HELP!!! is this a hermie or what IS this?

[Mr. Clandestine]

mine was pulled from the growroom, too many flowers poppin, it looks just about ready anyway at only 5 weeks. (is this a normal hermie traight maybe?)

Was it an autoflowering strain, like LR2? (Lowrider2) If not, 5 weeks seems a bit early. Hermaphrodites, as far as I know, don't speed up flowering time. But stress can delay growth, especially in flowering.

hermies develop because of genetics or stress (ie: light leaks, bad music, lack of males around??)

LOL, correct... for the most part. Different plant have different tastes in music.

the hermie develops male sexy parts

Correct. Though, I kinda wonder whether a REALLY stressed male will develop female sexy parts? I don't know of anyone who's taken the time to find out.

The female that is pollinated stays female, she cannot make sexy time with other females, cuz she is not a hermie, just a regular girl. only hermies and boys can pollinate a female.

Yep, the female will start making seeds on every area that receives pollen. She's had enough sexy time, and will need her energy to make the new seeds. But if she is allowed to be pollinated too late, the seeds in those areas will probably not fully develop. (Those little squishy green or white seeds that are found in commercial grass sometimes are immature, and aren't usually viable.)

So if any of my females develop seeds from being nearby the hermie in question, they are feminized, but the female plant they grow on shouldnt be able to sex up the other girls because she is still just a girl, unless she gets stressed or is genetically predisposed to hermaphrozation (is that a word?) .

Right, a pollinated female will produce seeds, not more hermie parts. But whatever hermaphrodite pollinated her WILL be able to pollinate other females if hermaphroditic pollen (I think that's the right word ) is allowed to blow around the room.

are you sure the hermie cant be spread to the other girls, making them hermie too? or are they just pollinated females without the ability to "spread their seed"?

Plants can't 'catch' a case of hermaphrodites like the flu. It's either genetic, or caused by stress, like you mentioned earlier. If the stressors that caused the first plant to hermie are still around (light leaks, bad music, etc.), then it CAN spread... just not like a disease.

If the strain you're growing hermies easily, and is allowed to pollinate another female for seeds, you'll probably end up with seeds that also grow unstable (but predominantly female) plants. Better way to produce feminized seeds is to deliberately stress one plant from a very stable strain, then collect the pollen when it starts sprouting 'nanners' and pollinate another stable female with. I'll be trying this in the future, and have heard people getting great results from it. Use the search feature up top, go to 'advanced search', in the top left enter the keyword "hermaphrodite", and if you want, narrow the search by just looking in the titles of threads for the keyword.

Good luck, and thanks for the humorous post! :jointsmile: