Quote Originally Posted by lampost
Man, I'm so fucking worried about getting hermies! I'm doing a couple different strains and I LST'd and FIM'd most of them... they are all very good clone genetics, but I hope I didn't stress them too much.

Can some mild stress in veg cause hermies down the road if the stress was resolved before flowering started?
Apparently so. I didn't think so, as I had 4 plants growing and 1 was for sure male (took it down right away) and the other 3 looked female for 4 weeks until all of a sudden I had these polllen pods pop up. Looks to be under control now but..you never know.

Last summer I had one in the garden that was hermie from the start. I could totally tell there were male and female parts coming in right away. I decided to let it run it's course, figuring any bud is better than none at all. Big MISTAKE, , I had two other females that it seeded the hell out of them. Pretty much a waste.

Do like I've learned and just eyeball those babies everyday, up and down, every single inch and take your time. At least that's what I've learned from this and that's all I can ask for!!!

Good luck!