HERMies

I had a couple male flowers on a female only two i could find to rip off. Should i tear out the plant or will it stop.

There are ways to slow the hermie process but I say chop it before it releases pollen.

I had a situation where there were a few male pods developing only on the lower branches and smaller growth. I removed them and haven't had any further growth. Although some plants itâ??s like every time you pull off a pod, another 5 sprout.
Will probably depend on your plant but it doesn't hurt to ensure that all the grow conditions are perfected. Room temp, nutrient temp and light leaks are probably the most important. Removing of fan leaves/pruning may also be a culprit.
You could also try a product called dutchmaster reverse.
I believe unless selected properly, growing from bagseed will more often than not result in hermies.

Why is everyone so afraid of getting hermies?
Id be glad to have a female turn hermie. So what if you lose a little potency and have to pick out all the seeds from the buds - you end up with another 50 seeds, so that can only be a good thing.

I think it's because:-
It can spoil your grow area for future grows.
Reduce yield and potency.
Reduce price if growing for sale.
Not just one plant gets pollinated.
You are likely to end up with hundreds of seeds.
Hermaphrodite seeds are likely to produce hermaphrodite offspring.
Its one hell of a bad taste and explosion if you happen to smoke a seed. :)

Don't get me wrong. It can be a lot of fun to cross breed plants in a controlled environment or feminize seeds for future grows. But accidentally spoiling your otherwise perfect sinsemilla crop demonstrates a degree of skill or planning was lacking.
Just ask a large scale grower who is growing for sale how badly a hermaphrodite can affect their profits.

Dutch Masters has a product called "Reverse"...you spray it on the plant and it keeps the male flowers away, and kills any already existing...works very well...some folks just remove the male flowers as they appear..

Hermies are no longer a problem for me at all, I just spray the plants twice, in week 1 and week 3 of flowering...I see no male flowers at all and maybe even an increase in female budsites...

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Originally Posted by elcheapo

Hermaphrodite seeds are likely to produce hermaphrodite offspring.

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Oh, I didnt know that! :o

Hermie seeds would most probably produce hermie plants.... So that wouldnt work out.

someone told me you have to have the dutchmaster penetrator for the dutch master reverse to work. Is this true? or has anyone successfully used only the reverse?

I use both...

I think the penetrator enables the reverse to penetrate the leaves better. Therefore not wasting as much of the reverse.

Female seeds by breeders are hermie. If a female turns hermie because of stress or whatever it makes male pods. It is unlikely it will make if any seeds the pistals need to be polinated early, maybe a few seeds. Take the pods off and save for next grow in the fridge. Polinate some lower branch and you will have female seeds. If a hermie has seeds they are female not hermie. It is a last chance condition to try and save the strain of plant. Anyway hermie make female seeds not hermie seeds. Do a search on female seeds.