Is my girl a hermie [pics] - advice please!

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FredSlim

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Hi guys,

Thanks for your help on my last post:

https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/263817-male-female-pics-help-please.html

All males are now dead, and I'm left with a single female. At least, that's what I thought it was until I started noticing balls recently. From the pics can anyone confirm that this is a hermie?

I'm fairly sure it is, and in this case can you offer any advice on what to do? I don't have any other plants now, so no danger of pollinating healthy females. Can you get decent green from a herm? I read somewhere that you should pick the balls off, which I've been trying to do but they are growing at an alarming rate.

Strangely I can't find too much info online aside from the odd forum post as to what to do with these bloody things, so any help and advice would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.
 

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ImarriedMARY

ImarriedMARY

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well i wouldn't pick the nuts off just cause then you'll loosen the pollen and have your female impregnate herself and you'll get seeds (which is good cause then you can just restart with a shit load of seeds. hope that helped a little that's the only advantage with hermies is you don't have to worry about growing 2 plants and one being male and one being female if your trying to get seeds but just wait til the seeds are ready for he pickin and pop some of those in the ground you'll find out sooner that you may have more females
 
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FredSlim

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Thanks IMarried. Just looking to get some green from a single plant to be honest, after having a bunch of males I'm kinda gutted. Now a hermie!

So do I continue to grow this in the same way? Will the balls not split open at some point and stop the female from building up the THC? Will my weed inevitably be of worse quality?

Generally, is there anything I can do from this point onwards that will help me get some good green from it? Or am I a bit screwed now...
 
ImarriedMARY

ImarriedMARY

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FredSlim said:
Thanks IMarried. Just looking to get some green from a single plant to be honest, after having a bunch of males I'm kinda gutted. Now a hermie!

So do I continue to grow this in the same way? Will the balls not split open at some point and stop the female from building up the THC? Will my weed inevitably be of worse quality?

Generally, is there anything I can do from this point onwards that will help me get some good green from it? Or am I a bit screwed now...
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yeah i don't think you'll get enough green to last you that long and not even that potent cause it's more male then female and they say that plants are more likely to go male if the soil balance is to acidic. i would grow it like it's a female and just hope for the best seeds and you could sell the seeds too make some extra money it can't get any worse then that dude so i'd still grow it let it pollenate itself get seeds regrow plant 4 or 5 seeds and keep an eye on the soil pH and keep it about 6.5-6.8 more likely to get female and also i'm not sure but if there is any potency then you could possibly turn your plant into hash after collecting everything

hope this helps and best of luck to you my friend
 
ImarriedMARY

ImarriedMARY

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and what's the strain? so i know if it'll even be worth the time to regrow those lol if it's a good enough strain then regrow that shit and get some dank the seeds are 80-90% genetics (not exactly more hermies but potenty and what not)
 
cowboylogic

cowboylogic

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ImarriedMARY said:
well i wouldn't pick the nuts off just cause then you'll loosen the pollen and have your female impregnate herself and you'll get seeds (which is good cause then you can just restart with a shit load of seeds. hope that helped a little that's the only advantage with hermies is you don't have to worry about growing 2 plants and one being male and one being female if your trying to get seeds but just wait til the seeds are ready for he pickin and pop some of those in the ground you'll find out sooner that you may have more females
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Seeds from hermi plants will most likely grow hermi plants. Hermi seeds are no good.
 
ImarriedMARY

ImarriedMARY

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cowboylogic said:
Seeds from hermi plants will most likely grow hermi plants. Hermi seeds are no good.
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really? what if you have the soil pH about 6.3- 6.6 or so cause i heard that females go for that shit more then acidic soil and seeds with more acidic soil grew up more likely males? true or false
 
calibob

calibob

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You might want to try a product called reverse by dutch masters. I used it a few times and it did knock the balls off the plant. By the way the plant never got sacks again. Don't saves the seeds, they will be hermies.
 
cowboylogic

cowboylogic

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ImarriedMARY said:
really? what if you have the soil pH about 6.3- 6.6 or so cause i heard that females go for that shit more then acidic soil and seeds with more acidic soil grew up more likely males? true or false
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Not truely sure. I do know seeds from a hermi are going to grow hermi 95% of the time.
 
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ImarriedMARY

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ImarriedMARY

ImarriedMARY

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cowboylogic said:
Not truely sure. I do know seeds from a hermi are going to grow hermi 95% of the time.
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and when it comes to genes the seeds don't really know if it's going to be a female male or hermie cause it's more or less based on the soil if it's to acidic for the females to grow or if it's to alkaline for the males

edit: i think alkalines the right word, correct me if i'm wrong
 
cowboylogic

cowboylogic

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ImarriedMARY said:
and when it comes to genes the seeds don't really know if it's going to be a female male or hermie cause it's more or less based on the soil if it's to acidic for the females to grow or if it's to alkaline for the males

edit: i think alkalines the right word, correct me if i'm wrong
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Thats where you are way off. The genetics in the seed are within the germ. And yes. Certain enviromental factors can play a part in the plant after germination. And I have chased many thoughts on outside factors. Humidity, soil ph, nute the ist goes on and on. With no solid conclusions but this. Fact stilll remains. In the case of seeds coming from a hermi plant. The genes are strong in hermis favor. Basic break down but fact.
 
tgusto

tgusto

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I've heard you can still smoke hermies. You can always let it go to seed and use it next season...
 
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