I had no problem with it herming the only thing Shanti said was to cut the lower growth that does not get much light cause it can stress the little popcorns but it is not the only line he said that about I'd say it was about every strain. Of course stress can still cause a hermie but I only seen two people that I can remember with Ortega herms and he sells a lot of them one goes about every week at auction which is the best place cause you will pay Nirvana prices with the amount of seed you get well under retail value. So figure every year 52 packs go at auction plus god knows how many go for retail and the only 2 I remember are from years ago so if you do the math it seems like a solid strain to me and one of the reports I swear the guy said he stress tested them.