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I've seen time and again growers think they have an intersex plant, a.k.a. a "Herm" and cull it. I wanted to explain the difference between a pistillate calyx and an intersex plant.
A female plant having primordia pre floral nodes is a normal female organ and isn't suspect but rather very common. If you're ever uncertain, rather than cull, you can watch it closely, or you can pluck it and continue to watch the plant. Plucking a perfectly normal female pistillate primordia won't hurt the plant. So there's no ill affect if the grower decides to pluck them to put their mind at ease. I personally never pluck mine.
This is a herm. Notice the staminate primordia, "loaded bananas."
And here's a perfectly normal female with her pistillate calyx. I've seen time and again growers call these balls and cull a perfectly healthy plant.
A female plant having primordia pre floral nodes is a normal female organ and isn't suspect but rather very common. If you're ever uncertain, rather than cull, you can watch it closely, or you can pluck it and continue to watch the plant. Plucking a perfectly normal female pistillate primordia won't hurt the plant. So there's no ill affect if the grower decides to pluck them to put their mind at ease. I personally never pluck mine.
This is a herm. Notice the staminate primordia, "loaded bananas."
And here's a perfectly normal female with her pistillate calyx. I've seen time and again growers call these balls and cull a perfectly healthy plant.
