Oh no! Hermies!, what went wrong?

I got 5 bag seed, put germed them in rockwool cubes under cfl. Transfered to clay pellet flood and drain table inside growlush tent with 400w hps with son t agro bulb. Fed canna nutes, starting at fuck all and slowly upped each res change, starting adding h202 half way through. Monitored ph frequently keeping at 5.8. Vegged for 3-4 weeks

They are now almost 3 weeks into flowering, got some fairly wicked buds with heaps of white hairs, and are starting to get chrystals on the calyxs's. however ALL of my girls have got balls in various places, but not at every bud site. I've ripped some off and found the powdery crap inside (i guess this is pollen). I have taken clones prior to flowering, with 100% success. Only now don't know whether i should keep them?

This is my first grow (i've been reading up for almost a year now) and am using to gather experience. I will continue the grow anyway, as they are all hermie so it cant hurt i guess. My plan was to get at least 1 female, keep track of her clone(s) and have a mother plant, but now am puzzled.

I can't figure out where i went wrong, everything is perfect and they grew like mad, fast, beautiful, healthy, not a problem except the obvious (also one of them has leaves of different size/number, not just 7&9 but 4,5,6,7,8,9). They are about 2 1/2 feet, and i have topped them all.

Any suggestions as to what went wrong??

Will the clones be hermie as well?

I wish i could have just got clones.

P.S.
the balls are only on the lower branches, none of the tops. Some of the lower nodes of the tops but not within the top 8-10".

If you say there are only balls on the bottom I know you can cut them off. Many things can cause hermies.What strain are you growing?Genetics was prob your cause if I had to take my guess since you say everything else is on point. And I have always been told "if you clone a hermie you will get a hermie"

light leaks are a very common cause of a hermie. Maybe u should check for leaks as plants need PITCH BLACK during lights off, specially during flowering.

read this thread one of the posters explains this apparently not a hermie and you still get good yields. https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/126517-little-yellow-flowers-buds.html

thanks for replies,

i gotta shoot off for an exam right now, ill be back tonight (12hours), will update then. cheers

You already took the time to grow, clone, and partly flower them so just keep growing them until you can get your hands on better genetics.

Even if you order seeds now you will likely still have time to finish this cycle and flower another batch of hermies before the new seeds are ready to take over and some weed is always better than none, seeded or not.