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bigtomatofarmer

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Well damn, I guess the saying is true.
I was checking my crop today and noticed a bunch of seed pods all over my oldest female!! Im talking about everywhere. I quickly checked my other two younger plants and only found a few seed pods here and there. Ive included a couple pics for ya.
I checked all my plants for hermie status/pollen sacks. I didnt find any pollen sacks anywhere, but there are a ton of these seed pods!!!:cuss: I pulled one pod off and opened it up, inside was a tiny white seed.
I do remember finding a hermie about 1.5 months ago. So I guess I didnt catch it in time. Damn now I got a bunch of seeds. Well I know all of my plants started as female, and one turned hermie. So atleast these will be feminized right?
 

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SlikWiLL13

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they will be feminized, but they could be hermies too. it depends on how you got a hermie. if it was a genetic hermie it could have passed on the hermie genes, if it was a stress related hermie you should be good.

only time will tell now.
 

SlikWiLL13

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it depends ultimately on how the plant went hermie to decide whether or not the seeds are worth planting.
lets start with the easy questions. is the strain that went hermie a month and a half ago new to your garden? or have you grown it enough times to rule out a genetic hermie? if its been around for a few harvests without any problems its probably not a genetic hemie.
 

bigtomatofarmer

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When they were young, about 3 weeks before flowering, they were caught in a freeze (mid february)and then also had a little light interuption due to power outage (early march) for a few days. So Im guessing that one hermie I found a while ago turned hermie from stress. I killed it imediately when I found it. I have been looking for pollen sacks all day on females. I only see these seed pods. I cant risk pollenating my future crop. I have been vegging them for two months and I really really dont want seeds in the future.
I might just chop the oldest one down now, get some quick smoke. It wont be much, but I have other plants I need to start flowering. My veg room is over crowded and so is my flower room. I will let the other two plants fully develope and get some quality seeds/smoke from them. They are in better condition and also much bigger anyways.
 

bigtomatofarmer

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lets start with the easy questions. is the strain that went hermie a month and a half ago new to your garden? or have you grown it enough times to rule out a genetic hermie? if its been around for a few harvests without any problems its probably not a genetic hemie.
this is my first time growing Chemo.
 

bigtomatofarmer

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did it come from somewhere reputable? sounds like yo have a stress hermie.

id be watchful when you grow the seeds anyway.
I ordered them from hempdepot.ca
They are from Federation company so Im thinking it was due to stress.
Anyways I chopped the small one that was mostly pollenated. It was also the first one I put into flower so it was the most mature as well. The triches were mostly cloudy, a few clear ones, and a few amber ones. About 50% of the hairs already turned red and have curled up. I know it wasnt ready to harvest yet, but Im over crowded in the flower & veg rooms. So I figuerd what the heck.
Here are some pictures of the buds I chopped and also the trim leaves Ill use for hash. enjoy!!!
I plan on growing the other two Chemo plants I have and harvesting those seeds. They were smaller when I found the hermie so they shouldnt have as many seeds.
 

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