question regarding seeds from a hermie

[mrberrys]

ello people well some of my blueberrys turned hermie on me.. n i have got some seeds from them.. well i have heard that theres like a 90% chance of females from hermies.. but i have allso heard that hermies produce hermies.. well is this true?? or can some of my seeds turn out pure female?? becoz it seems like a blessing from god all these free seeds.. i dont mind few seeds in my stash either.. any1 ever grew seeds from there own plants that hermied and pollenated itself and had success?? any input would be sweet..:thumbsup:

[stinkyattic]

Eh mrberrys!
Okay the first question to ask is, HOW did they get to be hermied?
Are you aware of any stress that you put your plants through to make them grow sax?
Because if the answer is yes, it's actually a GOOD thing.
See, the herm trait is heritable, so the offspring will behave silimarly under similar conditions. If you fix the problem you had that cuased herms in the first place, you might get none at all the next time, and have plain ol females.
But if they went herm for no apparent reason, or you can't fix whatever problem you had, your results will be similar next time.
As for 90% females, yup, but it's even higher, closer to 99%.

[mrberrys]

Eh mrberrys!
Okay the first question to ask is, HOW did they get to be hermied?
Are you aware of any stress that you put your plants through to make them grow sax?
Because if the answer is yes, it's actually a GOOD thing.
See, the herm trait is heritable, so the offspring will behave silimarly under similar conditions. If you fix the problem you had that cuased herms in the first place, you might get none at all the next time, and have plain ol females.
But if they went herm for no apparent reason, or you can't fix whatever problem you had, your results will be similar next time.
As for 90% females, yup, but it's even higher, closer to 99%.

well erm the only stress i can think of is mabe like after lunch time it did get a lil hot for last say 4-5 hours of the day.. but the mornin was fine.. and a few times they was exposed to light whaen they was in their dark period for like a few seconds.. that was only me goin in and checkin if any light was gettin in.. as i needed my room light on sometimes at night.. other then that they was sweet as a donkey hehe.. so thanks for your well laid out info stinky.. i think im gonna grow me seeds out.. the blueberry truely has a rather pleasent taste and aroma:D.. i dont mind a few seeds.. again.. i think i will start wilth say 10-12 seeds to be sure and save 5 0r so of my best girlys.. allso stinky if u ever want any dp blueberry seeds lemme know ill send ya some free.. damn im gonna have loads time ive got through my bud haha..

[freewheelinfrank]

in my opinion, hermaphroditic plants should be trashed, they are infusing the future generations with a very undesirable trait - similar permanent damage has been caused by indiscriminate breeding, that's why the really great landraces have virtually disappeared from the planet, and most of these modern hybrids can't hold a candle to our old sativas - my advice: grow regular seeds, and cull the males, your patience will pay off in the long run - :smokin:

[stinkyattic]

well mrberrys I really appreciate the offer, but I'm already swamped in genetics and not even able to grow freely because of ongoing ex boyfriend court drama, lol! I swear we could go on judge Judy.... aargh...
The heat is a very possible culprit for giving you hermies! So next time, keep it cooler, and check carefully for herms... you may get lucky! :D

[JackdaWack]

say u got a hermie due to a light leek and it produced very mild amounts of seeds.... could you use them and get females? or would they just be hermies?

[mrberrys]

no worrys stinky... tell me about it.. ex partners ey.. my ex came round twice lastweek.. we have been split for 2 n half years ... but i dont think we will get back together to much history.. anyways ye i will try keep the heat in check.. i may buy a cool tube come flowering time.. will have to see what my bank balance is saying.. thanks for your input too freewhellinfrank.. but you have put negative feling inside me regarding plantin the seeds.. but im afraid im gonna have to be a brave man and try them.. im sure the results will be more then ok.. its free seeds dont ya know.. anyways stinky good luck with your ex n court..;)

[stinkyattic]

okay so when and if you do decide to grow those seeds, and you have your heat and light leaks fixed, if you see any herms at all at that point, as Frank says, they ARE crap genetics and need to be trashed.
thanks for the support! it's almost over!

[xcrispi]

Sup Mr. B ?
I too asked Stinky Q's about this .
I paid 144.00 for these genetics . I try not to look at it as buying beans .
I intentionally was mean to just 1 plnt. till it had 10-15 male flowers and took the pollen from it and pollenated another plnt. as to hopefully lessen the likeliness of more hermies . If you go and use the beans from a self pollenated plnt. the likliness of hermies is greater .
Well see how Marcass makes out lol . He's my guinea pig .
So far they look great though . Just try to keep stress down to a dull roar -n- you should be cool . Both FWF -n- Stinky are right though = sketchy genepool .
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile: