Bag seed was a male
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KushyMcKush
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You can clearly see pistils so if you see balls its a hermie... pretty typical of growing from bagseed. I grew out two some time ago and I got one male, one massively hermied female. Never touched bag seed again and so far no hermies. Doyourself a favor and make the investment in some good genetics. Its well worth the money.
sicctee
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Will do.
Kingrow1
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I just see a plant that wasnt that well grown, probably why noobs jump all over that bag seed hermie crap thesedays. Its not better genetics the op needs its better grow skills!
KushyMcKush
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That very well could be. Im definitely not saying that every bagseed is a hermie, just that there is a cery high possibility that when you find a few seeds in your buds its likely that the plant it came from was a hermaphrodite. If the plant had been pollinated by a male you would be more likely to find many seeds. just an observation, certainly not to be taken as the final word. Poor growing practices definitely do not help.
Kingrow1
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The ops plant top leaves are taco'ed and droopy not to mention long and thin, those red leaf stems arent good and the bottom leaves almost out of shot look pale and paper thin as well as necrotic spots when on zoom.This would be what i addressed before the whole hermie issue.
Genetics wont help you much if the grow isnt dialled in first and outdoors these genetics might have flourished whilst indoors in a less than perfect grow be problematic.
KushyMcKush
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Right, and most of that would be solved with a good environmental. That was never in question. I feel your reading too much into this. The original question was about the sex of the plant and thats what I was addressing. I was simply saying that more stable genetics would help to prevent hermies in the future. Obviously there is more going on here that could be contributing to the problem, but I was only coming at it from one end... not every probable cause it could be. Im just saying that good stable genetics will give you a foundation for a more stable grow. Thats all.
Kingrow1
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Ive grown some really bad hermie seeds and found the main correlation to be enviromental rather than genetics. With this in mind i would rather choose easy to grow seeds like an original afghan that will give me better yeilds with worse conditions than a strain that is reported to be more hermie proof.
I know we all want to grow the latest strains but its more a question of learning to walk before you can run. Over the years ive watched new growers herm the crap out of some strains on their first few grows. Normally after they have posted how crap they are here they vow never to grow it again. Few years pass by and they re-try that strain only to find that it grew just fine with none of their original herm problems of their original grows.