pistal to calyx ratio

milroy

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How can I get more and longer pistals?
Its hard to tell from the pictures but these are only about 3 weeks into flower and a lot of hairs are amber and the calyxss are just bunching up.
Could this have something to do with lack of nitrogen?
I feed these plants alot, but would like a less dense growth structure if that makes sense. I also know that they do better in the greenhouse. I cant imagine the temperature is too much warmer in there, but it is less wet (rainfall) so maybe thats it.
Thx for the help:twisted:
 

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Bubba Kushman

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Thats all in the genetics! Sugar helps them swell but thats really about it. All you can do is take good care of them and wait for the trichs to swell and turn the right color. So far they look awesome. Great job. Im sure you will be pleased!
 

Bubba Kushman

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I forgot to add. Cheese and Trainwreck are both heavy feeders but make sure you flush on a regular schedule since you like to feed them a lot or they will get locked out and stop growing. Plus adding too much nitro in flower will make the smoke harsh. I would not do it! Good Luck!
 

WoldofWeedcraft

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Wow milroy I wish I could trade my pistil:calyx with you. I have quite the opposite on one of my plants...it's got hairs everywhere and you can't see the calyxes. I would say it's mostly a strain thing.
 

milroy

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Thanks for the responses...like instantly;)
Bubba,
I have Clearex.
I was always hesitant about using it, but maybe I should.
I feed them Botanicare cocktails a few times a week.
How would you recommend flushing?
Gracias:)
 

WoldofWeedcraft

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The hairs themselves are the pistils, the stigma is the opening of the pistil where the pollen travels to fertilize the bud.
 
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chitownsmoking

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lol some strains have more hairs then others. this is not the 80s were pistils are a sign of good bud.
 

milroy

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Holy shite. I have sniffed a lot of fresh fruit and the smell of these plants is incredible. Welcome Spring!
Does anyone have any recommendations on outdoor that is more "sativa like" flower instead of so compact?
I have C 13 Haze, Chocolope Haze, Arjans Haze 1 and 3, Trainwreck, on the way and hope one of these will be nice.
I have tried,
Sensi Star, G13, Jack Herer, Cheese, BlueCheese, Church and a few others, but they all seem to get too dense so it seems like I always have to yank them early because of mold.
If I start them from seed outside in the long season, everything rocks. I guess Im looking for a plant or technique that continues to "veg" continuously when it switches from 18/6 to an outdoor photoperiod.
Has anyone tried any "ruderallis" by the way?
Thanks:)
 

Ligerius

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haha ruderallis ya i read about recently, its supposedly not as good as sativa or indica, and also because im pretty sure the only ruderallis you can get is unbred weeds from the diirt, those plants would literally be producing dirt weed lol. Since ruderallis started out worse than both sativa and indica, there was no reason to breed it to produce better bud, when two different but better cannabis plants were just sitting there waiting to be bred. Now indica and sativa both have a few thousand years on ruderallis so unless you feel like devoting your life and the lives of all your future successors to cultivating and breeding cr*p, the only thing ruderallis will do for you is give you a headache, make strong rope, or some really scratchy clothes. :)
 
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chitownsmoking

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you can use ruderlis to breed with to drasticly shorten floweing time but at the expense of some potency
 

milroy

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Hahha;)
What do you mean shorten flowering time?
Attitude has ruderallis skunk and indica crossed.
Seems interesting to me.
I might not understand correctly by their description, but it seems like if you could get a nice one that didn't respond to the photoperiod until it was 5' or so you could grow them from seed outside year round.
Is this the same as a "dwarf strain"?
 
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