i thought you had the stardawg? i used to regularly give my plants 36 - 48 hours darkness pre flip(now i just do up to 36) and have NEVER had a hermie. Like never. Its just all these unstable polyhybrids that are going around are prone to hermie, cookies, kush etc etc. A lot of the time its just poor growers looking to blame a failed crop on something when they probably had a radiator with a big red power light in the middle of their grow.
i don't see the point of joining the discussion, there is no answer to be found.