Balls!

[Matanuska Thunder]

Harvesting today...

 

and what do I find?

 

 

Time to retire the ol' girl (from a very old mother plant)

 

EDIT: extra photo and question

 

is this a hermaphrodite??? I think I see an opened flower pod in the second to last photo???

 

 

Edited April 22, 2014 by Matanuska Thunder

[ConvexConepiece]

eek. not too many i hope

[Naycha]

Bugger Matti

 

Buds look nice anyway, what strain is it?

 

Naycha

[Matanuska Thunder]

It is my 4+yr old Wonder Woman strain, hoping it is only 1 of the clones vs all of the clones...

noooooo

 

I found a single seed in another plant I harvest last week too, was kinda hoping for a fluke, don't think so....

Edited April 22, 2014 by Matanuska Thunder

[Ozzy420]

Still nice looking bud Matti...

[brick]

If there aren't a lot of bananas Matti it could be just self seeding. If that is the case then those seeds should/could be females.

[Matanuska Thunder]

humm self-seeding - it is a fem seed that this plant grew from

[louise]

Personally, I'm not too concerned about the odd anther or seed appearing towards the end of flowering... it is a normal plant reaction to approaching senescence without being pollinated and really doesn't change the characteristics of the bud or the yeild in any significant manner.

 

And I am wondering how much care these plants got while you were away? Seeing your other post on Hubby's ability to care for plants... these probably experienced stressors that they wouldn't have experienced had you been home to tend the garden.

[Matanuska Thunder]

they have definitely been stressed... that is what I am thinking (hoping) caused it.

A seed has been found in each of the plants he was left in charge of.

The plants were watered, but no 'loving' was given as only a true canna cultivator can do that.

 

Normal? Cool... it is a first for me (well in recent memory, and my memory sucks). Maybe I will continue to grow her...

 

EDIT: spelling

Edited April 23, 2014 by Matanuska Thunder

[Faith]

If there aren't a lot of bananas Matti it could be just self seeding. If that is the case then those seeds should/could be females.

 

Hiya MT, Brick... I just quoted this one cos I have had the same thing happen this run MT, and brick cheers for that snippet of knowledge.  The plants have been stressed by some mite(age) and cramped conditions and I found 4 (5?) seeds in a sampler...they are sprouted and potted now...would they tend to hermie do ya think? F seeds?  Interesting!

 

Peace . f