So I noticed earlier on ball-like growths and by personal choice i plucked them and now when I thought it's female it seems like a ball appears behind a female pistil. This can only mean one thing.. either it's a hermie plant or I don't know my shit . Also, if it is a Hermie in your opinion, what extra precautions are there? Is there a way I can prevent any pollination onto other heads? I've only seen any suspicious growths on 2 branches ( LST'd ). I'm running 200W of CFLs ( 8 x 2700k / 1 x 6500k 13W for some blue ). I'm using PureBlend Pro soil Series ( Organic nutes ) as food. I still plan on finishing this plant, whether it is hermie or not. Also, for those who are interested, some moon shots I took a few nights ago through a telescope. It's pretty tricky...
The female hairs grow out of tear drop shaped balls. That looks 100% female to me. There's been a lot of people thinking there females are Hermes. Most hermits don't happen until in flower
honestly, those balls look like there are NO hairs coming from them. and guys in early flower if you see balls its never good. as the calyxes are never developed enough to see that early. other then the lower nodes. my diagnosis is hermie, but more pictures would help!
Here you go. http://www.google.com/search?tbm=is...s female pre flowers&sa=N&biw=320&bih=359#i=4. I just did all the work you just needed to do. Its female. Not all the Cyclaxes are ginna have hairs the same time
Hers what a male looks like. http://howtogrowmarijuana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/how_to_sex_marijuana_plants.jpg
dude, id be chain smokin, takin shots hittin the FFW button like mad untill those bitches popped pistils, lookin like a gal with boy parts to me man. TBH ive only seen a few herms buuuutttt....thats exactly what they looked like. MAKE FEM SEEEDS!!!
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? literally 10 windows just poped on my screen with Malevsfemale CRAP, DUDE thats reallly annoying, please that link is the devil.
Feminized seeds do not come from naturally occurring hermies. Natural hermaphrodites tend to produce hermaphroditic offspring... this is something we'd usually want to avoid. When you allow a 'female' plant that developed male parts, under normal, healthy conditions, to breed, the offspring (the seeds they produce) are just as likely if not more so to hermy, as well. In nature that occurrence and 'reward' would be natural selection, the plant is more likely to reproduce if it does with itself, reproduction is the plants ultimate goal, and that (to the plant, beneficial) trait is passed on to the offspring. When we do it, we're 'selectively breeding' a negative trait into the plant. Plants that are prone to hermaphroditism under normal conditions, or plants that hermy too easily, should never be allowed to breed and reproduce. Unless you want an increasing number of plants, that produce male flowers and seeds, whether you want them to or not! The 'hermied' plants which some breeders use for producing a higher ratio of female offspring, are selected specifically due to the fact that they endured an unusually large amount of stress (usually chemical, environmental etc.), before finally producing male flowers. Plants which turn over too easily, especially if under average or healthy conditions, are discarded for breeding purposes. Hope this helps.
Thanks for everyones input! I'm going to watching this "ball" form for the next few days I guess. There's definately more whiter hairs day by day. I'll try to get close shots as it grows for those who are unsure, as I am.
I'm not experienced enough to say forsure but it might be a female cause that ball kinda looked like what i had when i first started flowing my bubba... mine turned out to be a full female
Now say it were to pollinate... Would the plant still bud out fully? Would it technically be a female with seedy budd? My worst fear is that it buds out a bit and stunts all growth. I've never dealt with Hermies, only females...