expert help needed
- Thread starter moh556
- Start date
~Dankster~420
Well-Known Member
guys i have just discovered what hermy means that one plant is both male and female so now i have 4 females till when i keep looking for balls and how i prevent this from happening?
and when it happen can i pull balls out and only leave female parts?
The plant that turned probably had a genetic propensity to hermaphroditism. There was nothing that you could have done to prevent it.
You can try picking the male flowers off the plant but your attempts may be in vain for several reasons: First, the buds are not very noticeable. They hang down from the plant looking somewhat like green pawnbroker’s balls. The white to creamy five petal flowers are noticeable only as they turn up and open, ready to release pollen to the wind. It’s difficult to find them all before they open. One or two open flowers will produce a few seeds, but a group can ruin good sinsemilla. So unless you want "seed" which more then likely have the "hermie" gene passed onto the seeds/offspring!! And to tell you the truth, when I started growing back in the 80's I when I found a hermie in my crop would try to "pick off all the male pollen sacks" myself!! And I can tell you that if you leave just "1" pollen sack on the hermie plant it "will" pollinate your other females!! And also the "bud" that does form on the hermies really isn't worht all the time you would put into picking all the pollen sacks over & over!! I guess you could, if you have the extra time. But if your dealing with a lot of other plants, if I where you I would just get rid of her!! Well I hate to hear you had a male, and a hermie bro! It happens, just don't let it discourage you, and keep up the great work! I will keep an eye out on your girls from time to time. Well talne care & happy growing bro. Dank.