I am going to say this and then I am going to get out of your thread...
http://rollitup.org/t/dj-shorts-f-13-grow-journal.860766/page-2
You will see my quote under that from DJ Shorts book about backwards hermie. Nothing about a hermie trait in chocolate thai that he loved and worked the line anyway. This is about "backwards hermies" males that hermie female, something your father is well known for so it is perplexing that you arent aware of it.
As far as "unrealistic", I am pretty sure I have been smoking before you were born. Around the mid 90's my bestfriend had a hookup with the blueberry. He absolutely loved it and talked about it non-stopped. I liked it quite abit myself, just not as overboard in love with it as he was. So, when indoor growing became viable, that was my first stop. When he started growing himself, it was his first grow as well. Out of both of our packs, we didnt find the blueberry that he loved so much. We did find mutants and a lot of different phenos and some were pretty good, just not what we paid for.
There is no 'book' about backwards hermis. He mentioned it a few times in a few articles and interviews and his book about breeding. And what he's said is pretty clear;
The quote you selected from his book on breeding;
"Backward" hermorphidites are males that eventually sport female flowers (as opposed to the usual female to male hermorphodites). These are rare occurrences, usually sterile but sometimes viable, that I found to be genetically valuable. Many resinous and desireable males exhibit this trait, which almost guarantees against unwanted homeomorphism in subsequent generations as it also increases the female to male ratio in it's progeny."
And what he's said about his genetic line, which is as follows;
"Originally, in the late 1970's, I was growing up to 100 plants at a time using over 1000 watts of light, and also outdoors in a backyard garden space. These were all
land race sativa that fortunately cloned well. The ratio of highly desirable individuals from these plants was about 1:100. One of the most annoying traits of these varieties was hermaphroditism. Approximately 60% of all of these plants from seed were unmanageable hermis, and about 25% more were what I referred to as manageable hermaphrodites, meaning that with close observation and intense scrutiny the male pods could be seen and eliminated as they appeared. About 15% of these sativa plants were female enough to produce marketable sinsimilla bud, with a constant vigilance toward the occasional stray pollen sack. In other words the hermaphroditism expressed in these equatorial sativa was extreme and nearly total.
A quick word about the virtues of hermaphrodites: Ask any old-time herbalist, one who has been experiencing fine herb since at least the early 1970's, what their favorite all-time herbal variety was, and the answer will be something to the effect of; “Santa Marta or Acapulco Gold” or “Highland or
Chocolate Thai” or “Punta Roya (red-tipped gold Highland Oaxacan)” or “Guerran Green” or “Panama Red” etc. et. al., all of which were equatorial, or sub-tropical, origin sativa and hermaphroditic. Even the great hashish of the era such as Lebanese Red and Blonde, all Moroccan and Nepalese were produced from seeded stock."
But nowhere has Dj directly mentioned working with these types of "backwards hermis." If Im mistaken, please feel free to correct me.
And Im not sure what you paid for or how much you paid, but Im sorry you feel you paid too much and didn't find what you wanted, better luck next time.
gotta love the ignorance.
