arrogant uninformed opinion indeed. sativa doms are more susceptible to herm. as well as unstable genetics, a herm genetic manifesting, or the good ole shit happens. not always grower error what so ever lol.
Yeah yeah Corey. Slagging off the Masters in PM's to me and alla that mate, carry on now nothing to learn here. Uninformed my ass buddy. And yes, bottled nutes DO kill bennies because of regulations that require companies to sterilize the nutes, BTW. Regulations do not discriminate between good and bad bacteria mate. Moaning to me in PM's about Gandalf and Rrog's opinions on the matter won't change that buddy. You kids these days, you're a funny bunch really you are.
Here's how it is: ALL cannabis has the potential to hermaphrodise. ALL of it. But in most cases, it depends on ENVIRONMANTAL TRIGGERS. Dude, South Africa has SATIVAS ONLY as land races. Why is this not Herm City then brother?
Thing is, you want DANK weed, you are going to have to deal with more than a fair amount of inbreeding. This weakens absolutely any organism. Inbreeding. Which means as far as cannabis goes, the environmental factors or 'triggers' become a helluva lot more sensitive. A lot of the newschool reefer is so inbred it will NEVER survive in the wild.
You yourself say the word 'prone' to herm. NOT guaranteed. Hence, the onus lies upon the GROWER to ensure conditions in which this will not happen. Quite frankly, reefer is not as easy to grow as it used to be even in the early 2000's, let alone the late 90's when I was cutting my teeth on growing dank.
Please note that I am leaving out reefer BRED off feminised seed here. There we have a different ballgame altogether, where you will be guaranteed hermaphrodites after a generation or two, so let us leave that one aside. If it is a fem in the first generation, sure then what I am saying here definitely does count. But everybody and his uncle knows you don't go crossing out a FEM. The technology is anything but perfect there.
And also let us work under the assumption that no serious grower will allow anything but a properly bred first-generation FEM to enter his garden. The argument is null and void in that case, as I keep saying, that is grower stupidity. Careful who you take your seeds from, seriously.
Fact of the matter is, you talk to the old heads out here and you will find they laugh off the notion that fems cause herms. You take most of this stuff and get it onto perfect conditions you will not see a herm, ever.
Matter of fact, I know some large scale outdoor growers that actually DO breed off fem seeds and you NEVER see a hermaphrodite.
Instead of blaming it on genetics, why not rather try and explore the triggers for what just happened, as I did. You can only become a better grower because of it.
Here, this was Tahoe OG at 2 weeks:
Here, this is Tahoe OG at 3 1/2 weeks, in the same room, same spot, but with the ONE environmental factor that I felt was to blame removed, the rest of the conditions were exactly the same:
Don't blame the genetics. Just up your game. Because of making the decision to learn from the plant, I have become a tiny bit better at what I do, and I am grateful even though it did cost me my entire SoG thanks to pollination. It is a big loss. Am I being a littly sissy about it? NO. I am being honest and fixing the problem. Getting better.
This is how it rolls. And ladies and gentlemen, get used to it, the inbreeding of cannabis is far from over. These plants are going to get more and more sensitive. But it's fine by me, when I started toking a joint hardly got me high (early 90's) and now I can grow shit that gets me whacked after one hit. There is a price to pay for that. But vigilance will prevail.
Just up your game man.
I know this is not a popular opinion because bitching about it is so much easier. But I have almost two decades experience growing, sure it's mostly been outdoors where I NEVER saw a herm in my life. This was the first herm I saw with my very own eyes actually, EVER. But fact of the matter is, it was grower error.
Remarkable co incidence really. Aside from Thai and Thai crosses, sorry bud but yeah grower error. A little stress, a lot of it, but I seriously doubt any legit cannabis club will purposefully distribute hermaphrodites. Sure some are more prone to it, but it is a pissy move to ignore the possibility the growers screw up and always blame it on the genes. My arrogant opinion only, but if it herms for one guy and not the next, grower error mate.
