HERMIE SPERM

ONCE AGAIN, MY BLUEBERRYS HAVE PROVEN TO BE HERMIES. THEY HAVE BRED THEM SELVES, AND MADE SEEDS.

QUESTION IS: IS HERMIE POLLEN HERMIE IN NATURE, OR IS IT REGULAR POLLEN?

MEANING: IF MY HERMIE BLUEBERRY POLLENATES MY COTTONCANDY, WILL THE SEEDS BE HERMIE SEEDS OR BB x COTTONCANDY?

ALSO: THE SEEDS THAT CAME OFF OF THE BLUEBERRY HERMIE,,, ARE THEY HERMIE SEEDS OR CAN THEY GROW FEMALE BABIES?

EVERY BABY I HAVE CLONED OFF OF THESE BLUEBERRIES HAVE HERMIED ON ME.

IS IT TIME TO SHIT CAN THE WHOLE MESS? THNX

P.S. I JUST TRIMED THE LATEST HERMIE, AND FOUND NO MALE FLOWERS. BUT IT HAD TO HAVE BRED ITS SELF. WHATS UP? I NORMALLY FIND THE BALLS OR BANANAS. THERE ARE NO OTHER PLANTS FAR ENOUGH ALONG TO HAVE BALLS YET. I AM SOOO CONFUSED.:(

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YES THEY ARE. VERY GOOD:D

LOL! Boyz you crack me the fuck up.

Blueberry I hear is a VERY easily stressed plant.

The pollen question is great as well, and I'm sorry because I know when you saw that you had a response on this thread you were hoping it was an answer - it's not.

*I'll be watching*

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I read about hermies and someone told me they produce feminized seeds.

So you have blueberry feminized seeds in my opinion, but i could be wrong.

Maybe someone more experienced can help you more....

If you turned it hermie. Like with a light leak or stress. You have a good chance it will be all female.
If it is already a hermie. Most likely you will get all hermie seeds. The seeds in the bud of the hermie plant will most likely be hermies no matter what.

I'm not sure but I believe your blueberry seeds will be possible hermies again, especially if you grow in the same environment. 'Hermie made' seeds have a tendency to have hermie offspring BUT it is not always the case.

I believe that if your plant is stressed and male flowers begin to show later in flowering then the offspring are more likely to be feminized. But this time its with a lower possibility of them turning hermie.

I think true hermaphrodite plants are quite rare. It's more likely due to the strain or stressful conditions.

I believe your blueberry x cottoncandy is much more likely to be feminized. I would grow a few of these and take cuttings from the ones that tend to exhibit more of the cotton candy genetics.

Don't take any of this as gospel.

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Originally Posted by SkunkMe1

I read about hermies and someone told me they produce feminized seeds.

So you have blueberry feminized seeds in my opinion, but i could be wrong.

Maybe someone more experienced can help you more....

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Yes, you are wrong. Where did you read that?

Hermie seeds have a 50% chance of being hermie and more chance being male.

You cannot make femanized seeds at home. It's like a massive selctioin thing and some genes get taken out or something like that. I have no idea, if you wanna know google it and that'll give you the answer, but no, hermie's dont produce femanized seeds.

I'm no plant biologist boyznus,but from my experiences with cannabis and knowledge from more schooled growers is if your blueberry was pollenated from a hermied blueberry,the beans will be feminized.if it had been from another hermied strain,say skunk#1 crossing to the blueberry female,they wouldn't be feminized.its the passing of the hermie gene that I'm not positive about.I do know from my own experiences with blueberry(which I don't grow anymore due to its finickyness) that light-leaks and not enough temperature variation from light to dark time will mess with blueberry growers.good luck with the BB's.I'd collect the seeds and try a few.with a good eye and persistance you'll be able to pluck any stray male flowers.'Buz

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Yes, you are wrong. Where did you read that?

Hermie seeds have a 50% chance of being hermie and more chance being male.

You cannot make femanized seeds at home. It's like a massive selctioin thing and some genes get taken out or something like that. I have no idea, if you wanna know google it and that'll give you the answer, but no, hermie's dont produce femanized seeds.

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You are probably right Lip. I think i readed about it in this forum.
I am new so.......don't realy recognise my own plants.

I disagree with you Lip. Itâ??s all about X's and Y's. Although there are chemical treatments that will encourage femininity. Most of the seeds initially treated won't even germinate.

I've never gotten a male from hermie seeds before. Not to say that it doesn't happen though. I've only ever gotten females that occasionally pop a male flower here and there. Usually itâ??s only one or two where the preflowers show. And I've only ever grown from hermie bag seed.

I have read that feminized seeds also turn hermie.

FYI there is a FAQ in relation to creating feminized seeds.

But like any information, take it with a grain of salt until you try it yourself.

And Lip.. not having a go at you or anything because you are very helpful to many and I like you. But just be mindful of posting your beliefs as fact until you have rigorously tested your theories.

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Originally Posted by thcbuz

I'm no plant biologist boyznus,but from my experiences with cannabis and knowledge from more schooled growers is if your blueberry was pollenated from a hermied blueberry,the beans will be feminized.if it had been from another hermied strain,say skunk#1 crossing to the blueberry female,they wouldn't be feminized.its the passing of the hermie gene that I'm not positive about.I do know from my own experiences with blueberry(which I don't grow anymore due to its finickyness) that light-leaks and not enough temperature variation from light to dark time will mess with blueberry growers.good luck with the BB's.I'd collect the seeds and try a few.with a good eye and persistance you'll be able to pluck any stray male flowers.'Buz

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Not correct at all.

Seeds from hermie plants just have a higher percentage of being hermie them self.

You need to control the environment to control hermies. A small light leak is not enough. You may want to pick up some dutchmaster reverse that will stop a hermie in it's tracks. Once you see signs of hermies then give it a dose and it stops.

like I aid Zandor about not being a plant biologist.this is NEW info I've come across.its about crossing strains with hermies and truebreeding hermies,or inbreeding hermies;if there can be such a thing.and like elcheapo said about hermie seeds producing females with very few males,I've only had one hermie seed experience.truebred,not crossbred.and I've still got those seeds after several years and they've consistently produced feminized truebreeding females 100%,no hermies.so all's I'm saying is I think its got to do with the twist of fate as to where the hermied pollen falls as to what you end up with.happy growin','Buz

WOW!! THNX FOR ALL THE INFO. I HAVE LOTS TO DIGEST NOW.

SO WHAT IS THE CONCENSUS????

SHOULD I TRASH THE CROSS BREED SEEDS, (BLUEBERRY x COTTON CANDY), OR MIGHT THEY TURN OUT OK?

I HAVE JUST PULLED ALL MY BB CLONES. EVERY ONE SO FAR HAS TURNED HERMIE.

THNX FOR ALLLLL THE INFO GUYS.

GOOD LUCK

I'd keep'em,just remeber they're gonna be more trouble for ya later than may be worth the effort and risk involved.good growin','Buz

I'd grow a few to see.
Thats the only way to find out.
Everyone is wrong exept Zandor pretty much.
If you read the post I did up there. You will have your answers.
All I've been doing is learning how to breed lately. And one of the main things I've been studying is S1's. Because I'm going to make S1's of all my clone only Cali. Med strains. So I can keep them forever.