2 small hermies found in 50 pound garden

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charlietuna

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Another question thats been asked 100 times im sure. My neighbors roomate let 2 hermies go a few weeks too long. my plants (Bubba Kush, Green Crack, Sour Diesel)are 8 to 20 feet away from those plants. His plants have been in budding from beginnning to mid july. Mine have been in budding since about august 7th. The hermies have been removed. Im finding seeds but not everywhere. The most seeds i find on one cola is about 3. And theyre not on every bud. Should I expect to start seeing an enormous amount of seeds or will my plants continue to produce gooo. I guess what im asking is once the male is removed will seed production slow down or stop assuming the plant didnt get hit hard with pollen( which im pretty sure it didnt). Or does the majority of seed production happen more in the later part of budding.
 
haze, son

haze, son

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Hermies can be caused by a couple things: By either crap genetics or stress by lights and the such. Once a hermie has shown up, and the pod opens, pollen is released to the surrounding females. Best bet is to pick it as soon as you see it, and just grow the plant out. If its a totally male plant, obviously remove it before seed pods are actually fully developed. Depending on how long you let the hermie stay on the plant before picking it, gives a good estimate as to how many seeds you'll have. Remember, even a little bit of pollen can trigger either hermie's or seeds.

Just keep a close eye on it, and remove the hermie's as you see them.
 
Green Cross

Green Cross

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charlietuna said:
Another question thats been asked 100 times im sure. My neighbors roomate let 2 hermies go a few weeks too long. my plants (Bubba Kush, Green Crack, Sour Diesel)are 8 to 20 feet away from those plants. His plants have been in budding from beginnning to mid july. Mine have been in budding since about august 7th. The hermies have been removed. Im finding seeds but not everywhere. The most seeds i find on one cola is about 3. And theyre not on every bud. Should I expect to start seeing an enormous amount of seeds or will my plants continue to produce gooo. I guess what im asking is once the male is removed will seed production slow down or stop assuming the plant didnt get hit hard with pollen( which im pretty sure it didnt). Or does the majority of seed production happen more in the later part of budding.
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I think you're assumptions are correct; that your the plants didn't get hit hard with the pollen... when you factor in the amount of pollen, the wind, the distance, and other factors like dew (water kills male pollen) it's hit and miss.

Are you going to grow out some of those seeds? Just curious
 
Green Cross

Green Cross

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haze said:
Hermies can be caused by a couple things: By either crap genetics or stress by lights and the such. Once a hermie has shown up, and the pod opens, pollen is released to the surrounding females. Best bet is to pick it as soon as you see it, and just grow the plant out. If its a totally male plant, obviously remove it before seed pods are actually fully developed. Depending on how long you let the hermie stay on the plant before picking it, gives a good estimate as to how many seeds you'll have. Remember, even a little bit of pollen can trigger either hermie's or seeds.

Just keep a close eye on it, and remove the hermie's as you see them.
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Can you explain how pollen "can trigger hermies"? As far as I knew, pollen can only pollinate
 
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