Cannabis Conundrums......

I thought I would start a "diary" to post pictures of STUFF! Stuff that may help out in answering questions and stuff that is just plain weird. Cannabis can do some freaky things when growing and I plan to update this library of weird stuff as I find them. This is, I imagine, of interest to older growers and newer growers alike, as older growers just like seeing weird stuff and newer growers may need some encouragement to help understand, that despite their best intentions, cannabis can and will do some weird stuff at times! So, no real diary documenting growth in this one, just pictures of STUFF. As they (whoever they are?) say, a picture is worth a thousand words! Enjoy this cornucopia of weird and not so weird stuff! And as usual - Hope this helps,...... Organoman. The pictures of the seedling with its roots exposed, shows the need for proper watering, adequate root room and the futility of watering seedlings with a hand sprayer/atomizer or syringe. The seedling is 3 weeks old and has a 6 inch taproot. Imagine what the roots must be thinking in a coffee cup only half filled with soil mix! The pictures of most interest according to the question page, would have to be of the young primordia/juvenile flowers as they first appear on the stem to let the world know what SEX they are. I have removed the leaves to make these "pre-flowers" easier to see. The pictures of the hermaphrodite auto flower shows how sneaky male flowers can hide amongst the female flowers! Breeding using pollen from hermaphrodites will usually lead to children with an increased desire to become hermaphrodites too. These flowers were from the "twin" seedling. The pictures of the buds growing on the leaf stem are from another auto flowering plant. So too are the pictures of the calyx on the leaf stem. The pictures of the small "budlet" growing from the centre of a leaf and having its own leaf, was found on an outdoor photo regular plant that I bred myself and is an example of some of the weird things cannabis is capable of growing/doing. The pictures of the almost black plants were grown outdoor in the middle of winter, the only protection they received was to be under the eaves, otherwise they were exposed to the elements, including heavy frosts that destroyed some of the leaves. Hey, it was fun - what else is their to do outdoor in the garden in winter? Interestingly, the more protected parts stayed green, showing how cold temps can influence pigmentation. Although harvest was slow and long, they smoked up ok, but a bit harsh! The first picture, of the male plant, shows how even bushy plants can be male and not all males are branchless and spindly. He was used to great effect in a breeding line of my strains and was a G13 White Widow cross from a couple of years ago. The second male was a cross of this G13 Widow over a Gorilla Glue x Girl Scout Cookies and was used in another line of my breeding experiments this last summer, pollinating a number of tropical Sativas, amongst others. So .... Thai x African x G13 x White Widow x Gorilla Glue x Girl Scout Cookies anyone? I'm excited! Stay tuned for anymore weird and wonderful stuff that I might find in the wonderful world of cannabis! And, as always, enjoy in moderation.