Hermie identification

Hi guys, been growing years but never actually come across a hermie, although I’ve had a few seeds found in harvest before so must have missed the sign’s. Just trying to confirm if this is a hermie or not, any help appreciated.

Yes.

Thanks for the confirmation, I took it out just in case.

The resulting seeds will hermie too most likely.

u don't necessarily have to....just move it to a different local, pluck them off before they ripen, seal them in a zip lock and use the pollen

BudmanTX said:

u don't necessarily have to....just move it to a different local, pluck them off before they ripen, seal them in a zip lock and use the pollen

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Would this produce feminised seeds or regular? Just curious as I know stressing females can produce feminised seeds. But either way it’s not a bad idea if I can make space .

Chicks with dicks

Big ol' fat donkers on that.

Absolutely a Herm.

Speedtriplebbc said:

Would this produce feminised seeds or regular? Just curious as I know stressing females can produce feminised seeds. But either way it’s not a bad idea if I can make space .

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Feminized

Though someone might chime in and say something about this. Not sure of you have a better chance at herm with those seeds or not.

Cannabinoid Froyd said:

Feminized

Though someone might chime in and say something about this. Not sure of you have a better chance at herm with those seeds or not.

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^ correct. A good chance the pollination could pass down the herm gene to the seeds stock.

I would say a bad idea. With seeds being as cheap and available as they are, why would you want to do that..

OG-KGP said:

^ correct. A good chance the pollination could pass down the herm gene to the seeds stock.

I would say a bad idea. With seeds being as cheap and available as they are, why would you want to do that..

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It really depends on the factors contributing to the parent plants hermaphroditism. If it was caused by a light leak for example, the offspring will have a 50% chance to herm when exposed to the same conditions. (same 50/50 male to female ratio with regular seeds)
If it was caused by blocking flowering hormones using something like colloidal silver water, you get 100% fem seeds. That's how good breeders produce feminized seeds. I frequently grow herm seeds, then sort the herms out the same way I'd do males in a regular seed grow. Chuck them in the furnace lmao sometimes when shits fire and you got some sus bag-seed it can be worth it. I found a wicked biscotti cake pheno that way.

That is a herm and may have been that way for a while, damage probable.

These are the types of plants a good breeder who produces feminised seeds should eliminate . But most breeders dont even stress test their plants (wich is why people end up with this kind of stuff)before hitting them with chemicals to reverse. Some people who grow seeds that come from hermies like this think they are getting femed seeds because they dont see no hermi parts once the seeds are grown. But the hermie genes are still there an can trigger at any time or maybe masked an will show up hermi in the next generation. Plants that hermie from no stress or stress should not be used as breeding plants, neither should any seeds be used unless you want to take unnecessary risks in your grow room.
The same goes for producing regular male female seeds, breeders should be stress testing their plants before using them to make sure things like what you see in the picture dont happen
You need to keep a close eye on any other plants you have coming from the same batch of seeds.

To be honest, they’re three autoflowers that I popped in the veg room to fill it out so although nothing special I did choose carefully to maximise on something I wanted. Light leaks shouldn’t be an issue with these but I can’t think what else might have stressed them?

Speedtriplebbc said:

To be honest, they’re three autoflowers that I popped in the veg room to fill it out so although nothing special I did choose carefully to maximise on something I wanted. Light leaks shouldn’t be an issue with these but I can’t think what else might have stressed them?

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Shit man, I had a bunch to say until you said the A word. With this new knowledge my advice would be...

Masterdank420 said:

It really depends on the factors contributing to the parent plants hermaphroditism. If it was caused by a light leak for example, the offspring will have a 50% chance to herm when exposed to the same conditions. (same 50/50 male to female ratio with regular seeds)
If it was caused by blocking flowering hormones using something like colloidal silver water, you get 100% fem seeds. That's how good breeders produce feminized seeds. I frequently grow herm seeds, then sort the herms out the same way I'd do males in a regular seed grow. Chuck them in the furnace lmao sometimes when shits fire and you got some sus bag-seed it can be worth it. I found a wicked biscotti cake pheno that way.

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I understand how it works, and if the OP is making a post, asking if its a herm, its obvious to me they didn't do this on purpose to make fem beans.

In my situation, it would not be worth the risk, I would definitely not have the time to sort through plants and check to see if there are any sacs sprouting. I would simply cull and move on, but to each their own.

I have run perpetual for years and have zero tolerance for Hermies apart from a few latenanners after 50 days, and if more than a few, I chop and donate to the needy.

OG-KGP said:

I understand how it works, and if the OP is making a post, asking if its a herm, its obvious to me they didn't do this on purpose to make fem beans.

In my situation, it would not be worth the risk, I would definitely not have the time to sort through plants and check to see if there are any sacs sprouting. I would simply cull and move on, but to each their own.

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I never said the op did it on purpose... I also never said that it's a good idea for everyone. I was more answering your question of why someone would want to grow beans that came from a herm plant. I also dropped some knowledge about bean production because not everyone does understand how it works and you didn't bother to give a detailed explanation as to why herms are less reliable than fem seeds and why they are different.

PadawanWarrior said:

Shit man, I had a bunch to say until you said the A word. With this new knowledge my advice would be...

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This looks like sound advice, I’d rather play safe than try and save them and create more problems. The idea of filling an empty space in my veg room seemed great but I’ll probably say bye bye to at least one jack 47 xl alongside possibly another.

Masterdank420 said:

I never said the op did it on purpose... I also never said that it's a good idea for everyone. I was more answering your question of why someone would want to grow beans that came from a herm plant. I also dropped some knowledge about bean production because not everyone does understand how it works and you didn't bother to give a detailed explanation as to why herms are less reliable than fem seeds and why they are different.

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The way I see it is a few people posted their opinions and advice, I read them and make my own choice on the shared advice and experience, as it happens I’ll probably just leave the idea of seeds. I have enough lying around to see me through most of the year and I usually take cuts of regular strains to stock up a little reserve. I’m still a little curious about making my own seeds but it’s best to wait for the right planned event than a whim of hermie genes