A seed hermied and cross pollinated my crop, can i use the seeds??? Help!!!
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Trousers
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It doesn't matter if the original female plants came from regular or feminized seeds.
If they were female and then produced male flowers, they are not real hermaphrodites. If they were female and produced male flowers they are monoecious hermaphrodites. That means they only have girl genes (XX) and can not be real hermaphrodites. Real hermaphrodites are dioecious (XY).
Every female cannabis plant has the ability to produce male flowers. It is a normal and natural survival mechanism.
Some varieties are finicky and show male flowers with the slightest stress. Most varieties need a combination of stressors to produce male flowers.
Most of the time male flowers show, it is the grower's fault.
danky supreme
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This seems to be an old thread but i have a good amount of experience on this subject. I had a blue cheese that was a hermi nightmare and absolutely destroyed my crop...thousands of seeds. In the end, i had a blue cheese x super lemon haze that turned out nice with absolutely no sign of hermaphrodism. On another run i had a casey jones slightly hermi and polinate 3 different strains. I ran 20 of these seeds from these three different crosses and once again not one male flower on any of them. I would be alittle hesitant to run seeds from a self pollination, but unless im extremely lucky you should be fine. Its my theory that the hermi problem associated with fems is due to inbreeding.
danky supreme
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In addition, these plants had to deal with a high amount of heat and absolutely killed it, my holy grail kush x casey jones(which i named Indiana Jones) was one of the most ridiculously resinous plants i have grown.
Trousers
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Fems can not produce real hermaphrodites. Your theory is a myth.
Inbreeding or selfing plants is not anything like inbreeding with vertebrates. It is done all the time. Most varieties have been back crossed at some point.
The "hermie problem associated with fems" is due to grower error. Plants from feminized seeds are as likely to "hermie" as plants from regular seeds. A female plant does not have a Y chromosome which is needed for a real hermaphrodite.
All female plants have the ability to produce male flowers. It is a natural and normal survival mechanism. That does not make them hermaphrodites.
There are varieties that are very finnicky and prone to producing male flowers. When it happens to a plant from a regular seed no one freaks out and says regular seeds are likely to "hermie."
danky supreme
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Well regardless of its a myth or not my results speak for themselves. Not one fem seed that i have grown from a self pollination has produced a single male flower...cant say the same from fems bought from breeders. Like i said bro it is a theory, no need to knoxk ur head against the wall about it.
homebrew420
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I don't believe its as easy as that. There have been documented fem seeds turning out true males. Icmag has anumber of them.
As for the seeds in question? Be ready to ditch them if they begin to show signs of intersex traits. Good luck
Peace
As for the seeds in question? Be ready to ditch them if they begin to show signs of intersex traits. Good luck
Peace
danky supreme
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I think its kinda splitting hairs to break down what constitutes a "real" hermaphrodite. Bottom line is there is something about the breeding process used by many companies that makes fems more prone to push out both male and female parts. I dont think most growers will care if their fem has X or Y chromosomes when their garden is loaded with seeds. And yes true males have been discovered from fem seeds.
Trousers
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Some say cucumbers taste better pickled.
You do not know what you are talking about.
Feminized seeds do not have a Y chromosome.
You are confused again and spreading lies based on the experiences of crappy growers.
danky supreme
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Just making statements based on my experiences...chill dude
danky supreme
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These are my experiences i have better things to do than spread lies on a weed site. I dont even have a computer i do this from my phone which is far from easy.
danky supreme
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Well u qualify as another asshole on RIU who thinks they are God's gift to marijuana
You both make me angry and remind me of the reasons why I don't spend much time on this site.
2,310 posts how many are of you just repeating and annoying, relax and start posting something useful trousers I see you post that you think he's lying great great we get it thanks. And mr Danky back up your statements a bit more, I as well do feel that fem seeds more often show male flowers in bud if stressed from my own experience I feel that reg seeds are often a safer choice for growers who are new or that are going to grow in less desirable conditions. I have bought fem seeds and ended up with a plant that physically showed only male flowers was it genetically a male? who knows. With that said even some reg strains will be less or more prone to this behaviour just do some research.
2,310 posts how many are of you just repeating and annoying, relax and start posting something useful trousers I see you post that you think he's lying great great we get it thanks. And mr Danky back up your statements a bit more, I as well do feel that fem seeds more often show male flowers in bud if stressed from my own experience I feel that reg seeds are often a safer choice for growers who are new or that are going to grow in less desirable conditions. I have bought fem seeds and ended up with a plant that physically showed only male flowers was it genetically a male? who knows. With that said even some reg strains will be less or more prone to this behaviour just do some research.
Trousers
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Search my posts. If you could see my private messages you would see how many people I have helped make feminized seeds. You only see what you choose to see.
okay
Why are plants from feminized seeds more likely to produce male flowers? It does not stand up logically.
A female plant from a regular seed is just as likely to produce male flowers under stress as a plant from a feminized seed.
Stress is not passed down in DNA. Hormonal changes are not passed down via DNA.
That is your opinion. I would suggest that new growers not listen to your baseless opinions and go ahead and use feminized seeds.
If it was a male then it could not have come from a feminized seed. Feminized seeds do not have a Y chromosome.
It is odd you want me to do research when you hold opinions that can not be true.
If you grew a feminized seed and it produced male flowers it was most likely your fault.
stonerloner822
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The last time I grew outdoors with my father (R.I.P.) we had 300 white widdow planted from fem. seeds and 30 hermied. We ended up with the whole crop crosspollinated, and my dad, well the crazy s.o.b. harvested it and we smoked it i couldnt believe i got a decent buzz, but he also reused the seeds and i guess he got several males idk i joined the army and was stationed in gauge town new brunswick for that one.
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