How to deal with hermies?

Discussion in 'Sick Plants and Problems' started by FreeRadical, Feb 6, 2011.

  1. #1 FreeRadical, Feb 6, 2011
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    Hello,

    I've got 3 plants in bloom (moved them into (12/12) a little over a week ago). Buds are beginning to form already. Plants are generally healthy, Had some deficiencies as young plants but I fixed them. Still need to increase nutes' dosages, but it's under control. One of the plants is a definite female. The other two have female groth on some branches and male growth on others.

    I'd like to have as large a crop as possible from them, so I was thinking of keeping the hermies (though not their clones) and removing either the male flowers or the entire branches that have male growth. Seeking advice on what is the best way to deal with this.

    Thanks,
    FR>
     
  2. #2 FreeRadical, Feb 7, 2011
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    It seems that some branches, on the 2 hermies, have only male flowers, some have only female (or so it seems at the moment) and some have mixed flowering. Dunno if it's gonna be practical removing male growth only, but still waiting for advice.
     
  3. #3 joey fats, Feb 8, 2011
    I am seeing this too. I have a plant that had a few male parts on some lower branches and i picked em off no problem, but another has almost all male parts at the lower level and a little bit of upper growth is female. I stressed the hell out of the 2nd one i was referring to but not the first one, maybe a bit by lack of nutes. I think i have my bubbler method down to a science now... You had better fix your growing strategy as these fem beans stress at all and you will have a hermie, all depends on genetics and how much stress = how bad of a hermie she is. Buy regular beans or exact your growing conditions so you dont stress them in their youth. IMO
     
  4. #4 FreeRadical, Feb 8, 2011
    Well, I'm still working on the art of nutrients' administration. I think I'll manage not to half-kill them this time.

    I've removed all the branches that were only males. However - and this is true especially to one of the plants - many branches have mixed growth. Male on the lower parts and female, as far as I can tell, or mostly female, on the upper parts. Hunting them all down with a pair of tweezers is not gonna be fun, but this is how I'm spending tomorrow evening, I'm afraid.
     

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