Tri-Ploid/Tripple Node/Freak of Nature

one of my plants is a definite triploid or whatever the real technical term is for a plant with 3 cotyledons which then sprouted 3 sets of leaves on every node. (from the top it looks like the Mercedes insignia). iv been researching this rarity and have heard a lot of wild things that im not entirely sure of. one thing i heard is that they all turn male or hermi and that they usually get mutated and disfigured. but my plant is more than 10 times the size and foliage as 9 other plants i started at the very same time. and above that, the last time i planted seeds from the same seed batch that this crazy plant came from, all 11 of them were female which leads me to believe these seeds are most likely from a grower who naturally weeded out male traits from their plants (possibly feminzed though i dont know). my plan is to clone this badass plant so i can continue the genetics and possibly get a clone to impregnate itself. but im very curious as to how superior (if at all) this plant is to a regular biploid. what i heard is that they can and will grow 33% faster bigger and denser, and produce 33% more yeild. if u know something or have had experience with these freaks, please tell me everything u know.
 

daisy2687

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Mine have always gone back to biploid after a while... dont know why.

Also I have some normal plants with random triploid branches
 

John12

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i have one now. craziest thing ive ever seen but cool at the same time. mine is a female as well. heard they are mostly male or turn herm. mine hasnt turned at all. almost a month into flowering now. mine seems to be a very sativa dominant because of the skinny leaves on it. doesnt have a strong smell to it yet and hopefully it will compared to my other kush plant but so far its doing pretty good. cut a few of the extra brannches off cause they wasnt really producing/forming any buds like the other shoots are. im hoping for great things from this plant because its new to me but if it doesnt produce good buds and yield then next time i have one of these "3 leggers" i will chop it down. but so far its doing good.
 

moodinsk

Member
One of my NL from nirvana decided to push out one "triploid" node and then continue on with only two per node. It was the first of my NL's to show sex and it is female. It's now three weeks into flower and is looking fine, no sign of hermie yet.
 
the pants i have, seems to only be a triploid on the main stock. all the branches growing in between the nodes are coming in as a normal biploid plant. still, the plant is outrageously big compared to 9 other plants i have, and it definitely has 33% more foliage then any other plant iv seen. it honestly looks like a cloners dream. im also adamant that the plant definitely has way more grow potential then a regular plant, seeing that it has 33% more leaves meaning 33% more light and 33% more photo synthesis (correct me if im wrong). John and moodinsk im very curious to know how yours turn out and what kinda number they show.
 
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