Flowering male cannabis plant, when removed from flower room an placed in back yard....

OrganicCanuck

OrganicCanuck

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Ok as the title says, i had a couple male plants i removed from my flowering room, i put them out in the yard just to see what would happen, and to see if pollen would continue to drop. And successful that was, i have collected from both specimens.

The thing is, 1 of the 2 males, after being outside for close to 2 weeks started to show female flowers.

Is this normal? i know when a female shows nanners its a herm. This was the opposite, so my question is, will the male pollen create female seeds now that the plant has both organs?
 
blowingupjake

blowingupjake

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My very limited education has me thinking that the male who turned female is not good breeding stock.

That is an inter-sex trait and not something you want to pass on to the progeny. The pollen would not produce feminised seeds.


Maybe one of the real breeders will chime in with more info...


Jake
 
skinny510

skinny510

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I'm NOT speaking from experience but this is what DJ Short says on the subject:

(A quick word on “backward” hermaphrodites ? declared males that eventually sport female flowers ? as opposed to the usual female-to-male hermaphrodites. These are semi-rare occurrences, usually sterile but sometimes viable, that I have found at times to be valuable in their genetic contributions. Some of the most resinous and desirable males I have encountered exhibited this trait. This trait almost seems to guarantee against unwanted hermaphroditism in subsequent generations as it also increases the female to male ratio in its progeny.)
 
OrganicCanuck

OrganicCanuck

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blowingupjake said:
My very limited education has me thinking that the male who turned female is not good breeding stock.

That is an inter-sex trait and not something you want to pass on to the progeny. The pollen would not produce feminised seeds.


Maybe one of the real breeders will chime in with more info...


Jake
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Ya i never dusted any females with that particular pollen yet, i was just curious of it self pollinating its female flowers, and wanting to know if possibly those self made seeds would be feminized.
 
OrganicCanuck

OrganicCanuck

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skinny510 said:
I'm NOT speaking from experience but this is what DJ Short says on the subject:

(A quick word on “backward” hermaphrodites ? declared males that eventually sport female flowers ? as opposed to the usual female-to-male hermaphrodites. These are semi-rare occurrences, usually sterile but sometimes viable, that I have found at times to be valuable in their genetic contributions. Some of the most resinous and desirable males I have encountered exhibited this trait. This trait almost seems to guarantee against unwanted hermaphroditism in subsequent generations as it also increases the female to male ratio in its progeny.)
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Well thanks a lot! That does sound promising, i guess the only real way to find out is let it continue, and maybe i will dust a few lower branches on my females.
 
skinny510

skinny510

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I'd say definitely pollinate your females and see what you get.

As for selfed seeds on a male, I've no idea about that one...
 
HarryCarey

HarryCarey

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OrganicCanuck said:
Ya i never dusted any females with that particular pollen yet, i was just curious of it self pollinating its female flowers, and wanting to know if possibly those self made seeds would be feminized.
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It would actually be masculized lol if that's a word. And the subsequent kiddos should be 75% male and 25% female. It was just being discussed in another thread, not sure which. But that's essentially S1 male. The females might be pretty special too, in that you could preserve or at least see your stud in its female form for breeding purposes, traits passed etc.
 
OrganicCanuck

OrganicCanuck

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HarryCarey said:
It would actually be masculized lol if that's a word. And the subsequent kiddos should be 75% male and 25% female. It was just being discussed in another thread, not sure which. But that's essentially S1 male. The females might be pretty special too, in that you could preserve or at least see your stud in its female form for breeding purposes, traits passed etc.
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lol your user id pic is killing me right now, i am gonna die laughing so hard.

Its a word now! , hmm still promising, and i never had many seed to begin with, of this particular variety. A hash making variety from Turkey, my wife's relatives sent the seeds. Still have yet to pop a female, mind you i only germinated 5 out of 10.
 
potpimp

potpimp

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That's easy; your male plant is self-identifying as a female. It's not a hermie; it's a tranny. :)
 
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