What to do with foxtail

[Zaxar]

Hello Growers!

Last few weeks there was very high temp. in my country so one of my girl developed foxtail in box.
She left about 4-5 weeks till the end of flowering, buds are looking good but with very very little amount of crystals.

This is my first time with foxtail so what is best option? to cut her off or wait until finish of flowering.

thanks in advance!

P.S. maybe with foxtailed plants cooking is better than smoking?

[oldjarhead100]

in my experience foxtail means she came out of bloom and reveged so you have to start bloom over ,I have a friend who saw his plants were starting to fox tail ,they were in week 8 of bloom so we cut them down , I had some that were in week 4 of bloom when they did it I just pulled them and threw them in the hash pile ,Hopefully someone else will have brighter news for you good luck

[Weed Pharma]

Sativa's have a tendency to foxtail in high heat- and while it may look strange there is no problem when you smoke the ugly buds!
You can trim them off at harvest to make them look pretty- but why bother.

Some landrance sativas foxtail- no matter what you do and take up to 14 weeks in flower.

That said: if it is re-vegging- see OJH recommendations above.

[GreenhouseEffect]

I had one of my Auto flowering plants foxtail this summer because of the heat, though not as bad as how it did with yours. She just kept stacking more calyxes on top of the old ones. I think it is mostly the plants strategy to try and stay cooler. Anyway, she turned out ok, not the compact buds I was hoping for, but still smoked fine, gets me pretty darn high to!
With the high heat, some amount of THC is lost, but my guess is that you will end up with some usable weed, just not the tight buds that you would probably like.

Especially if you have access to more plants or seeds, I would probably just grow her till harvest, and you can at least get something. Maybe if it was the only plant you could get, then you could trim out the buds, re vedge and start over, but then there is the risk of the plant not making it, and the added time. Re vedge would only work with a photo period plant.

[PaganRich]

Nebula`s chucked out an article on this and it is common. Always heat and airflow for me...l`ve had to stop my main tent during the height of summer as it was an issue. Still smoked fine and strong as hell but not a certainty. I`d try extra fans and raise lights a couple of inches and take her to harvest. 5-10% amber and I`d chop then long cure in jars. Good luck and another thing to tick off your list of adverse experiences. Beware of banana`s though. They can come out due to the same causes as well. Not easy growing weed sometimes, though not as painful as a kick in the balls it sometimes comes remarkably close.

[GreenhouseEffect]

Ya it is, Pagan!
Just threw away almost all of my Black D.O.G. plant, several days ago, because that week at work was ROUGH, and I didn't finish curing worth a shit, and the buds started growing mold.
My best weed so far, smelled and tasted like blueberries and grapes, turned out really nice. Almost wanted to kick MYSELF in the nads for that one.

[oldjarhead100]

thats a great analogey PaganRich this grow I got the kick in the balls lol

[Flockshot]

If I had plants that were that far along, I would smoke them regardless of their sorted past.

[D.A.A.S.69]

I've had some outdoor grows, that the buds foxtailed, but it wasn't from re-veg, just heat, and we smoked the sh-t out of them. Makes for some funny looking buds, sometimes, but they sure smoke good. I wouldn't cut them off, I'd smoke them. Good Luck Zaxar.

[Zaxar]

Thanks a lot for the answers!

I think I will wait 1-2 week until harvest.
If she would be weak for smoking, than I will use it for cooking.

Anyone had experience with fox tail cooking?

[Weed Pharma]

Yup- there's no difference from regular buds- smoke or ingest!
I still kick myself for harvesting "early" a foxtailed landrace that was @ 14 weeks flower- don't rush it-
use the same metrics of normal shaped buds for harvest

[DW2]

Howdy Zaxar, My experience with fox tail buds has been late in the flowering phase and ,usually, when the grow room temperature gets too high. The good news id that they as good (if not better) than 'regular' buds, just not as densely packed. On my last grow, I had a lot of 'fox tailing' which produced a bunch of seeds, but they were worth the flushing and curing.

[gbauto]

Ran into that my first year of growing indoors. Had a couple of Nirvana 'freebies' that were very sativa dominant and took almost 14 weeks to finish. Ended up finishing about this time of year-a couple of months behind the rest of the crop. Had some foxtailing because room temps were in the mid-upper 80's and I didn't have a solution. Ended up with a decent harvest-not the best looking flower but she definitely made good meds.