Buds are foxtailing

tons of them on it.. does this mean its done? or a sign that its getting close? i know the trichs tell you.. but i barely have amber trichs on it.

Foxtailing can be genetic but is more usually a response to high temperatures. What are the temperatures like in your grow?

fxbane said:

Foxtailing can be genetic but is more usually a response to high temperatures. What are the temperatures like in your grow?

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they are up and down.. low is about 77 high it can get to 85

Its not a terrible swing but I'd say those times it climbs to 85 is the source of your trouble. The genetic foxtailing tends to have a slightly better look than environmental foxtailing, I think its because the flowers have a little more density to them. Once its happened it's pretty much there for the rest of the grow but I would add a little more ventilation if I could to minimise it.

zubey91 said:

tons of them on it.. does this mean its done? or a sign that its getting close? i know the trichs tell you.. but i barely have amber trichs on it.

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Just wait a bit more. Harvest when your desired amber to cloudy Trichrome ratio is reached.

i'm alomst at 70 days.... i think its the strain that is preventing it from ambering up alot. i may chop one tomorrow

i'll try to post a pic when i get home... it doens't look too bad but where its happening is close to the light so it could be heat

I had a Jack Herer (only strain in the bunch) go wild one me. It didn't go hermie, but it didn't grow any buds - just tons of weird hairy buds if you could call them buds. I ended up get 8 oz. of it and it turned out to be great stuff. It seemed to be a super THC hich - maybe due to the buds not having any CBD.s.

these plants are huge... the buds are gigantic... just foxtailing.. .

I love me some foxtails. I looks beautiful when the mutate out of the original fruit. I harvest when i notice growth stops and my smells peak.

Post pics, i love seeing some cool fox tails!

Foxtailing is generally thought to be an undesirable trait, but it does have a few things I like about it. Sometimes it looks fantastic, other times it looks like I dragged the plant out of a hedgerow. I have noticed that the high of foxtailed buds (mostly those that have it as a trait) is a little bit better, my own personal belief is that with more surface area exposed to UV there will be an increase in cannabinoids. I really hate trimming foxtails though, it's too much labour!

okay here is the one cola that its happening to the most.. they're not huge but you can tell there are alot ... the 2nd pic is of the whole cola.. the 3rd pic is of the other plant FYI the foxtail is at 63 days flowering and the 3rd pic is at 66 days flowering

True foxtails are the result of genetics, though high P formulas can exaggerate the growth. A far leaning sativa should have lots of foxtails (which is not what you have) and the overall result is an 'airy' bud. That's a good thing if you're a sativa fan.

oh yeah those are airy big time. I do have a sativa.. Nebula strain. but yeah mine aren't as bad as that... mine acutally just started doing that about a week ago