Do hermi traits follow pollen?

[oldmac]

Hey FarmerRich, I like a man with a plan. Go big or go home!:thumbsup:Good luck with it.

unless it was clone, wouldnt traits express themselves randomly? Any time you grow from seeds there are variations,
how random the hermie trait will be is not possible to say. But from what I've seen you would probably have to grow out 25 seeds to find one that wouln't hermie. That is assumming a situation like's FRs AH.
the more hermie traits available would ceate a higher tendency for hermie...correct? Not sure what you mean by "more hermie traits" but in this instance it's a strain that for no real reson turned queer.
selective breeding could minimize these traits...yes? Yes but you would have to grow out alot of seeds to find one that might be breedable. Reason I suggest to FR to try one of the SLH tosee how stable that cross is.
and for female seeds, wouldnt they have that tendency just by creation?:stoned:

NO as I said earlier, if you casue the plant to hermie with some form of light or chem poisning, the resulting seed would be stable, no more prone to hermie then it's single mom, it won't.

Hope that helps you understand more.
OM

[oldmac]

Hey rudy2010,

If you take your seed that sounds like it has poor genetics and grow it along side plants with shit genetics...the resulting offspring are just junk genetics. Glad to hear you stopped the insanity! :thumbsup:

I also remove and kill any unwanted hermies. The only good hermie to me is one I deliberatly made that way. And that is usually from a stable line to begin with. As far as sterilizing the soil, you don't have to do that. Water renders pollen inert. Outdoors one good rain and it's gone, indoors spray water around and wipe down every thing in that room, remembering pollen can hide in cracks, corners, on lights and chain falls etc.

It is a commonly held belief that all hermies cause more hermie off spring, and that's just not true.

Most of my info comes from many years of growing and studing horticulture. I try my best to give good factual info to people.

As for reverse, for insurance at flipp. Or at the first sign of a problem spray them immediately then 10 days after that.

After answering everybodies questions, I feell like I'm hip deep in hermie pollen.
Anyway I hope everybody learned something from FarmerRich's thread.

OM:jointsmile:

[rudy2010]

Thanks for the info and the details on when to spray. Most of the time when a hermie is found it is already too late. I have heard that to keep pollen alive you need to freeze it in an air tight container. I does not seem to live very long anyway from my experience but I have not really researched it. For now I will stick to the clones but would like to breed some seeds someday (White Widow x Black Domina to make Black Widow).

[oldmac]

Hey Rudy,

I can tell you from first hand experience that pollen will stay viable for 3 years. I used to store pollen in 3"x5" glassine envelopes (like stamp collectors use) in a plastic recipe file box, loaded with some desicant packs in the box. Don't think I'd try to freeze pollen, but not sure what it might do.But a cool spot is a good idea.

OM

[WashougalWonder]

Hey Rudy,

I can tell you from first hand experience that pollen will stay viable for 3 years. I used to store pollen in 3"x5" glassine envelopes (like stamp collectors use) in a plastic recipe file box, loaded with some desicant packs in the box. Don't think I'd try to freeze pollen, but not sure what it might do.But a cool spot is a good idea.

OM

Cool, thanks for your factual info.....sure would like to see some of your ideas in the old wives tales thread