Scary tendencies, herma- or auto-genes.?

Hey TheManicOrganicDK! Don't stress too much about it right now. Faster stretching doesn't automatically mean they are going to hermie or turn male. Most of the time it is honestly just phenotypic variation where some plants show more of their sativa genetics and just reach for the light. It happens all the time with modern hybrids! I would just keep a close eye on the nodes for any signs of pollen sacs or bananas just to be safe. To keep your canopy nice and even you can put the shorter plants on some empty pots or crates so they are at the exact same height as the tall ones and get the same light intensity. They look super healthy though so just let them do their thing and watch them closely.

yeah sorry misread.. definitely not a sign of hermie... you'd see balls long before pollen hits the air, either way.

It's possible... some plants just grow lankier than others. Based on node spacing at the top, i think this is more genetics. As you recognize it, try moving the lanky ones to the central areas next time, it might help mitigate it, slightly. Can do that now, but need to HST it - snap it down to level the canopy. Go about 6" below the canopy, becaue it'll turn back upward at the 'top' of the branch. put some thought into where you point the branches. i.e. don't shield other strong growth or limit shiedling as best you can. You can use a lux meter and consider what you've done with the plant.. is it drastically weaker? did it grow into an area of similar strength as the rest of the plants? did yo move the plant around at any point? etc etc... deductive reasoning given the much greater detail that you know about the situation. You've probably grown in that tent with these lights before? if it doesn't happen consistently, then it points toward something you don't control. Lots of variables.. this gives an educated guess, not a guarantee. It doesn't necessarily hurt yield. golfball nugs can produce well. With this plant configuration it also seems to form better nugs deeper into canopy. if it's paired with whatever traits lead to lower yields, you end up with a bunch of smaller buds, but the two are not intrinsically linked together.. just multiple variables at work.

Looks to me like your light is a bit weaker on the left side. Right rear one is stretching a bit too. But if you look at the front one on the left, the trunk is leaning in towards the light. Not sure if any lst has been done, but with the stretch makes me think it wants more light. Some plants take light better than others. Ive only been growing a little over 3 years and have had a few hermies. Ive never corolated that to the stretch. My hermies were all from stress, most from pounding them with too much light. Ive grown royal runtz from hermied seeds 3 times now. First 2 hermied again, but not that bad. I was still hitting them with too much light. Last run I backed off the light and ran 5 more plants from the hermied seeds. None went hermie on me. I get im using bad seeds to start since it came from a hermie, but my experience so far is that if you keep the stress down, even hermied plant seeds can grow nice plants. So id be looking more for anything that stresses the plant more so than it just stretching to prevent hermies. Maybe others have had a different experience. Just my thoughts, Best of Luck! Happy Growing!

it depend...plant can stretch differently. I always pay attention to the node distance. If this is larger than usual I am more carefl. If those are different strange, read up on them, what is their usual tendency. So far I wouldnt say they are definetly male/herma.