Hermies...whats the deal????

redeyedfrog

Well-Known Member

• Jan 9, 2014

• #1

Ok so i put out 13 plants, 5 rare dankness rug burn 5 tangerine kush and 3 bagseed....
started flowering on dec 21 funnily enough the summer equinox (how do they know this shit)
so now I've got 8 fems and 5 hermies... no males WTF????
Is that a result of supercropping too close to flower and causing stress and hormonal changes?
I dunno but i thought it strange.. not complaing because i have 8 gorgeous gals butjust a bit bewildered.
any feedback is welcome.

 

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MedicatedGrow

Active Member

• Jan 9, 2014

• #2

To this day I don't believe I've had one hermi
I don't think people still understand how it happens either.

A lot of people point directly to genetics, some complain and say light leaks, nutrients, stress, etc.

 

redeyedfrog

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• Jan 9, 2014

• #3

Hmmm, I'm thinking stress but who knows?
yeh I certainly expected half male/female ratio
but not 5 trannies!

 

redeyedfrog

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• Jan 9, 2014

• #4

Do we get all fem seeds from a self pollinating hermie?

 

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BSD0621

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• Jan 9, 2014

• #5

Unreliable genetics can do that. nothing new at all. thats why I will stick to reliable old strains over these new hermi prone ones. I have yet to get a hermi nor do I think I ever will even though i want the pleasure of growing on and manipulating it for my own pleasure

 

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Bullethighway

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• Jan 9, 2014

• #6

Someone will find a badass plant yield apperance smell taste all that good stuff but it'll. Be a hermie
If ur good u can breed it out for awhile couple of generations but it will show itselfe eveentually
it'll. Always have that trait in it
just whens it gonna come out

 

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Bullethighway

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• Jan 9, 2014

• #7

Someone will find a badass plant yield apperance smell taste all that good stuff but it'll. Be a hermie
If ur good u can breed it out for awhile couple of generations but it will show itselfe eveentually
it'll. Always have that trait in it
just whens it gonna come out

 

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Bullethighway

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• Jan 9, 2014

• #8

There r other reasons but i bet thats the biggest reason for them

 

lowrider2000

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• Jan 9, 2014

• #9

how many of those hermies were bag seed? its genetics and stress weather you trimmed while you were in flowering or light leaks youll never know they could have sold you bad seed

 

redeyedfrog

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• Jan 10, 2014

• #10

2 of the 5 were bagseed Hermes,
Doesn't upset me in the slightest,
I'll collect the pollen and breed it with a different strain and hopefully stabilise it that way,
The odour emanating from my gals is amazing and almost intoxicating.
It's an outdoor grow, I've put hermies in a shed .

 

redeyedfrog

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• Jan 10, 2014

• #11

I killed the bagseed hermies, so it'll be interesting to see what happens next year

 

Fangule

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• Jun 5, 2014

• #12

redeyedfrog said:

Do we get all fem seeds from a self pollinating hermie?

Click to expand...

Fo Sho!

 

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BuzzD2Kill

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• Jun 5, 2014

• #13

Those rug burns do that. Its not always a male sack, lil nanners instead of hairs, or a big deformed female flower waiting to burst open. Natures days change so fast with length etc, we stickem under 24/7 light then straight to 12-12, not what nature intended. So indeed we get these plants with self preservation techniques, this year I have some of these same fems outdoor, lets see.

 

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BuzzD2Kill

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• Jun 5, 2014

• #14

And yes super cropping can cause it to show itself, topping also, be gentle with your strain until you know it very well.