Weeelllll, let's see if I can gather my thoughts well enough to spout off with something intelligent, pretty stoned right now, meds just hit me.

If the male pods are the result of stress to the female (Which is usually the way things go as we are always pushing the plants as much as possible.) then the result will most likely be female, the tendency to hermie would be fertilizing the same plant as the pollen is on....cross pollination gets ya feminized seeds.

Damn I am stoned...good brownie..Yum.

Next point. The pollination and seed production will decrease potency if the entire plant is making the seeds, i.e., it got totally fertilized. Most likely this is not the case. Therefore, only part of the potency will decrease - theoretically. The biggest pain is getting the damn seed outta the smoke.:wtf:

At 8 weeks you should be close to harvest, personally, I think you are just fine.
WashougalWonder Reviewed by WashougalWonder on . Please Help! pollen! Hi there guys, first post here and I'm looking for some help: My girls are approaching day 1 of their 8th week of flowering and I've discovered they've been pollinated by a stress-induced hermie - we didn't catch it in time and can see a few seeds on girls nearby. I'm new to the world of gardening but as I understand it pollination is to be avoided because a pollinated plant will divert all its energy to seed production. From what it looks like, most of the plants' buds have developed Rating: 5