Hermie resistant strains

Thai stuff seems a source of some of those intersex traits but almost psychedelic fire.

These are all the more reasons why I’m trying to look for older genetics and true breeders...

I think at this point if you buy a hype strain or cross of one, especially F1 you pretty much got to expect them. These breeders are using strains known to herm gg4, chem, gsc or descendants of such strains. Then instead of testing the seeds they rush em out the door and in to the next batch of f1. Best bet is to look at how many strains said breeder has released in the last year. If it’s more than 5-10 a year there is no way in my opinion they have tested them. For people that exclusively grow seeds(not sure why but some people do) I would buy from Dutch breeders. I know that the pictures aren’t as pretty but for the most part they still sell the same strains that have been around for a long time. I have never had more than 1 or 2 herms from a pack of Dutch seeds. Now that I’ve been buying American seeds I feel like at least 50/50 chance of each one herming. Seriously hard to even find one keeper per pack of seeds when you got to cut half of them for herming.

One of my clones was a bagseed gg4 x green ribbon (the sauce) from the dispensary and it never herms even under stress. I've had 2 full blown herms in 15yrs but I think I'm just lucky cause everything turns out fire

Apalchen said:

Plants that show under stress are weak anyways. At least mild stress. Plants should be able to be stressed some what without throwing balls. I guess if your new or have equipment failure or really mess something up bad that’s different. I am sure some of my herms have been caused by flipping early in small pots while it still pisses me off to find them at least they didn it the small test tent and not on the second run in bigger area.

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It’s bananas that people usually have issues with

Sunbiz1 said:

Have always wondered if flipping the switch from 18-20 hours down to 12 creates too much environmental stress.
Perhaps decreasing it incrementally is a better option, and certainly more in tune with nature.

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That's an interesting point, not sure if that's how Phytochrome measures light.

Maybe there's some variation in how different cannabis plants phytochrome responds to abrupt light changes?

danjac82 said:

It’s bananas that people usually have issues with

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Yes bananas can lead to problems, especially if you're a "gorilla grower".

Rob Roy said:

That's an interesting point, not sure if that's how Phytochrome measures light.

Maybe there's some variation in how different cannabis plants phytochrome responds to abrupt light changes?

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You're questioning whether there are physiological differences between plants... Safe to bet the farm there is.

athomegrowing said:

You're questioning whether there are physiological differences between plants... Safe to bet the farm there is.

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Agreed.
I probably should have punctuated differently. It was more of a rhetorical question.

Rocket Soul said:

Hermie advice: avoid feminized seeds

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Jackie Chan Meme

is the herming really THAT bad? i was reading through the web and am worried (since spending $100~ on a pack is not cheap) with what im reading. all of the breeders that I am interested in namely karma, bodhi, and cannarado have hermie issues. i dont mind spending that money IF i could guarantee that once I cull the male, i won’t have to cull some of the fem since they hermed that shit hurts af lol and i have never experienced herm in my garden since i am still fairly new to the game.