feminized seeds showing male flowers

chusett

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does this mean the male flowers wont open up? CUZ I HAVNT seen one thats opening up yet./ jus little ball clusters.
Dunno why noone else has told you but you really need to remove the "clusters" now. As soon as possible.

As for wanting to keep it u can put it in little baggie and put in fridge but pull them now.
 

chusett

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Not to Hijack the thread, but I have the exact issue right now. 6 weeks into flower and Great balls of Hermi showed up. The sacs opened before I found them. I may need to cut them sooner than later for inlaws are coming for a visit here in a couple weeks.
The plants are super frosty and the pistels started curling up today. I figure I might have 2 weeks before something has to happen.

Should I cut and cure now or wait until the last minute and deal with (probably) immature seeds?

Again I apologize for the hijack. I was searching for this answer and found this thread that described my situation to the T. Thanks for the answer and the understanding.
I dont think u have 2 weeks.. maybe a few days until you see bananas all around. Cut it in a few days IMHO. U need to really clean up the grow room/tent and vents after this grow too.
 

112286187

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I dont think u have 2 weeks.. maybe a few days until you see bananas all around. Cut it in a few days IMHO. U need to really clean up the grow room/tent and vents after this grow too.
Thank you for the insight. It's funny that you say "banana's" That is what I found huge 1/2" clusters that look like banana's as well as the roge pollen sacs. I went through and removed everything I found, but it was too late to prevent pollenation, I think.

I will start flushing and harvest tomarrow.
Thanks and good luck to the OP.
 

Capt. Stickyfingers

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A seed that has come from a hermie does have a very high chance of carying the hermie trait through its gene pool... I dont buy female seeds anymore as my opinion of them has changed. Also not all hermie plants will pollinate, could very well be sterile.
I wouldn't say a high chance. I had a feminized Larry og herm and get pollen on a feminized Lost Coast Og. I ran the offspring and it's super solid.
 

Growop101

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Dunno why noone else has told you but you really need to remove the "clusters" now. As soon as possible.

As for wanting to keep it u can put it in little baggie and put in fridge but pull them now.
i pick em as i see em. think i got all of em. i wouldnt mind a tiny bit getting polinated for some bean tho, this strain is buetiful.
 

GanjaGod420000

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Well, "feminized" seeds are produced by making an otherwise true female hermie. I never get fem'd seeds, because they are naturally prone to herm... Just get REGULAR seeds and learn how to sex, and you will not have to worry about herms, unless you're the type who will "take a peek" during the dark period and mess up the photoperiod, which will stress them and cause them to hermie as well... I hate feminized seeds...
 

Capt. Stickyfingers

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Well, "feminized" seeds are produced by making an otherwise true female hermie. I never get fem'd seeds, because they are naturally prone to herm... Just get REGULAR seeds and learn how to sex, and you will not have to worry about herms, unless you're the type who will "take a peek" during the dark period and mess up the photoperiod, which will stress them and cause them to hermie as well... I hate feminized seeds...
Not really man. They totally reverse the female to a male. They do NOT make it herm and use herm pollen.
 

ryan1918

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I would more factor in the problems with your setup then the seeds itself, like light leakage, timer problems(cheap one's not being EXACT by the minute like they should be, get a DIGITAL one), and nut problems, water, bugs, lets hear about your setup, I've only had about 3 males in every 28 plants, then another 35 that had no males, I think it just depends on your setup, and many factors can hermie it quickly.
 

Dwezelitsame

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i just learned of this today
from a guy at canadian seed bank


he said 10 per pack and they are regular, truthfully there is no such thing as
feminized they put them in the freezer and males are supposed to pop at -1
- -2, rendering them useless.. this isnt the case all the time and many
males survive, so CSB cannot make feminized seed claims for this reason,
its unprofessional and an industry secret that CSB cannot make a claim
too. Hope that helps.

CSB
Arnold Volp

seems maybe the reason
i know a few ways of doing it exists
 

Capt. Stickyfingers

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I would more factor in the problems with your setup then the seeds itself, like light leakage, timer problems(cheap one's not being EXACT by the minute like they should be, get a DIGITAL one), and nut problems, water, bugs, lets hear about your setup, I've only had about 3 males in every 28 plants, then another 35 that had no males, I think it just depends on your setup, and many factors can hermie it quickly.
You haven't even been growing long enough to have a harvest. Do you forget people can see your old posts? Stop hopping around the threads trying to give advice. And it's "nute" not nut wtf.
 

batf1nk

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At the end of the day the way I approach it is hermaphroditism (is that a word?) is just something we have to deal with. Self preservation kicks in on some, some it doesn't. When you start to factor in other elements, you can see it really is just part of growing.
 

Growop101

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I would more factor in the problems with your setup then the seeds itself, like light leakage, timer problems(cheap one's not being EXACT by the minute like they should be, get a DIGITAL one), and nut problems, water, bugs, lets hear about your setup, I've only had about 3 males in every 28 plants, then another 35 that had no males, I think it just depends on your setup, and many factors can hermie it quickly.
and its outdoor man. all organic .
 

Growop101

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At the end of the day the way I approach it is hermaphroditism (is that a word?) is just something we have to deal with. Self preservation kicks in on some, some it doesn't. When you start to factor in other elements, you can see it really is just part of growing.
ya i honestly dont care because there is still big ass frosty buds, looks like a pure fem.

And i havent seen any more male clusters comming back.
 
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