Hermie issues

Mezzie4k

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I have a plant that started a female there was no male around to pollinate her but it looks like there are pollen sacs all over her but all the pollen sac have white hairs coming out of them what does that mean.. i have included a few photos sorry if they arnt that great but it captures the issue I'm having
 
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Richard Drysift

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You got a ladyboy. Yields may suffer if it has already pollinated itself and is now seeded but if that's the case there's not much you can do about it now. If the pollen sacs have not yet opened you can step out of the freezer and seize them with a tweezer....
More importantly find out why your plants hermied out in the first place. Look for light leaks; tape up any pinholes or light leaks in your grow area, make sure there's no lights on during the dark cycle like from a power strip, if it's outside exterior lights could be the culprit. Go in the grow area during the dark cycle and look for anything that might trigger stress. It should be as close to pitch-black-can't-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face level of darkness as possible.
 

Mezzie4k

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I have a plant that started a female there was no male around to pollinate her but it looks like there are pollen sacs all over her but all the pollen sac have white hairs coming out of them what does that mean.. i have included a few photos sorry if they arnt that great but it captures the issue I'm having
You got a ladyboy. Yields may suffer if it has already pollinated itself and is now seeded but if that's the case there's not much you can do about it now. If the pollen sacs have not yet opened you can step out of the freezer and seize them with a tweezer....
More importantly find out why your plants hermied out in the first place. Look for light leaks; tape up any pinholes or light leaks in your grow area, make sure there's no lights on during the dark cycle like from a power strip, if it's outside exterior lights could be the culprit. Go in the grow area during the dark cycle and look for anything that might trigger stress. It should be as close to pitch-black-can't-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face level of darkness as possible.
Ok two things 1.there's no seeds in those sacs and 2.if she or shim (she/him) is gonna produce seeds by shimself wouldn't those seed be feminized...there's to many pollen sacs on Shim so I think I'm just going to start over unless shims seeds are feminize then I'll continue but if not I'm just going to throw it away.
 

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Richard Drysift

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The bud in those pics do not look hermaphrodite to me. A weird looking structure but I think they are female flowers. Hermed buds look almost like tiny bananas.What kind of lighting is this under?

To answer your Qs: Yes self pollinated seeds are typically female but why would you want to breed plants that are prone to herm out? Every "feminized" seed is self pollinated but it's usually done by experienced breeders who know the full lineage of the parent. It is usually light stress that causes a plant to herm. Plants grown from regular seeds are a bit more resilient to light stress than plants grown from feminized seeds.
 

CanadianJim

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Those things that have white hairs coming out of them are calyxes. I don't see any pollen sacs at all, or nanners. You have a girl.
 

snoeman032

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Those are not pollen sacs with Hairs coming out of them. I will attach an old photo of a hermie I had that did have white hairs coming out of the pollen sacs this is what it looks likeFE15D73C-A5CA-4C65-AF32-AD362B870898.png
 

hanimmal

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Ok two things 1.there's no seeds in those sacs and 2.if she or shim (she/him) is gonna produce seeds by shimself wouldn't those seed be feminized...there's to many pollen sacs on Shim so I think I'm just going to start over unless shims seeds are feminize then I'll continue but if not I'm just going to throw it away.
Could it have started to revegetate?

Sometimes with light changes, or like too much nitrogen during flowering that can happen.
 
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