Now I know how Cher feels about Chaz ...

My favorite girl, huge buds in formation, colas to kill for, just surprised me with a small branch tip -- covered in pollen sacks! My first hermie. And here I went to ALL this trouble to isolate the one male of my little family of seven. I just cut him down yesterday after allowing him to pollinate one of the females for a few days in isolation. Silly me, I wanted seeds. Be careful what wish for! All six females are budding nicely and are about six weeks from harvest -- the one with the hermie branch is the best of the bunch.

None of the sacks are open, I cut off that small branch and put it in water. Checked everyone out carefully and I don't see any others, but now I'm on high alert. I washed everyone down with a spray of water just in case.

So here's the question: does hermie pollen have a different effect on the seeds they produce? Are they more likely to be female? More likely to hermie? According to the Grow Bible (which I've read cover to cover in the last month) they are sort of "feminized" but it's not clear. Anyone here with experience?

Please don't tell me to kill the whole plant it came from. I won't do it. I will check her daily, I promise.

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OK, not exactly on point, but for the first time I've tried to add some pics, hope this works. These are from a week ago -- my harem on one balcony, the pollination "honeymoon" suite on the other balcony with my short bushy girl and the boy, and a close up of one very stoned bee staggering around on the baby buds. Just for your viewing pleasure. If this works, I will add my garden photo album to the grow log section, I've been taking pics from the start and basically just want to show off.

I'm over my hermie panic but still wondering about my seed questions for hermie pollination. If it happens, it happens and I suppose the best way to tell is just what I've been doing all along, which is long term trial and error.

Still, I'm seeing lots of people with unanswered questions. What is happening to this forum? Only about a dozen people post here. When I was lurking the last 2 years, lots of conversation, I learned a huge amount, especially from Stinky Attic. I notice she's been gone for over a year. I finally joined up and .... crickets ...... wonder if it's something I said ... :-)

So, hey, if you're lurking and have any knowledge, join up and speak up. Otherwise this is like preaching to the converted. Bless everyone who IS active and helpful. Especially in the Outdoor grow section -- not many of us at all. Fortunately, I've found in-person help and advice from my friendly organic grow local store. Not everyone is that lucky.

And while I'm at it I might add that I've been trying to add this comment for an hour and "the server is busy." .......... make that 2 hours.

After all that, the attachment is "invalid." So, goodbye and thanks for all the fish. It's really a shame this board has gotten this way. Not blaming you posters, but wondering where the admins/mods are. Looking at grasscity and rollitup.