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I agree in part with you @Tnelz in the grower induced hermies. However there are a landrace genetics that are prone to hermi traits. For example thai/Indonesian strains
Then we have good ole Sour D that is unstable and prone to hermie or throw nannners. I do agree that with stable established strains that if they hermie it 9 times out of ten is grower error/induced stress.
To keep it simple, the hermie situation is a genetic survival gene so the species can create another generation. Sometimes a plant will hermie or self itself to assure continuation of its line. Some of the best growers in the world have done everything right and still had herms or nanners. I dont seem to remember 20-30 yrs ago folks having this much trouble with herms as I see nowadays. I would attribute that to all of the random pollen chucking going on and peeps not taking the time to actually keep good notes, go thru hundreds of plants and really breed a line until it is true breeding. Most folks dont have the time, patience, or resources $$$$ or space to really get into a full blown breeding setup. Locking down desirable traits down and breeding out bad traits takes years of work and dedication.
There is a huge diff between an accomplished breeder and the run of the mill chucker. I would add that this is just my opinion and wasnt intended to flame or get flamed. Just my 2 cents