Auto is a hermaphrodite. I would love if someone could please look at the pictures I uploaded of the balls/sacs at the node sites and confirm whether this is the case or not. It's day 50 and I noticed them yesterday. Cheers.
High bro, this plant is 100% female!
The flowers that you see are calyxes and the brown hair stucking out of the calyxes show you that this is a female plant!
Your plant is looking amazing! Enjoy your grow buddy.