Monster Bud or Mouldy Disaster?

[midlifegardner]

I'm in week 3 of flower. I've got a strange cola where it seems 2 stems have welded together. I've been pretty ruthless throughout veg doing a lot of pinching up and down all stems and topping twice. It seems to now be a cluster of 4 tops very close together with the stem as an oval shape. Could be I fimmed rather than topped which caused this. My space runs pretty humid at times from about 50 to 85 I've seen so I'm always worried about mould.

 

Chop the top bit now in week 3 or let it ride and keep an eye on mould?

 

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[itchybromusic]

from wiki

 

Fasciation (pronounced /ˌfæʃiˈeɪʃən/, from the Latin root meaning "band" or "stripe"), also known as cresting, is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested (or "cristate"), or elaborately contorted, tissue.^[1] Fasciation may also cause plant parts to increase in weight and volume in some instances.^[2] The phenomenon may occur in the stem, root, fruit, or flower head. Some plants are grown and prized aesthetically for their development of fasciation.^[3] Any occurrence of fasciation has several possible causes, including hormonal, genetic, bacterial, fungal, viral and environmental causes. 

Edited August 13, 2019 by itchybromusic

[Serrated edge]

sounds like flat stem ..probably that stem will yield less than it could have.

[midlifegardner]

Great info itchy. So in week 3 of flower like I am now, what would you do? Leave it or chop?

from wiki

 

Fasciation (pronounced /ˌfæʃiˈeɪʃən/, from the Latin root meaning "band" or "stripe"), also known as cresting, is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested (or "cristate"), or elaborately contorted, tissue.^[1] Fasciation may also cause plant parts to increase in weight and volume in some instances.^[2] The phenomenon may occur in the stem, root, fruit, or flower head. Some plants are grown and prized aesthetically for their development of fasciation.^[3] Any occurrence of fasciation has several possible causes, including hormonal, genetic, bacterial, fungal, viral and environmental causes.

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[midlifegardner]

Thanks SE. You're speaking from experience with your comment regards to yeild? I'm just trying to decide whether to let it ride or chop it now?

sounds like flat stem ..probably that stem will yield less than it could have.

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[Porky 1982]

Ide leave it and keep an eye on it.

 

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[pedro de pacas]

Seems to be getting more common, starting to see them everywhere 

[Serrated edge]

I've had a couple ,shouldnt be a worry ,,mine didn't get mould.

[itchybromusic]

like porky i'd prob leave it , but it's your call 

& like SE i've had them in the past & never had an issue 

[midlifegardner]

Cheers everyone. I'll keep it just for curiosity and update here. My amateur opinion is that the thicker the stem the more energy it can deliver to the buds. I could be wrong and there are other factors at play.

 

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