Question about herms and seeds

bEelzeBosS

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For the first time in 10+ years of growing I got a powdery mildew problem that infected my entire tent. I was a little late recognising it because it was just a few white specs here and there, nothing like pictures I've seen. It also seemed to be more concentrated on the parts of the leaves closer to the buds so my dumbass not paying close attention just assumed they were trichomes. Needless to say, it caused enough stress on one plant that she threw nanners. I've been growing this strain for two years now, clones from the same plant and never had nanners before so I'm pretty confident it was from stress.

Luckily I got the mildew under control and the plants finished without issues other than one being slightly self-pollenated. From the entire 4.5' tall plant I found 22 seeds, so not horrible. My question is, since these seeds came from a plant that normally didn't have any herm tendencies, and only hermed due to stress are they safe to use or will they likely herm as well even if they are not under any stress?
 

NanoGadget

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The offspring should have the same tendencies as the mother. It will require a similar amount of stress to induce a similar result.
 

hotrodharley

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For the first time in 10+ years of growing I got a powdery mildew problem that infected my entire tent. I was a little late recognising it because it was just a few white specs here and there, nothing like pictures I've seen. It also seemed to be more concentrated on the parts of the leaves closer to the buds so my dumbass not paying close attention just assumed they were trichomes. Needless to say, it caused enough stress on one plant that she threw nanners. I've been growing this strain for two years now, clones from the same plant and never had nanners before so I'm pretty confident it was from stress.

Luckily I got the mildew under control and the plants finished without issues other than one being slightly self-pollenated. From the entire 4.5' tall plant I found 22 seeds, so not horrible. My question is, since these seeds came from a plant that normally didn't have any herm tendencies, and only hermed due to stress are they safe to use or will they likely herm as well even if they are not under any stress?
If seeded by nanners they're feminized. And that's what happened with that few seeds.
 

bEelzeBosS

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I don't think the powdery mildew was the cause.
Why do you say that? As I said, I've grown this strain in the same exact setup many times with no issues. The only thing different this time was the mildew, and it got fairly bad before I caught it.
 
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