Something new to consider...

[iwantFUEGO]

ok so i was doing some brainwashing the other day and i thought of this...

Can the plant pollenate itself?
If so, then you can take your male plants and stress the shit out of them to make them turn hermie... and then you can have a shitload of seeds instead of just tossin it...

Thoughts?
PEace

iwantFUEGO Reviewed by iwantFUEGO on 06-30-2006. Something new to consider... ok so i was doing some brainwashing the other day and i thought of this... Can the plant pollenate itself? If so, then you can take your male plants and stress the shit out of them to make them turn hermie... and then you can have a shitload of seeds instead of just tossin it... Thoughts? PEace Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

Go to any of the 'feminized seeds' threads for an explanation.

It's going to be a bitch to get enough female flowers on a male plant to use it for seed production.

It's all too easy to end up with male flowers in a female bud.
And voila! The plant pollinates itself. Snap crackle pop.

So I think the answer to your question, can you use your males for seed production, is that it's not really practical.

[iwantFUEGO]

not practical.... agreed.
But if you were, to say, growing just 1 plant and it turns out to be male, you might as well do as suggested...yes?
PEace

[Pothead4204life]

????..a female plant..if you stress it will turn out hermie...a Male plant you stress it..you get a pissed off male plant...you can't turn a male plant it into a hermie....only a female...

[stinkyattic]

With dioecious plants hermaphroditism can go in both directions.

[Garden Knowm]

I have never heard of a plant producing male flowers first.. and then later producing female pistils.. I always hear about it happening the other way around...

This may very well be do to the fact that people always throw their males out at first sign of MALE FLOWERS..

interesting.. hmmmmmmmm?

[stinkyattic]

It happened to me once last year. I had separated this particular male out of my garden and it was sitting in the dining room until I had a chance to ditch it somewhere, and when I finally got around to toting the thing out to the compost heap 4 days later there were female sex parts showing distinctly.

I'd like to hear from a breeder who keeps males around to find out how common this is.

[Garden Knowm]

NICE.. stinky.. thanks!!!!!

: )

[Opie Yutts]

Yes, this is possible. Sometimes on purpose.

[iwantFUEGO]

excellent! so not all is wasted if she turns out to be a he...
thanks guys