Hermaphroditic transformation is nature??s way of surviving that??s all. Not everything in nature needs M/F balance; nature will always find a way to survive. In nature where survival requires a third party (ie. wind, bees, ect) to deliver the pollen to the female to maintain the species in the absence of this third party there is always hermaphroditic transformation. This is triggered mostly by environment. Most noticeable HEAT will trigger what I think of as a panic mode. This is buried deep in the plants RNA and is where I believe the hermaphroditic transformation trigger lays. It occurs later in the plants cycle of life as short as it is in the first place. When the plant is near the end of its life (last 45 day??s of flower period) there is less THC production at this point. The trichomes grow the most in the last 3 weeks then in any other time during the life cycle. The 2 weeks prior to that point (the plant is it??s most fertile and also the most sensitive to the environment. If the plant only senses female hormones I believe this is the point where the temperature will trigger the hermaphroditic transformation.

The bonus of manipulation at this point is having mail flowers growing on a female plant. Soma uses this method to make female seeds. He uses the mail banana to pollinate the whole plant and make female seeds that grow a female plant (and charge more for the seeds). He claims this is a more natural way of stressing the plant and manipulates the life cycle.

So you are working with the broadleaf arrowhead? I thought that was a wetland plant grown around lakes, streams and ponds? Does it produce resin too? I thought it was just a food source for waterfowl. Have you found any common ancestors to the Cannabis plant? I always thought it was a close cousin but that was years ago in college and those times are a little fuzzy.

Anyway before I ramble on to long thank you for the great discussion I have enjoyed it.

Happy growing to you, stay safe. Someday the walls may comedown and we can have a cup of coffee and a joint and test for ourselves if there is a taste difference.


Thank you everyone who is using their valuable time to read all this. We both have tended to ramble a bit hu? You should hear some my lectures if you think this is rambling. ??The future of Application development for the small to medium business? was a real edge of your seat topic last year at the developers conference ...lol