The Crying Game

[Plan B]

Well after termites had their way with two of my 6ft girls (That's right TERMITES!) I didn't cry. I thought they ate wood not weed! Those little fukrs chewed through the stalks about a inch below the soil and with no warning I found the girls laying on their sides. I loose sleep worrying about cops or thieves or deer or hurricanes getting my girls. All the while I'm growing termite food! I guess next year I will mix some sevin dust in with the soil, I hope that prevents this problem. If thats not depressing enough, a few days ago I noticed that my tallest female (7ft) started flowering. Thats a good thing you say! Not when the dirty little whore is a hermaphrodite! Thats right while examining this beutiful specimen I find out she's got balls(I feel so dirty). Allright I didn't cry but I wanted to. If I didn't have back-ups I surely would have. My question to all you fellow farmers is if I let him/her pollinate her/him self would all of him/her bastard seeds be freak little herm'ies themselves. I would like seeds for next year. By the way she/he shares a 10 gallon pot with another girl too far along to transplant so she will get pollinated too.

[Spanishfly]

This is how seedbanks produce feminised seeds, which sell at a premium price. It may be a hermie and producing pollen, but she is still genetically female. The seeds from both the hermie and her female friend will therefore be genetically female.

[ksac]

I know that seedbanks like to use hermie pollen to pollinate a female plant to get feminized seeds. Wouldn't a hermie pollinating itself produce seeds that are VERY suspectible to being hermies themselves?

[Spanishfly]

Not sure about that one. You could take drugs and grow tits but you would still be genetically male. Anyone have a definitive answer??

[Plan B]

So Spanishfly your telling me that all the seeds from a hermie are female? Are seeds pre-determined to be hermaphrodite or is it just a defense mechanism?

[72firebird396]

i read that a hermi that pollinates itself creates 50% hermi 50% female and if the hermi pollinates another female its the 95% femal or whatever

edit- and i think its both a defence mechanism and genetic. if you get male sacs late in flowering, its defence, if you grow both preflowers and in early flowering its genetic

[Spanishfly]

Originally Posted by Plan B

So Spanishfly your telling me that all the seeds from a hermie are female? Are seeds pre-determined to be hermaphrodite or is it just a defense mechanism?

I believe so, there is no such sex as hermaphrodite. A human which has a penis and a vagina will nevertheless be genetically either male or female, there is no inbetween. Females which become hermi are still genetically female. So a hermi which pollinates itself will produce female seeds, same as a hermi that pollinates another female.

BUT I am happy to be guided by anyone who DOES have a definitive answer.

The fact that no such authoritative answer is forthcoming, makes me think we are all a bit unsure of this topic.

[Num]

Originally Posted by Spanishfly

. A human which has a penis and a vagina will nevertheless be genetically either male or female, there is no inbetween.

but what if they're a gay / lesbian hermaphrodite?
I'm fkin really confused now

[Spanishfly]

Originally Posted by Num

but what if they're a gay / lesbian hermaphrodite?
I'm fkin really confused now

The same comment applies. Sexual orientation does not alter gender.

[Plan B]

Originally Posted by Num

but what if they're a gay / lesbian hermaphrodite?
I'm fkin really confused now

Thanks for your input Paul van Dick! lol