I don't think you know much worth writing, we can test the indica sativa Herm theory, someone give a new grower a pure kush and pure low land Thai see which Herms more.
Tell ya what Mr. know it all. You basically baffle newbies with BS....
You seem to know nothing about how the herming actually took a foot hold in early feminizing.
Yes, cannabis has the trait in it's DNA BUT, it shouldn't be as prevalent as many think it is.
That brings me to the term "herming". It actually would be more accurate to say "reproduction by bisexual activity". Technically, the plant is NOT a hermaphrodite when it throw's nanners or actual balls.
If your environment is consistent as far as control is concerned. You should basically have little to no problem with just a few minor nanners being thrown in late bloom. Did you know that these "late bloom" nanners are mostly NON VIABLE as far as the pollen goes?
When it was first offered - feminized seeds. They were produced by stressing the plant to force a natural male reproductative response. It's the plant making what it thinks is a last ditch effort to simply reproduce and carry on the line. By feminizing in this manor. It was quickly discovered that the actual trait in the DNA was brought to the surface, or became actively passed on to the seeds.
They also followed Mendel's rules on the # of, or the % of these seeds that carried on the trait. Most would but, some did not express it till down the road some. Some didn't at all.
This began to weaken the gene pool and those who really cared, went to chemical manipulation to create
far, far more stable strains - as far as expressing or expressing down the road, the trait of bisexual reproduction.
Yes some long running equatorial Sativa's have a real problem with herming. It's also NATURAL for them to be that way. Can you say lowland Thai?
Yet other equatorial Sativa's don't express it as a "rule". Like Panama Red, about any Columbian, Lambs breath, and southern Mexican Sativa's.
The thing is. With proper pheno hunting and solid breeding practice. You can create "stable" offspring of a whole new genetic strain. The REAL term "stabilized" as used in breeding. Is to describe the stability of the strain to produce offspring as closely consistent to each other as possible.
The way they grow, the concentrations of cannabinoids, Terpine profile and growth patterns. This is achieved by "backing" the offspring to the mother, the father and so on. "Cubing" is a term used to describe this practice.
It was used in the making of my Bruce's Monkey strain and about every other strain I ever created. Once you have found your goal in a breeding project. One must "stabilize" that to keep it consistent. Look what happened to AK-47 (among others).
Just because something was created with a sativa in the mix. Does not make the offspring more apt to "herm". Yes, if you use something that already does. Your going to have issues. Finding that right pheno TO breed with is the real work. Not to mention the
hundreds and hundreds of beans/plants you run of the offspring, to find the pheno you wanted.
You have no idea of just "WHO" I am, and the education I have. Not to mention the decades of work in the field....
