JMallgren
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I've been growing for a few years, and unfortunately, I've already had my fair share of hermies, but I have a feeling, hermies are much more prevalent than we all admit, because in the wild, hermies are good; they amount to self preservation and survival of the fittest, which would essentially be, the plant most efficient at pollinating itself. The plant with the biggest swinging dick on the block, even if it's a female, is the one that's going to be around a decade or a century from now. Hermies keep strains growing that otherwise would not have so we should all be thankful in that regard...BUT, as we all know, hermies and huge dank buds can't coexist, and we smoke and like, huge dank buds. It's a conundrum which brings me to the point of my post. I suppose anything that makes the plant insecure, in any way, could potentially cause a hermie. Plants are unique from one another, just like all of us, what makes one plant insecure might not make another plant insecure so I think we should all assume we're gonna have some, every time. That being said, after week 3 of flower, I cut all my oscillating fans just in case. I make sure my overall circulation is good with intake and exhaust, just no oscillating fans. In addition, I was doing a foliar of kelp under the canopy to help render an pollen that exists ineffective but recently I've been using Optic Foliar Switch and have had great results with both but I've seen hermies on every grow and I've only had seeded bud on my very first grow. Im sure what I'm doing has helped but to not have any seeded bud from them is weird so I have a couple theories and I'm hoping for some feedback. First thing is, do hermies present that are sterile sometimes? For whatever reason, I've picked countless off and it seems like most of them didn't have any pollen in them? Anyone have the same experience? Also, from what I've seen and experienced thus far, most if not all, hermies come from the inside of plant originating from buds that are somewhat underdeveloped? Is that what u guys have seen also? If that's mostly the case, do you think under canopy lighting would help to prevent them? Perhaps under canopy lighting doesn't help to increase yields at all? Maybe it's just an insurance policy, like Switch. Any thoughts?