Bud development

[JimG]

I am now in the fifth week of flowering on three feminized White Widows. One of the three exhibits a very different phenotype. It is 7 inches shorter then the other two and its buds are developing quite differently. It has no well defined trichomes. I realize that flowering time can range from 8 to 10 weeks, but the absence of trichomes is perplexing. Has anyone experienced this and what could be the cause?

 

[WolfMansBrother]

From the photos, it's way too early to worry. A lot early. Keep going!
What I'm trying to say is, despite the 5 weeks in, it looks like the bud's development is far less than that. So as long as development doesn't stop, the trichs will follow along with overall bud structure.

 

[JimG]

Thanks for your reply. I have grown the strain 3 times and have gotten runts in the litter before. Never ran into this gap in development though. Thus is the genetics of hybrids :smile:

 

[Gingerbeard]

It is not uncommon to have vastly different phenotypes in the same batch of seeds. I've had 10" height differences. One ounce weight differences. Color in one but not the others. I got rid of a Cherry Kush grow a couple weeks before harvest. Real nice looking plants and flowers until you got up close and didn't see any trichomes or smell anything but a green weed plant.
Keep doing what you are doing. Your plants otherwise look real healthy.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I got the crap al crap of a hybrid going right now like you it's a friggin dwarf of a photoperiod it's not pretty at all. Thank goodness i only had 2 seeds of it i won't buy it again. Now maybe the other seed would be a good one but this really soured me for growing it inside. I'm throwing it outside this summer to grow when time comes. WW x purple kush ya got me???

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Tru dat Mr. Beardo