Male to Female hermi...Apollo 11, should I keep it? Breed it?

[ibjamming]

I've got an Apollo11 plant that's been VERY weird from the start. It was growing from seed along with a few others and when it showed preflowers (VERY male) it just kept flowering. Male flowers just started streaming out all over...like an autoflower. Everyone else is still vegging along in 17/7 light.

I had been wanting to breed it to another Apollo11, and some C99xHaze, Satori, Barney's LSD, and an Afghan. I've been keeping it trimmed back because my girls (another group 2 weeks into flower) aren't ready for any pollen. I was thinking I wanted to breed it because it started flowering so quickly. Is that a mistake? It's a Joey Weed Apollo11. Very "sativa" looking. Lanky, I LST'd it to keep it down, level with some others.

Well today I'm taking some heavily "ball filled" branches, to delay pollen until everyone else is ready to receive it...and after I cut them off, I took a closer look and damn...it's turning female on me. The tips of the branches are stopping the male balls and pistils are coming out. I broke out the magnification glass and sure as shit...a pile of ladies at the tips of the buds. There are more still on the plant...I've got more balls still coming, so I can get my pollen. My question is...SHOULD I use this pollen?

Please...no conjecture, no guessing, only those with real world, hands on experience offer advice...

Thank you!

I've got a pot ready to go if the answer is yes...otherwise, "he/she" get's the chop. I don't want bad pollen...I've got another A11 male I can use...

 

[Sobekobe]

please tell me you have pics... I'm very curious

 

[ArcticBlast]

yeah i had this happen recently, too viking x arne

ArcticBlast

 

[PhenoMenal]

The autoflowering aspect of it is interesting, but that aside it seems like a regular full-blown hermie - not something I'd ever want to use for breeding.

 

[Mr. Greengenes]

I've never used a male dominant hermaphrodite for breeding. Chopped every single one.

 

[Sobekobe]

WOW thats crazy... That looks like a lowrydr I saw on these forums a couple months ago...kinda did the same type of thing

 

[Cave Dweller]

That is the most fucked up plant I've ever seen.

Congrats
CD

yeah i had this happen recently, too viking x arne

ArcticBlast

 

[ArcticBlast]

i still have it, if you want it...i don't know what to do with him, other than kill him....

i asked a similar question as the op recently, but never really got a reply.. i had also heard something from dj short about male-to-female herms

ArcticBlast

 

[ibjamming]

I killed "it"... "It" didn't have anything to offer except being a male/female hermi...no smell, no high (I smoked the top about a week ago), it was lanky, and it "autoed". Too unstable with no outstanding qualities.

No, I didn't take a picture. Most of the branch tips looked like that "monster" pictured above... Speaking of which, was that 12/12 or less from seed with hardly any direct light? I had a plant like that once...I grew it in a window in winter. It was 3-4 inches tall when it started flowering. I was testing germination/seedling techniques with some shit seed.

That's why we're here...to learn from others experience. Thanks for all the help.

I put my one OHxSkunk1 From Sam the Skunkman freebies in it's old pot...it looks male...but it's a tough one to tell for sure. I'll have to wait until I make the 12/12 switch to find out for sure.

Thanks again...