you can pull off the balls if its a hermie?
Yes, if you get a ball early then it won't have the chance to pollinate anything. But the balls usually grow back in greater numbers, so it's very hard work, and you might miss some.
That does appear to be a true hermaphrodite, which is rare. Grow her out, the worst you will get are seeded buds...and if you like the bud your beans are now naturally feminized for future use.Thanks guys
How long should I have before they start pollinating?
Is there absolutely no hope they will turn out to be swollen calyx? :'(
I understand hermie plants cause hermie seeds. No, I'm pretty much done with bagseed for this lifetime. The question now is if I should kill this hermie in order to save the other girl, who may or may not be a hermie herself
Who told you that?, it's completely false. I used to hear the same "hermie bala blah mothers make hermie blah blah". So I grew 20 hermie seeds, and guess what?...85-90% female with no hermie tendencies or even one nanner during flowering. The remainder were pulled 2 months ago, and were straight-up males.I understand hermie plants cause hermie seeds. No, I'm pretty much done with bagseed for this lifetime. The question now is if I should kill this hermie in order to save the other girl, who may or may not be a hermie herself
Good to know. Still, this is shitty schwag bag-seed. I should get me some Jack Herer seeds, so I'll stand to win some serious shit in light of all the time, money and, as I now realize, heart-break that's involved.
Well, that's good to hear, a i'm another who ha been convinced that hermie pollen will carry the tendency to produce hermie offspring. No offense, but I need to hear this from more than one grower, or multiple tests, before I'm completely swayed. Leaning that direction though.....
if its a true herm the seeds will not be fems.
It may not be a true hermie, all I see is what appears to be both sexes. In time, those balls(pollen sacs)should self-pollinate the pistils and create beans. The best way to describe it is, every plant genetics has an inherent means to keep the strain alive. You can trick females into self-pollinating with silver or the way I did it(which is a gamble)by manipulating flowering light cycle.
Show me the evidence of this, b/c I'm currently trimming, hanging, and smoking what I already know.
