What do you guys think? Worth trying to replicate? Anyone know what happened here exactly? does this have a name?

Unstuffables
Unstuffablesstarted grow question 1mo ago
Hay guys. One of my Blackberry moonstone got an unwanted topping one week after pre-flower. Now every brench and every bud stretches. Anyone seen this before? Does this has a name?
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Ultraviolet_
Ultraviolet_answered grow question 1mo ago
During a cannabis plants transition from veg to flower the hormonal changes can be distored by other hormones, high levels of stress, this response is determined by levels of the hormone jasmonic acid, if she goes full nutcase stress during the transition she can have highly unpredictable results. When a plant experiences extreme "full off the rails" stress (e.g., massive temperature swings, drastic root-zone pH crashes, or light leaks in the dark cycle), excess JA and other stress hormones interact unpredictably with other essential phytohormones like gibberellins and ethylene. This severe hormonal crosstalk can lead to stalled pre-flower development, delayed flowering, or even the induction of hermaphroditic traits (intersex flowers). Genetics are not dictated, she had low tolerance, you exceeded the plants ability to handle stress at critical times of transitioning caused major fuck ups With severity linked to how much stress was induced. Stress from the topping alone, would not have done it alone but it would have been the tipping point that made her go overboard. Yeah she wasnt a genetical monster, but that was not her fault. The idea that the plant was genetically doomed from day 1 fundamentally ignores how plant phenotypic expression works. While some cultivars possess higher "stress tolerance" (or hermaphroditic resistance), the catastrophic failure you observed was a stress-induced catalyst, not an inevitability of the seed. Genetics set the boundaries, but the environment dictates actual expression. Assuming a plant was inherently genetically flawed from day one dismisses the biological reality that an environment pushing a plant beyond its hormonal threshold will fundamentally alter its physical trajectory. Cultivars have varying thresholds for how much accumulated JA and ethylene crosstalk they can tolerate. When pushed beyond that specific tolerance, hormonal cascades become entirely unpredictable. Any thoughts to the contrary are wishful at best, no opinions, no feelings, just the underlying mechanic underneath it all.
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1mo ago
yeah, if no light leaks, probably weird genetics. Looks like a revege, lol. google "dr. grinspoon" - it's a famous strain that had something along the same lines -- stems elongated as clayxes formed, end up with little popcorn buds all over, but was very potent for that time. From what i understnad, it was used in selective breeding in attemps to increase potency of other strains without carrying over the funky growth, of course.. have fun trimming that nonsense... i'd recommend edibles or extracts with that plant.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 1mo ago
Nothing to do with topping, intentional or accidental. That is just an unfortunate seed that received all the bad genetic codes. Sadly for you, you got the "booby prize" in the seed lottery. Considering the other 2 seeds from he same packet are growing normally, it is obvious that the third plant is a genetic failure and if it were my grow, it would have been culled long before getting this established. It may be worth contacting the breeder and telling them what a waste of time and money growing this plant was and hopefully they might send you some replacements. I certainly would not be wanting to replicate the results, the "buds" on this plant are going to be disappointingly airy and light.....probably best used for edibles if you decide to keep it through to the end.
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