Am i looking at a herm?

@DrDukePHD

What genetics is that

ProPheT 216 said:

@DrDukePHD

What genetics is that

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It was just free seeds at the grow shop from a local breeder. Figured use the cheap ones my first grow to learn & save the $100 ones. Well, I learned

DrDukePHD said:

It was just free seeds at the grow shop from a local breeder. Figured use the cheap ones my first grow to learn & save the $100 ones. Well, I learned

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“Breeder” = chucker

DrDukePHD said:

Anything yall suggest I do to clean tent etc from any potential pollen, or was it caught early enough to avoid all that?

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If it’s the end of all the plants you should most definitely clean the tent. It’s good practice to do after every run, shortened or not.

Billy the Mountain said:

Consider yourself fortunate that balls showed earlier rather than later

Plucking them will be fruitless (no pun intended)

Time to pop some new seeds

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I definitely don’t agree with this. I’ve had several plants that have thrown a couple balls usually on lower branches, pluck them off and carry on. If more pop up then maybe trash it.

Rootbound420 said:

If its a herm caused by stress (rodelization)

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It's not.

Brettman said:

I definitely don’t agree with this. I’ve had several plants that have thrown a couple balls usually on lower branches, pluck them off and carry on. If more pop up then maybe trash it.

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A valid point, but OP's plant has them right from the start of flower on the top of the plant.

DrDukePHD said:

It was just free seeds at the grow shop from a local breeder. Figured use the cheap ones my first grow to learn & save the $100 ones. Well, I learned

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No lie, time is money. Don't play with bad seeds or try to grow a clone better of a plant that didn't turn out well. Move on

Sorry to hear, would using something like switch be able to get it out of herm? I use this when I realized my plans were getting some heat stress just in case. So far, fingers crossed, it seems to be working.

ProPheT 216 said:

No lie, time is money. Don't play with bad seeds or try to grow a clone better of a plant that didn't turn out well. Move on

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Already got new/good seeds sitting on the router in paper towels, the old plant chopped, soil spread on lawn & a new grow journal going.
No time to waste, I may need the medicine soon. Full speed ahead. Now off to vacuum & Isopropyl the entire tent

DrDukePHD said:

Alright well this first test grow is officially over. Lesson learned, use quality genetics.

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It's OK, you learned something. Unless you run fems and auto fems, you will need to discern sexes no matter what.

Best thing I can tell u op is clones are more stable than from seed. If you took clones of those plants and they are progressing nicely they likely won't herm on you. But I would just move on to better seeds if you have em already

Naturally I'd be pissed that goes without saying.

That said it wouldn't have done any harm to finish it, ime seeds are very rare from hermies.
Worst case there's nothing with smoking a few seeds.


It threw lots more but I've never seen a seed from it.

Star Dog said:

Naturally I'd be pissed that goes without saying.

That said it wouldn't have done any harm to finish it, ime seeds are very rare from hermies.
Worst case there's nothing with smoking a few seeds.

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Oops, i just assumed it'd be trash & not worth smoking. Then I figured I'd be cleaning out the tent for hours to get rid of pollen. Cool though, I'll remember this incase I'm ever down to 1 plant again.

Lots of newer strains have dominant intersex traits, after so many disappointments I ended up getting some optic foliar switch, label says mkp but it’s some kind of ethylene blocker that prevents male flower production. Bit pricey at $40/L and no dilution but no balls on my plants now. You just spray your bud sites at day 7 and 17 of flower

I feel like it is very true as stated above their are a lot of intersex traits in genetics these days. Gotta keep a watchful eye towards the end if from seed and make sure they don't last ditch try to pollinate themselves. It's not that big of a issue for most because seeds don't really have time to develop. I add a new plant to my grow every 2 weeks and take one out so it's a bigger deal for me.

Totally normal. It's 2022.

Lenin1917 said:

Lots of newer strains have dominant intersex traits, after so many disappointments I ended up getting some optic foliar switch, label says mkp but it’s some kind of ethylene blocker that prevents male flower production. Bit pricey at $40/L and no dilution but no balls on my plants now. You just spray your bud sites at day 7 and 17 of flower

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This shit..

RIS said:

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Yup

Lenin1917 said:

Yup

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When I first got hit with pests and then went through 5day heatwave, I used switch but without “transplant” as a preventative measure. I was told it would work still. What are your thoughts about that?