I am glad to see someone else say this.I have grown alot of the Cali Connect strains. I think first and foremost, most people don't understand what strains they are getting themselves into when they buy Swerve's gear. They are Chemdog genetics which means the slightest bit of stress and you WILL see hermies. Its in the genes, just like trainwreck, chem hermies as does sour diesel. Sometimes from no stress. I have flowered out SVF, Tahoe, Blackwater, and pre 98 bubba with no issues other than it not resembling the pre 98 bubba at all lol. Now that said, I have had Lemon Larry fem split half and half on plants, half male, half female on the same plants so they all had to be scrapped. I am currently flowering chem valley kush, Ogiesel, and Original Sour Diesel. I had a nanner here and there at first, but I kept up on them and now I am in week 5 looking great. I know alot of people question his integrity, but you can't argue with results. And I have had great results in his strains. But people expect someone to cross a clone only that is known for being hermie and sell perfect copies of the clone in seed form without all of the problems the clone had? That's just not possible. I have def have a tahoe from a single pack of beans from them that is 100% identical to the clone and I have a chem valley now that is almost identical to chem d so he does have some fire. I have not seen any more hermies in his seeds than I have in others really. DJ Short who is a fantastic breeder has very finicky gear which can be prone to hermie, first pack of OG #18 (which is one of my staples now and I love) was all hermie, and I have had some with TGA gear, mostly the Applo BX which people love and I just thought was terrible. But thats the luck of the draw with seeds. Sucks he seems so unconcerned when people contact him about it. Wish his customer service was as good as the clones he holds. Then probably alot less negative things would be said about him.
Like I keep saying, if the chem/og strains came about like the popular rumor that shows that it started out from a hermie.
If it came from a hermie, it carries hermie genetics. If you want chem, be prepared to baby the hell out of it. And when it does hermie, dont cry about it.