Cloning a Hermie

llLOU

llLOU

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A question. What if I have a Hermie and I take a clone from a branch that is Female ?Will it become a female or a hermie ? Maybe I don't understand this Hermie thing,but does a hermie have male and female branches ? I cannot imagine a branch that has BOTH male and female parts. Konfused!:confused:
 
calicat

calicat

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llLOU said:
A question. What if I have a Hermie and I take a clone from a branch that is Female ?Will it become a female or a hermie ? Maybe I don't understand this Hermie thing,but does a hermie have male and female branches ? I cannot imagine a branch that has BOTH male and female parts. Konfused!:confused:
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Rolling the genetic dice would result in taking a clone from a plant with hermaphroditic qualities produces offspring that is hermaphroditic.
 
llLOU

llLOU

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I guess I was trying to cheer myself up , I'm fearing what I thought was a healthy Female, AKA. Clone Mother, might be a Hermie, and I am hoping to salvage something out of it. This damn plant is almost 4foot tall ,and has never showed any obvious signs of maleness, never seen even a hint of a ball on it. I had dreams of a great fall harvest , whatever it is I'll let it grow and be happy with what I get.... Have to look into that Dutch Masters Reverse stuff.
 
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born2killspam

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If there is any chance, location on the plant relative to male flowers could be critical.. Plants work partly as single entities, and partly as individual pieces.. Thats why ppl can get away with forcing a single branch into flowering on some..
 
Johnnyorganic

Johnnyorganic

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Eliminate the hermaphrodite. Cloning it will only lead to disappointment, unless you want more hermies.

Compost that sumbitch.
 
Londoner

Londoner

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yep if your mother has herm`d on you bin it, put it down to experience and start over, clone off that and your whole crop could be hermie plants:o
 
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born2killspam

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If this plant has already hermed then it is definately not a candidate for feminized seeding! The seeds will be double reenforced with an easy-to-herm trait, and many will be herm from birth.. Feminized seeds are created from plants that resist herming out much more than typical plants, but they can still be forced to herm under certain extreme stresses.. Good feminized seeds are a real chore, requiring real experience to produce, and IMO, they're still sketchy..
Really, I agree with the opinions above.. Kill it and dispose of it safely.. Hermies may have a place in the porn industry, but they shouldn't be tolerated in this activity..
 
Londoner

Londoner

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born2killspam said:
If this plant has already hermed then it is definately not a candidate for feminized seeding! The seeds will be double reenforced with an easy-to-herm trait, and many will be herm from birth.. Feminized seeds are created from plants that resist herming out much more than typical plants, but they can still be forced to herm under certain extreme stresses.. Good feminized seeds are a real chore, requiring real experience to produce, and IMO, they're still sketchy..
Really, I agree with the opinions above.. Kill it and dispose of it safely.. Hermies may have a place in the porn industry, but they shouldn't be tolerated in this activity..
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lol, well put. yea i mean i grow from fem seeds, have done for a few years now and am aware of the increased risk of my plants herming on me, but i guess ive just been lucky so far, but as you say id never advise anyone to grow out seeds from a "home hermed" plant, that risk will be ever more real
 
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worble

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i just maybe in the same boat i have a clone growing and took a clone off it after 2 mos. now the 1st clone is starting to look Hermie check out pic #1 not sure? but will the clone i took off it 2 mos ago be Hermie also pic #2? thanks jeff
 

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Londoner

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worble said:
i just maybe in the same boat i have a clone growing and took a clone off it after 2 mos. now the 1st clone is starting to look Hermie check out pic #1 not sure? but will the clone i took off it 2 mos ago be Hermie also pic #2? thanks jeff
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they look like female calyx`s to me mate.
 
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blinkstefaans

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If this plant was initially a female and then turned hermie (due to stress or something) , let it make seeds , then the seeds will be feminized. So the next batch seeds will be 99% female
 
Londoner

Londoner

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blinkstefaans said:
If this plant was initially a female and then turned hermie (due to stress or something) , let it make seeds , then the seeds will be feminized. So the next batch seeds will be 99% female
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and how could you be 101% sure of what caused it to herm in the first place, could be that it has strong hermie traits and it would have hermed regardless of stress or no stress, therefore its offspring will have a high chance of herming too, basing your whole next crop on a guess is crazy, seeds are cheap enough nowadays, just start over again and forget the cross dressing canna plant.
 
llLOU

llLOU

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I guess my original question was , IS it a certainty that EVERY cutting taken from a plant that has hermied ,will produce a clone that is Hermie ??? I can see where the clones WILL have a tendency to go Hermie.
Just an academic question.
As Londoner said "start over" , which I have ....... Thanks for the input from all who did.
 
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