While I tend to agree with most of your knowledge what you keep saying about "hermie seeds " is pure conjecture. All marijuana can reverse it is in its code. Breeders stress the plants to find the ones that are the least sensitive for growing.
Stress or just chance can turn any plant.
I have never seen a stamen grow on any of my s-1 stress seeds. I plant my saved seeds all the time. I have never used chemicals to reverse a plant. These are the "hermie" seeds you keep warning of.
But some of my seeds from breeder packs have turned. And I am sure it was heat stress or nutrient stress and only one plant from a light leak. They all stopped when stress was removed. And only a few seeds ever found.
And all 3 had ECSD or Lemon Thai or both in them. And all 3 were seriously potent. I welcome these plants. They have made me a better grower.
I, nor actually
any other
quality underground breeders I know.
Ever stress a plant to find gear not prone to "herm". I take quality genetics, I know are strong.
When I build a new strain. I cross strains on purpose. I find specific plants, expressing the desired traits I'n looking to add to each other. In an attempt at a specific result. It can take well over a year to find the true success I'm looking for. Sometimes I don't get there. I keep what I like.
Sometimes with some "clone only" strains you reverse for the pollen when males are not available. I only collect and use chemically reversed pollen in such times of need. Some S1 seeds are sold to
not make the strain readily available for someone else to make new use of the strain for breeding.
Chemically reversed strains
are not the "Hermie seeds "I" keep warning about." Those are the stress induced one's .
"Stress induced pollination by one plant to another, both from the same strain source and more so if they are cloned from the same mother. Produce a far greater chance for self "herming"......THAT is MY statement! I might think your believing to much of what "some commercial" seed breeder tells you. I know you have friends in at least one (I won't list it in fairness to them) and if your getting that from them. They are either bold faced lying to you or they aren't as good as you think.
There is SO much rumor and mistaken "knowledge" about "fem" seeds that it's turned out to be one of the perpetual "hot button topics" on Cannabis seeds still being spoken about.....and trust me MMG,,,,,what I'm telling you is
not conjecture.
I agree that "stress' could turn any plant. I've not tried to convey that any given strain will not.
I am saying I have strains that are known to "herm" by stress. I have been running them for years now, without having seen one throw a stamen.....proper care and proper environment.......
Fair enough? I mean if we still agree after this.....Then we agree to disagree on something.....I'm not pushing my points after this.
PS..It's not just cannabis that can self reproduce either.....there are many more plant families that do also...[/QUOTE]
I didn't mean to offend but I am surprised you took this where you just did. Without knowing me and I think you didn't read my journal at rm3 why would you think you know any more about quality and weed and breeders than me?
Have you even researched who my "friend" the breeder is? I sure would take his word over yours. But I didn't quote or refer to his knowledge at all here. And I only know him through email.
No male pollen and you get 99% female seeds from pollination. Nature takes care of the one percent. It doesn't matter when, why or what stage of flower the plant is in.
The resulting seeds do not carry a special gene or tendency to hermie except for the phenotypes expressions if they do. And like you and I said no stress no stamen.
And if a breeder trusts the genetics he trusts them. If not a pro will stress test and search until they find the plant they want.
I emailed every breeder I was interested in when I was looking for good fem seeds. None of the "commercial" companies answered or took the time to care about a grower.
But one small guy that had the best gallery I had seen of sativa heavy but medically viable hybrids and an actual history with the classic breeders and the original plants. And he helped me with learning to grow them.
And he doesn't even really sell packs to the public. Only volume to European growers.
Know any breeders with a standard $100k order that is barely known by the masses?