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Open Calyx's can this be managed?

Willcee43
Willcee43started grow question 6 months ago
Hi folks I posted today about cracked calyx's and had no photos. Lights on now and I got two more opened. So plucked them a took a small branch of with another on it. Plan to try and manage this going forward Thanks in advance and that's to the growers who replied earlier
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 6 months ago
In reference to your previous question, yes you can pluck the off, it won't damage the plant. Your plant has "hermied", that is not a "cracked calyx" but a calyx with a single male flower growing out of it. It has opened and shed its pollen already, so chances are high that you will find some seeds at harvest maturity. The size of the seeds will depend on how early they pollinated the plant and could vary from tiny to fully formed. Either way, you should continue with the plant, but you will need to inspect it very closely and daily for any new emerging male flowers and pluck them off to prevent even more pollination occurring, as once it starts herming, the plant will continue herming. Remember too, any mature seeds you find after harvest will be useless for growing, as they will have dominant genes for being hermies themselves and they will in no way be "feminized" or safe to use, unless you are interested in breeding a line of hermie plants. If you go to week 7 in my diary "cannabis conundrums", I have posted some pictures of hermie flowers before they open and these pictures might give you an idea of what to look out for on your plant. You are not doomed, but you will have to be hyper vigilant!
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 6 months ago
O nooo. that's not a calyx, its a sack and them yellow boys are pollen loaded anthers. They contain a lot of viable pollen. Your plants have gone hermi, and not just some nammers "a single anthers with low fertility pollen" witch sometimes grow out of buds in late flower and with stress but full on ball sack male parts. Pollen sacks are a bad thing. that room is going to be seeded. Sorry for your loss, pluck any more of them and if they are open wet your finger as water helps controal its spread. Pollen sacks grow off a little stem vs a calyx. Google male vs female parts and learn how to identify them. If the plant is fully loaded its a shame, and you will have lots of seeds but can still make edibles out of it. Good Luck!
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Scrubbyjimbob
Scrubbyjimbobanswered grow question 6 months ago
Yeah that wasn't a calyx, it was a pollen sac. If it was low enough on the plant you might have gotten lucky and it didn't get too much. Only time will tell.
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question 6 months ago
if open , it already did his job youll have to grind with hands and take out seeds, but its still weed. watch out for other spots. i had 1 kilo of polinated weed, at the end it wasnt so bad, but if you miss seed, spliff taste like burning wax, a bit ugly... wash tent with water after grow, polen is not active long, but still some tricks can happen.
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