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    Help! Are these Hermies?

    Well, I've stressed my poor Crop King Dwarf Low Fliers Auto Fems. This is my first grow. Here are several pictures from my 4 plants. Do they look like hermies to you? I only grew these 4. I don't care about having seedy buds in this case as they are 3 or 4 weeks from harvest (better than nothing); however, I am concerned about pollen getting inside the tent and messing up future grows-particularly as it's not my tent. ( a step up from my prior ikea Vuku tent which turns out might have been the least of my concerns) Also, I hear pollen has a tendency of spreading throughout the house. Is this true? Again, if they are hermies and it's recommended I toss them, can I salvage the buds in any way, like make an extract out of them? TIA for your comments.

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    Last edited by MaxR; 04-14-2020, 04:50 PM.

    #2
    I'm not seeing any nanners there, just pistils and sugar leaves. But if there is a pollen release, do you have an exhaust fan that would pull it out of the air? I don't have any experience with surprise pollen releases, but I hear it doesn't stay viable out in the open for very long. If you do have hermies, the tent will need a good scrub just to be sure. Let a few more members render an opinion before you do anything, though.
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    • MaxR
      MaxR commented
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      I don't see any nanners either, but I suspect some pollen sacs....I don't have a proper exhaust fan. Just a regular old home (not industrail) 6" fan resting on top of the tent. (in addition to 2 small fans inside the tent) Tent's small (2'x2'x4') so I opted out of an industrial fan given the small tent size.

    #3
    Here I chopped a branch off my herm. See the Yello balls. They start out like that but green then go Yello as they get viable pollen.
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    • Jordann
      Jordann commented
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      Now I have to shower and clean real well so I can go work with my girls. Lol oops.

    • Jordann
      Jordann commented
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      Even if one releases some pollen and you don't catch it for a couple hours even it can seed the whole batch. Been there. Even with good exhaust it. Will still make a mess of thing. I spent a day cleaning my tent and whole bedroom when I found these, still green even. And I'm still spotting some calyx swelling and likely seed production in odd buds here and there

    #4
    If you're talking about those couple of darkened pistils, I'd say no to the hermie question. IF you're sure you don't have any light leaks and your 12/12 hasn't been interrupted or changed, your girls didn't have any stress from temperature or humidity or watering. Those calyxes right down there at the node are usually the first ones to pop, so the pistils age faster than most of the rest of the bud. If they make you nervous just pluck them outa there. Keep a close watch for male organs!

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      #5
      Thanks for the input! Been monitoring the plants and it seems that it's just an expected number of calyces with pistils. These Crop King Seeds can sure take a beating and still maintain non-herm status!

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