Comacus
Well-Known Member
Just experienced what I will call a backwards hermaphrodite. Typically, stress can cause a femaie to produce male flowers.
I had a white grape male that I was growing to collect pollen to make some seeds. The male plant was in the garage under low light stressed conditions. I recently increased it's light, and it is now producing female flowers!
This seems backwards for a male plant to turn female. Has anyone seen this before.
Luckily I have not seen to many hermaphrodites, and I do not plan on using this white grape for a breeding project now.
My camera isn't great for close ups. If you look closely, you can see the female flowers starting to come out after the males.

I had a white grape male that I was growing to collect pollen to make some seeds. The male plant was in the garage under low light stressed conditions. I recently increased it's light, and it is now producing female flowers!
This seems backwards for a male plant to turn female. Has anyone seen this before.
Luckily I have not seen to many hermaphrodites, and I do not plan on using this white grape for a breeding project now.
My camera isn't great for close ups. If you look closely, you can see the female flowers starting to come out after the males.

