SoLowDolo said:

In conclusion, I feel like if you have solid genetics, every little error you make shouldn't result in a herm. They should be able to withstand whatever you can throw at them

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SoLowDolo said:

Yea, it's weird... I have pretty limited experience growing but so far it seems like when I flip to flower, some strains just busted out the gate , either male or female all the way, but there was a strain I had that every plant seemed like it was teetering right on the edge between male and female and it needed an environmental factor to nudge it in the right direction... of course this is just my gut feeling LMAO probably all bull shit...

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Wee Zard said:

I agree.
Spent many months trying to hermie an Ice Breaker.
Heat, light, dehydration, bad pruning, colloidal silver, etc. She was very secure in her gender.
Did this to clones for 5 generations without one nanner.
What it took to get pollen from this one was senescence. Let her flower for 15 weeks. Finally got some pollen. Made feminized seeds. The daughters are as solid as the mom was.
I have some Gainesville Green seeds that will herm at the drop of a hat.

Aloha,
Weeze

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Cannabizz said:

Thank you everyone for the information you have provided thus far! My next question is, what is the difference between a ball sack and a banana?

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MIMedGrower said:

The plants in this thread have balls. Balls are actually still closed male flowers.

Nanners are what are inside the closed flowers. They look like little light green to yellow bananas. They grow right out of the buds and can be single or in bunches.

Nanners dont need to open to spread pollen but are often weak or not viable especially very late ones.

Balls are safe until the pedals open.

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MIMedGrower said:

At $100 and more for a few seeds every breeder should stress test like you describe every strain.

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Cannabizz said:

Absolutely. It's one thing for a commercial grower because that is over-head cost. But for the home grower, that is steep for a specimen that might exhibit hermaphroditic tendencies.

Since it is a bag seed, I am not out of any money. I am under the assumption that the other two plants I have are BIG BUD genetics. Unsure of the breeder as I got the seeds (unlabeled bag) thrown in when I bought the light and filter. Still have like twenty more of those seeds as well.

I removed all of the seed pods that I could find. They actually pop off kind of easily. Also misted the areas removed to kill any pollen.

The other two plants I have are not showing any hermaphroditic tendencies at this time and is in the same conditions as the hermie. Maybe it is just the genetics as mentioned earlier? Although I do have a few things I can think of that stressed the hermie like late veg topping (took at least 4"-6" of stem because it was exceeding height capacity. Too close to light due to being tall. I tied back some branches to get more light after I switched to 12/12. Could possibly be due to dehydration as well. Could also be from me smoking herbs inside the room the closet is in, maybe he/she doesn't like getting high on themselves, lol!

Moving forward, what should be my course of action since I have two other presumably females. I've gathered that the hermie can still pollinate the females. However, I would like to avoid making a hermie box to flower her in separately unless it is going to mess everything up.

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MIMedGrower said:

Do you mean you see indertiminate pre flowers? Not looking totally male or female?

They are common in feminized hybrids.

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Cannabizz said:

Here are the other two that I have.

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SoLowDolo said:

I think you could get an ounce or two per plant of solid bud maybe...

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MIMedGrower said:

Your choice. You can watch them closely and pick off male parts unless they get too many or you can cull the plant and not worry.

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