I have never grown a plant that come from a seed from a female plant due to stress or whatever....good...bad...still good genetics?
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Green75:
Did the seed come from a female that Hermied? If so then the seed will grow a plant with a strong tendency to Hermie and mostly the other dominant traits of the plant it came from. If the female was pollinated by a nearby male then the genetics will be a mix of the mostly dominant traits of the two parents.
I have so little grow space available to me that I would not ever consider growing unknown genetics. I just cannot afford to waste the space and time on a looser. There are so many great breeders out there with stabile genetics you pretty much know what you're going to get when you plant their beans.
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No extra space...lol
Planning my next grow and am just going over all my options. I usually do clones this time I have some seeds from a friend as well as clones.
I was thinking maybe doing a grow of all seeds..I like what I'm seeing on here.I like the symmetry to them..I would like to do main line training on next grow and that seems like seeds would be best for that.Comment
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Is your seed feminized? Do you have any leaks or did your plants undergone any extreme stress during its flowers g cycle? More information will help us narrow down the answerComment
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I am asking if I grow a seed from a plant that hermied out seeds will those seeds be any good to grow. -
if it pollinated itself, or even if a herm pollinated a regular female, you would have feminised seeds I believe. However, unless you forced the plant to herm, the tendency to herm would pass on to the offspring.
Seed banks use certain techniques like colloidal silver to force a plant to herm in order to create feminised seed stock for growers like me, who have limited grow space.
There's still some debate on feminised seeds. I suggest you read up and formalize your own opinion. You should never breed plants born from the feminising processes. From what I've read it is the consensus that it ruins the gene pool.
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I grow exclusively from feminized seed from reputable banks and breeders for the same reason as you guys. Space limitations. I was allowed, by the grace and wisdom of the queen, to add a second 4x4 tent to my grow space. I could feasibly try regular seeds now, which is good because some of the genetics I want to grow come in regular only.
Ive ordered seeds from attitude/choice, the vault, and nirvana with no problems. I prefer attitude/choice since they have such great monthly freebie promotions.Comment
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If this is the only seed supply, sure you can plant it. I have personally grown some really potent weed from hermied seeds. The problem I found when using hermied seeds as oppose to seeds you get from a certified seed bank is you can't rely on the plants all grow the same. One might be potent the other not so much. One would grow nice and healthy looking the other one would be scrawny. I always start with good generics. Why waste your time?Comment
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Actually, a female plant that has produced that produced pollen is no more genetically likely to produce hermaphroditic seed than any other plant. In fact, there are still breeders using it as a technique to produce all that female seed the stick us with.
Originally posted by Mañ'O'Green View PostComment
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Pop22:
If a feminized plant hermied on it's own (no colloidal silver) then the plant already has a genetic tendency to hermie which in that plant is a dominant trait. seeds produced from self pollination then reinforces that dominant trait and hermies are even a greater numerical chance. Kill that genetic line and get a new strain. On the flip side of the coin if you use colloidal silver to bind to the free copper in the plant which prevents the hormone (ethylene? might not remember this right) that tells the plant it is female.You can self polinate a plant and the seeds will be just fine. There may be some genetic variation but usually all ok. The toughest part of this is the timing. by the time you have viable pollen the plant is past optimum pollination time and you still need 6 weeks for the seeds to ripen screwing up your harvest. -
I completely agree with Mañ'O'Green here, I actually wrote an article about this topic if anyone is interested! Do Feminized Seeds Make Hermies?
There's nothing inherently wrong with herm-produced seeds, but if a parent naturally tends to herm without the grower inducing it, their offspring will too. Just like how if a parent produces pink buds their offspring are more likely to produce pink buds.
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I'm just curious...I have some LSD seeds and INCREDIBLE BULK seeds that came from hermied females plants not pollinated by males just stress.
I am just asking to satisfy my curiosity. The weed is good so I felt impaled to ask.
I hope to order some fem seeds from gorilla seed bank got my eye on something special.Comment
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This is what I meant by still some debate in my comment above.Originally posted by pop22 View Post
I'm no breeder but some day I'd love to give a go at pollen chucking. Maybe cross my two favorite strains.Comment
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My daughter's did that two (2) grows ago, but they were recue plants from a friend with a black thumb. they were nearly dead to start with.Originally posted by Green75 View PostComment
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