I want to order some barneys farm LSD and i hear people say that in YEARS they have never once had a seed not germ or a hermie. Others say they get half or more hermies. The ones with good luck says its the growers fault for stressing them, or occasional bad luck. The ones with bad luck say that barneys farm has crap genetics even tho its a respectable breeder, with some top strain/genetics. I would say from reading that it TYPICALLY is the grower not the breeder, which brings me to the question, What are the most common ways that new/unexperienced/bad growers stress female plants into hermies? How can i avoid these problems?
Most common ways to stress a fem plant to a hermie?
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smokey green
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1. light leaks during flower...
2. heat stress
3.deprivation of water
4.temperature flux
5.Light schedule fluxuation (using no timer)
....Those are a few off the top of my head....
2. heat stress
3.deprivation of water
4.temperature flux
5.Light schedule fluxuation (using no timer)
....Those are a few off the top of my head....
Nubby Tubbs
New Member
humidity...
Little Tommy
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I think the biggest culprit is light leaks. As a rule of thumb, anything in their environment that is not properly regulated can cause it.
smokey green
Active Member
To avoid the situation..
1. make sure there are no light leaks
2. use a timer
3. try to control temps as best you can by not allowing more than a 15 degree temp flux during the whole grow process
4. do not underwater (dont wait until the soil has pulled away from the pot around the outside edges of the pot)
5. do not over water ( i use the "lift your container method") (if its light and the top of your soil is dry, water...)
1. make sure there are no light leaks
2. use a timer
3. try to control temps as best you can by not allowing more than a 15 degree temp flux during the whole grow process
4. do not underwater (dont wait until the soil has pulled away from the pot around the outside edges of the pot)
5. do not over water ( i use the "lift your container method") (if its light and the top of your soil is dry, water...)
ChubbySoap
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well yes, aside from genetics...
throwing the plant male environmental factors during the first 4 weeks of life seems to do it for me...
shallow soil (early root binding), temps, incorrect humidity, any type of training, transplanting, or damaging the plant/roots
light leaks in flowering only show the hermi for what it is in my opinion...the damage was done long before that
you raise a princess on a diet of male influences and you end up with a tomboy....ya know?
throwing the plant male environmental factors during the first 4 weeks of life seems to do it for me...
shallow soil (early root binding), temps, incorrect humidity, any type of training, transplanting, or damaging the plant/roots
light leaks in flowering only show the hermi for what it is in my opinion...the damage was done long before that
you raise a princess on a diet of male influences and you end up with a tomboy....ya know?
Dizzle Frost
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pick off the pistils on the tops till they are bald..i belive Soma does this..but dont hold me to it. I smoke alot pot and never remeber who tells me things or were i read them lol
Jack Larson
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A small red L.E.D. like those on a clock , a stereo any small electric with this type of light will work and leave it on durring the dark period .Most growers find this out the hard way by not covering the lite on a power strip.I have done this to produce hermies and it has worked every time.
after years of clones its fun to grow from seed again. Seeds are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're ganna get!!
after years of clones its fun to grow from seed again. Seeds are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're ganna get!!
elfroggo
Active Member
Its called Dutch Master Reverse, I hear it works well and will also increase yield. It should be used in conjunction with DM Saturator. I just sprayed it on my hermie plant yesterday, waiting to see the results. I haven't seen any new male flowers since I sprayed, but it's a dense plant, very difficult to check. I figure I'll know for sure within a week.
Jack Larson
Active Member
I had a remote thermostat receiver in my grow room with a little red lite on it but didn't know it becouse I never went in after lites off. All hermies. Covered the little red lite, and no more hermies. At least this has been my experience.