Hey Guys, I don't usually post but I do read a lot and mostly it's here at GC ... so I'm not actually trolling ... just shy I guess. I wasn't sure where to put this question so if this is in the wrong place ... I'm sorry. Anyways, I have a question and maybe some more but is monoecious in cannabis a very bad thing and should be killed if I am in the process of making seeds? I really appreciate any of your help ... thanks a bunch! Peace, Kabookie
imo i would kill her, or u can give it a product that will return it to a female i dont remember the name tho. if ur plant hermis it will have those traites in the seeds, it may not hermi but it now has the susceptibility to.
I read somewhere if you have a hermie and put it with another female, the female(not hermie) seeds in the bud will be all feminized or something like that. Dont know if that helped your question or not.
^^ Agreed (meisinman). Plants like many organisms pass genetic traits both good and bad down to the offspring. In my opinion, the added risk of hermie plants just isnt worth it. It would drive me crazy to spend all that time and work to end up with a plant or 5 that are basicly worthless. Edit: Yes, they do get femanized seeds through the use of hermie plants. However these are not plants already geneticly predisposed to hermie, but rather female plants forced to hermie through the use of chemicles such as collodial silver. To use a genetic hermie to create "femmed" seeds would certainly pass that trait down to some of the resulting seeds. BTW seeds sold as femanized seeds are considerably more likely to hermie than regular seeds.
Thank you guys for helping ... I'm going to kill it. I also have a few 100 seeds that I guess are no good now. I grew some out and some of them did the same thing - sucks big time! I'm trying to get some help on this but I feel that it's my fault now. The guy who sold the seeds (off of SB) told me tuff luck and now I'm out of a couple of 100 bucks! His followers (on a different forum) told me the same thing when I complained ... even with pictures. I was told it was becuase they don't like me. I think I must be cursed. Kabookie
That sucks, it's a shame people would be like that but then again thats why I use and suggest the use of reputable breeders. Theres a section on here about seed banks with alot of helpfull info.
Interesting, i never new they are more susceptible to becoming a hermie. I feel like we would hear a lot more complaints in grow journals of their ordered seeds turning hermie. Oh well good to know, I guess taking would clones is the best option if you want all females. Kabookie girl, sorry to hear about your situation, sucks big time