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VapingBuddha · 05-28-2011, 05:36 PM

Got fooled by some female preflowers on a plant that turned out to be male. It was a Double Strawberry Diesel, a strain I like very much, and I would like to use the pollen, but I have held off as I figured it might introduce hermaphroditic tendencies. But, since I did save it in the fridge just in case, what would be the likely outcome? Downsides, upsides? Maybe a higher tendency towards female offspring?

Retardo Motabon · 05-28-2011, 05:47 PM

Well its certainly a herm but the resulting progeny may be ok. I made some DSD s1's that have proven to grow excellent female plants without herm tendencies beyond what diesels already have. (some late nanners toward the very end of flower)
I have had a DJ Short F13 plant go from female to full on male before too. Oddly enough, the only freaks that have cresulted from the F13 going male and pollinating a few moms were with DSD plants from seed fathered by that F13. All have been unusable mutants. However some of the plants, Willie WOnder x F13 freakmale resulted in one of the best smelling plants I've grown.
I would go ahead and pain a bit of pollen on the mom(s) you want to hit and see how the resulting progeny turn out.

06-02-2011, 06:18 AM

I read in a DJ short book that this is a good sign off potency in a male and should be saved for breeding. I dont belive it is a true herm as the male only careys the X chromesome.

B.seed's · 06-10-2011, 01:53 PM

The same thing happened to me, I have a male autoflowering blue streak, started with strange female flowers blooming, but now it is completely male, then you think it's a good idea to pollinate a female plant with this pollen?

OldTimeGrower · 06-20-2011, 05:43 AM

my plant started full male then put out pistils and pollinated itself and made 3 seeds anyone heard of this?

supermanlives · 07-21-2011, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by OldTimeGrower

my plant started full male then put out pistils and pollinated itself and made 3 seeds anyone heard of this?

just had this happen with 2 male sour bubble plants. one plant has like 6 seeds and the other a whole bunch. should be fun to see what happens with the seeds. pics in my sour bubble album listed as m

djonkoman · 07-22-2011, 07:08 PM

I had a NDB last year that started with female preflower
when real flower started, she first threw out balls, 2 at every internode(1 on each side)
or maybe it was 4 at every internode
anyway, a lot like the position of preflowers
I feared the worst, but after removal there never came any more male flowers and harvested like any regular female

Bass Akwards · 08-07-2011, 06:09 PM

We thought this was a fairly healthy male until the pistils sprouted.

Had never seen this phenomenon previously, and had never read the piece by D.J. Short that mentioned it. It makes a bit of sense now, since this plant was a gifted F-1 cross that combined "Jackie-O" with a D.J. strain, "Old Time Moonshine".

It was composted shortly after the picture was taken.

supermanlives · 08-07-2011, 07:31 PM

i also had a c99 do this. used the pollen in about 15 crosses with no herm issues whatever. thank you dj

GoneRooty · 08-15-2011, 07:31 AM

So this Nepali I'm growing from seed has shown preflowers (about a week ago), looked all female. Even now it has pistils at every node, but at this one node it has balls too. They just popped out the other day, and it's only this node.

05-28-2011, 05:36 PM	#1
VapingBuddha Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 64	Female preflowers on a male plant Got fooled by some female preflowers on a plant that turned out to be male. It was a Double Strawberry Diesel, a strain I like very much, and I would like to use the pollen, but I have held off as I figured it might introduce hermaphroditic tendencies. But, since I did save it in the fridge just in case, what would be the likely outcome? Downsides, upsides? Maybe a higher tendency towards female offspring?
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05-28-2011, 05:47 PM	#2
Retardo Motabon Seenyourmember:0 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: fantasy island Posts: 3,043	Well its certainly a herm but the resulting progeny may be ok. I made some DSD s1's that have proven to grow excellent female plants without herm tendencies beyond what diesels already have. (some late nanners toward the very end of flower) I have had a DJ Short F13 plant go from female to full on male before too. Oddly enough, the only freaks that have cresulted from the F13 going male and pollinating a few moms were with DSD plants from seed fathered by that F13. All have been unusable mutants. However some of the plants, Willie WOnder x F13 freakmale resulted in one of the best smelling plants I've grown. I would go ahead and pain a bit of pollen on the mom(s) you want to hit and see how the resulting progeny turn out. __________________ Support Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho for prezident https://youtu.be/sGUNPMPrxvA
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06-10-2011, 01:53 PM	#4
B.seed's Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: dove la legge non è legge... Posts: 217	The same thing happened to me, I have a male autoflowering blue streak, started with strange female flowers blooming, but now it is completely male, then you think it's a good idea to pollinate a female plant with this pollen? __________________ Questa vita è tua, prendi la forza di scegliere cosa ne vuoi fare e fallo bene. Prendi la forza di amare ciò che vuoi nella vita ed amalo onestamente. Prendi la forza di camminare nella foresta ed essere parte della natura stessa. Prendi la forza di controllare la tua vita, nessun altro può farlo per te. Prendi la forza di rendere la tua vita felice.
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06-20-2011, 05:43 AM	#5
OldTimeGrower Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 48	my plant started full male then put out pistils and pollinated itself and made 3 seeds anyone heard of this?
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08-07-2011, 06:09 PM	#8
Bass Akwards "I've Got My Own Problems" Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: There and Back Posts: 364	Male / Female Surprise We thought this was a fairly healthy male until the pistils sprouted. Had never seen this phenomenon previously, and had never read the piece by D.J. Short that mentioned it. It makes a bit of sense now, since this plant was a gifted F-1 cross that combined "Jackie-O" with a D.J. strain, "Old Time Moonshine". It was composted shortly after the picture was taken. Attached Thumbnails
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06-02-2011, 06:18 AM	#3
lloy Guest Posts: n/a	I read in a DJ short book that this is a good sign off potency in a male and should be saved for breeding. I dont belive it is a true herm as the male only careys the X chromesome.
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07-22-2011, 07:08 PM	#7
djonkoman Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 218	I had a NDB last year that started with female preflower when real flower started, she first threw out balls, 2 at every internode(1 on each side) or maybe it was 4 at every internode anyway, a lot like the position of preflowers I feared the worst, but after removal there never came any more male flowers and harvested like any regular female
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08-07-2011, 07:31 PM	#9
supermanlives Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: gilligans island Posts: 13,142	i also had a c99 do this. used the pollen in about 15 crosses with no herm issues whatever. thank you dj
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08-15-2011, 07:31 AM	#10
GoneRooty Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: WA Posts: 385	So this Nepali I'm growing from seed has shown preflowers (about a week ago), looked all female. Even now it has pistils at every node, but at this one node it has balls too. They just popped out the other day, and it's only this node. __________________ "To be a successful farmer one must first know the nature of the soil" ~ Xenophon
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