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chilliwilli · 01-13-2016, 08:30 AM

a friend of mine has some seed that let me think about hermies for a longe time.

he growed chiesel some years ago and they turned out to be a little hermie. you can finde only a few seeds in the buds and when you grow them all are chiesel girls. now he is at the 5th or 6th generation chiesel and he says they also got a little better.

kind of seed self-perpetuating strain?

yocs · 01-13-2016, 03:10 PM

when you say the 5th and 6th generation are a little better does that mean generation 2through 4 have all been hermies? Cause that's alot of hermie

jesbuds · 01-13-2016, 03:29 PM

Most all strains are 'self perpetuating' if you leave them in flower long enough.

chronosync · 01-13-2016, 04:16 PM

S6 seeds .... Thats like having a kid with your twin 6 times over.

Lester Beans · 01-13-2016, 07:47 PM

It is possible to breed the Hermie trait out of some strains and some (thai for ex.) Near impossible. Hermie flowers are beneficial if no father plants are available to further the strain. Just because pollen comes from a hermie does not mean the progeny will always be hermie.

But when you start with a hermie and just continue to grow those hermie seeds, you will have fem plants with hermie tendencies as nothing was done to fix the trait issue.

chilliwilli · 01-13-2016, 08:27 PM

what i know is that all the offsprings had that little hermie tendencies
and produced little seeds.

i will try to get some of those seeds and grow them.

chronosync · 01-13-2016, 08:50 PM

I just popped a GSC bagseed. I wonder what will happen? I was told it shared a room with other dp crosses so who knows....

Bush Dr · 01-13-2016, 09:01 PM

There's a built in survival trait, more obvious in tropical/subtropical strains to mutate a few female flowers until they produce pollen, what are commonly referred to as 'nanners', the pollen is viable for that plant to produce seeds that will germinate next season, however the new plant can't do this again, it may produce nanners but the seed will be sterile

True hermaphrodites have both fully formed male and female flowers, Thai being a prime example

iTarzan · 01-13-2016, 10:11 PM

When harvested and dry smoke those bad girls up. You will get just as high or higher than seedless weed.
Fems, haze, Chem D and Thai type specimens can all go hermie some.

IMHO people worry too much over seeds. I never once complained when I found some seeds.

MJPassion · 01-14-2016, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by chilliwilli

a friend of mine has some seed that let me think about hermies for a longe time.

he growed chiesel some years ago and they turned out to be a little hermie. you can finde only a few seeds in the buds and when you grow them all are chiesel girls. now he is at the 5th or 6th generation chiesel and he says they also got a little better.

kind of seed self-perpetuating strain?

If there's only a few seeds each generstion I cant really see it as a bad thing for your friend. Especially if they say the variety is getting better.

Only issue I would have is if the plants developed a bunch of nanners and pollenated an entire crop. That's a shitty sitty, imo. Lol

Grow some of those beans if ya get em.

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chilliwilli Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: NOWhere Posts: 367	HERMIES? ALWAYS BAD? a friend of mine has some seed that let me think about hermies for a longe time. he growed chiesel some years ago and they turned out to be a little hermie. you can finde only a few seeds in the buds and when you grow them all are chiesel girls. now he is at the 5th or 6th generation chiesel and he says they also got a little better. kind of seed self-perpetuating strain?
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yocs Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: tent city, im talking camping tents.. straight homeless Posts: 304	when you say the 5th and 6th generation are a little better does that mean generation 2through 4 have all been hermies? Cause that's alot of hermie __________________ will work for weed
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chronosync unknown clone Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,819	S6 seeds .... Thats like having a kid with your twin 6 times over.
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01-13-2016, 07:47 PM	#5
Lester Beans Frequent Flyer Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ~ In The Garden Pulling Weeds ~ Posts: 3,223	It is possible to breed the Hermie trait out of some strains and some (thai for ex.) Near impossible. Hermie flowers are beneficial if no father plants are available to further the strain. Just because pollen comes from a hermie does not mean the progeny will always be hermie. But when you start with a hermie and just continue to grow those hermie seeds, you will have fem plants with hermie tendencies as nothing was done to fix the trait issue.
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01-13-2016, 08:50 PM	#7
chronosync unknown clone Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,819	I just popped a GSC bagseed. I wonder what will happen? I was told it shared a room with other dp crosses so who knows....
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01-13-2016, 03:29 PM	#3
jesbuds Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 409	Most all strains are 'self perpetuating' if you leave them in flower long enough.
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01-13-2016, 08:27 PM	#6
chilliwilli Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: NOWhere Posts: 367	what i know is that all the offsprings had that little hermie tendencies and produced little seeds. i will try to get some of those seeds and grow them.
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01-13-2016, 09:01 PM	#8
Bush Dr Painting the picture of Dorian Gray Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: England Posts: 1,216	There's a built in survival trait, more obvious in tropical/subtropical strains to mutate a few female flowers until they produce pollen, what are commonly referred to as 'nanners', the pollen is viable for that plant to produce seeds that will germinate next season, however the new plant can't do this again, it may produce nanners but the seed will be sterile True hermaphrodites have both fully formed male and female flowers, Thai being a prime example __________________ This ain't no ordinary herb I'm smoking - Fantan Mojah Supermoto for that eXtra buzz A friend in need is a friend in debt
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iTarzan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,404	When harvested and dry smoke those bad girls up. You will get just as high or higher than seedless weed. Fems, haze, Chem D and Thai type specimens can all go hermie some. IMHO people worry too much over seeds. I never once complained when I found some seeds.
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