I'm afraid of hermie!

[PropheCy604]

Hi!

I afraid just thinking that I can have hermie in my first grow. What is the pourcentage of chance that a male "contaminate" a female? 100%

Is there any way to avoid them instead a cloning.

Cloning a hermie will give hermie?

Sorry for my noobinest!

steeve

[infiniteawesome]

Originally Posted by PropheCy604

Hi!

I afraid just thinking that I can have hermie in my first grow. What is the pourcentage of chance that a male "contaminate" a female? 100%

Is there any way to avoid them instead a cloning.

Cloning a hermie will give hermie?

Sorry for my noobinest!

steeve

Ok, hermaphroditism is rarely apparent at first from what I've ascertained. Usually hermaphrodites will appear as females at first, and usually due to either gentics or poor lighting conditions (i.e. light leaks), or simply due to old age, the plant will suddenly start to produce male flowers in order to self pollinate and reproduce.

I don't know an exact percentage, but it seems to me that hermaphroditism is not an uncommon thing to find amongst any grow.

Yes, cloning a hermaphrodite will produce a hermaphrodite.

The best way to avoid a hermaphrodite is to acquire good genetics, don't stress your plant out, and make sure to have a proper lighting schedule during flowering without any light leaks.

[PropheCy604]

I was thinking that if I have a male in the cabinet that it can contaminate the female but if I understand well its not really a male that have contaminated a female!?!?! Its only what this seed are...!?!??

My cabinet will be light proof.

[infiniteawesome]

ok, please take the time to learn a little bit of grammar.

secondly, yes a male will contaminuate a female if there is one in there, that's why most growers kill males once they know it is male from its preflowers.

thirdly, a hermaphrodite is different from a male, this also can contaminuate your females with seeds. a hermaphrodite can be genetic from seed, but it can also be due to other conditions as I mentioned earlier.

read some of the guides that are stickies at the top of the absolute beginners forums as this will help you. you seem to have a good room coming along but you need to read up more on the plant itself before you just plop some seeds into the soil.

[PropheCy604]

Infinite, I'm french and english is my second language. I take time to learn yes this second yes...thank you for your advice...!

SO, if I let male with female its sure that I will have hermie. If I remove them I can save my female right?

Possible to know if its a male after 3-4 weeks?

[Red Eye]

Proph, i still dont think you get it. It sounds like a language thing, maybe i can help some. If not you may want to search for a french site, because the concept is simple, and if somebody told you in french you would get it instantly.

Anyway heres my try.

You have plants that start as male or female, only. They grow and flower, and then you can see if they are male or female.

They then get stressed by light leaks, improper light schedule, wrong nutrients, etc, etc, etc.

The plant starts to freak out cuz it thinks its gonna die, and it hasnt had any babies(seeds) yet. So it grows some male flowers on some of its branches, to make sure it has some babies(seeds) before the winter comes. These male parts produce pollen(sperm). The pollen gets onto a bud and the bud stops producing all that sweet THC filled resin and instead starts growing a seed(baby).

This is one reason why seeded weed is less potent than non seeded. The female plant with seeds has wasted energy on making seeds instead of resin.




Quote "SO, if I let male with female its sure that I will have hermie. If I remove them I can save my female right?"

Not really.

If you had two plants, a male and a female. If you left them in them together they wouldnt turn to Hermies. Instead the male plant would throw its pollen all over the female. The female would then grow seeds. Since its had its babies(seeds), the female wouldnt need to grow any male parts. Theres a male right next to it. It would use its energy to make seeds(which is bad).

A hermi is when one plant has both parts. The male parts usually grow, after, the female parts because they are a reaction to outside stress.

But yes, if you take the male out of the room as soon as you see it, before the balls get too big and pop open, then your female wont get pollen(sperm) on her. So she wont be able to make seeds(which is good).

[PropheCy604]

OK!

LMK if I catched it right! The male throw his pollen on a female and the female start producing seeds and less THC. But not every male that throw his pollen?!?!!

I understand what you write...its just confusing to me!

steeve

[kjellh]

Every male will throw his pollen. If you have a male. Kill it. If you do not kill it it will spread pollen to you female and female will get seeds (bad).

Think of it this way.

Male=Bad
Female=Good
Hermie=Bad=Hemafrodide=male and female=Chick with a dick.

You get a hemafrodite if you are bad to your plant.

[infiniteawesome]

Originally Posted by PropheCy604

OK!

LMK if I catched it right! The male throw his pollen on a female and the female start producing seeds and less THC. But not every male that throw his pollen?!?!!

I understand what you write...its just confusing to me!

steeve

Yes, males produce pollen which impregnate the females and make the females produce seeds.

EVERY male will make pollen.

A hermaphrodite is a plant that has both male AND female organs and thus will make seeds by itself.

Here's some information:

http://68.103.98.234:6667/ogi/modules/growfaq/1037.htm

http://68.103.98.234:6667/ogi/modules/growfaq/1678.htm

http://68.103.98.234:6667/ogi/modules/growfaq/851.htm

hope this helps.

[roksoc]

I think this is the part you dont understand The male dose not throw it's pollen the second it starts to grow first it has to develop it's male parts. When you notice that it is developing these pollen sacks you kill it and no pollen gets to the females. So yes every Male throws it's pollen but not right away.

[PropheCy604]

Confusing....

Roc say something and other guys say another...

I understand its you that don,t understand! hehehe :P

Anyway sooner we detect male more chance we that we don't have hermies.

[MoggyDoggy]

Here mabye I can clear this up. What the other guys are saying is you can have one of three types of plants;

1. Male = creates pollen sacks/balls and will cause your female buds to make seeds if left in the same room.
2. Hermie = Has both Male AND Female parts on the same plant. The plant will do this if it is stressed to much. This will also cause seeds to appear in your bud.
3. Female = white hairs will apear and only white hairs. If no males or hermies are in the room this will make striaght bud no seeds.

[PropheCy604]

Thank you Moggy. Its exactly what I was thinking.

thx

[SoljaFeJah]

Isnt it if the soil is to acidic or something like that its more possible to make it a Hermie or a Male? Right?