400w hps, 240 blackstar,300w advanced diamond series, and a few t5's for overkill

that's a preflower dude

Just out of curiosity, if a single plant turns herm, will it pollinate itself? And would the seeds be imbred? Or would it strenghin the paticular strain?

Yes it would pollinate itself. The seeds would pass on the hermitism trait as well and would be very likely to hermie. It most definitely would not strengthen anything or everyone would be making their own plants go hermie wouldn't they?

I actually read that it is how they femanize seeds. Which makes sense I suppose. And that in turn is why when you buy femanized seed's they are more likely to hermie.

nothing pisses me off more then hermiess

Threw a blue mystic auto flower and a mkage in the paper towel today!

Originally Posted by munkieprince

I actually read that it is how they femanize seeds. Which makes sense I suppose. And that in turn is why when you buy femanized seed's they are more likely to hermie.

That is the crappier way to produce feminized seeds. And that method is done by letting them stay alive past the harvesting time. The plant will try to pollinate itself as its last chance of survival. But this method is not that reliable.

The pros all use colloidal silver, I believe. And I've never had any of my feminized seeds turn hermie on me.

Very sadly chopped my first babytree down today. I cut all the lights, zipped the tent up and let her sit in the cold dark for 24 hours. Took it out yesterday, flushed it with cold water, put it back in the tent, cranked the a/c down to 60 ish again and let her sit another 24 (making a 48 hour sit in all ). Trimmed most all the left over leaves I could, Chopped her in 2 halves, and hung her in the tent. Put 3 damp rids at the bottom. She is shut off from the light, and the a/c is set on 70. There is a small fan running inside the tent to circulate the air. Now, the damp rid is just to keep the humidity in check and is no where near the actual hanging plant. And I only plan on leaving that in there a day or so. Will be eagerly waiting to try my hand at the cure jars. < its my first grow, first dry, first cure, I am very afraid I will fudge this up.