Clone a hermaphrodite? Can't find an answer...

So, I have this plant it is an Elvis-Diesel, which I am very fortunate to have. Hard to find and I had to bring it from east to west. Unfortunately, it seems as if little Elvis has hermied, but very slightly. I am pretty sure it was stress, room got really hot for a couple days :( I would say that the plant is about 95%, as I have only found a couple sets of balls and there are hairs everywhere else!. Anyways I have been plucking the balls and intend to harvest the plant. I know that seeds from a hermaphrodite are unstable and produce mostly hermie seeds and that a clone will take on the same genetic properties as the mother, but since the mother was female before the stress, can I clone this plant and it will be female, or would it not be a good idea? My plan was to throw the Elvis back into veg for a couple weeks, after I harvest her/it and then clone. I have been doing a lot of reading, but have been unable to find an answer to this particular question. Any advice and thoughts are much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I never cloned anything, but reading suggests that it is possible to clone ANY plant. get your clone from a portion of plant with no balls. I don't see why it won't work. At worst, you won't be any worse off than u are now. Please update results. I am very interested to know how this works out!

Gene mutations are gene mutations.

You will not be abe to clone without your clone being a hermie.

End of story.

Thanks for the input guys! HARDDON, the reason I was confused about this is that the hermie in question was a female, before it stressed. This is why I was having such a hard time answering this for myself, because in this case it wasn't a gene mutation right? The hermaphrodism was caused by an environmental factor, but in any event, I am going to give this a try in a month and see what happens. I'll let you know how it goes.

Well, I thought preserving a strain was worth a try. I'll be watching for update. I hate to see genetics end badly:)







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Harvest her branches ( leave some green), chop off as many of the flowers as you can and re-vedge. The genetics will still hermi if put under the same stress conditions, so try to avoid those (heat you said ?).

Returning a plant back to veg is never a good idea. Why didn't you clone before flower?

These plants were grown from seed, and I have never cloned from sex, so unfortunately we didn't know she was a she until it went into flowering and now that we have a female, well sort of, this is kind of a last ditch effort to preserve the genetics.

Just let her hermie and keep the seeds that she makes.

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Originally Posted by Lit Up

Just let her hermie and keep the seeds that she makes.

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That will make those seeds produce nothing but DITCH DIRT and SCHWAG!
pull her and burn her.