Should I use hermi seeds if I dont screw with light this time? Or use other seeds?

Ive got a 400hps with a few plants finishing out under it (about 2 weeks to go), and need to start some new ones. Ive got hermi (feminized) seeds and I have access to regular seeds. I'd like to use the fem seeds because I start them in an Aerogarden that only holds 7 at a time (I dont want to waste the time if will be male).

Last grow, I used good, stable seeds from a trusted and experienced grower, but had to manually turn on and off the light, and I didnt do that at same time very day so a few of the fems started hermi'ing at the end.

I planted some of these seeds and had 100% females, but still didnt do a good job of the lighting schedule and got more hermis by the time they were finished. They were pure female up to about a month thru budding. Some plants had LOTS of seeds this time. One plant in particular never hermied, was super nice, and seemed unreceptive to being pollinated (it was beside all the others that got a lot of seeds, but this one only had a few). I'd like to plant these seeds, but I don't want another garden of hermies (yeah, I know, get a timer, do it right).

So IF I dont screw with the lighting again and I keep stress down, do yall think these will hermi?

See, I dont think these have THAT much of a "hermi trait", but its just that Ive screwed with the lighting times enough to stress these feminized plants (that came from a STABLE female that got stressed) into hermi'ing.

Also, what if I plant these seeds outdoors? At least I cant screw with lighting on them, BUT some days are brighter than others outdoors so there still is a little variable in lighting. Do outdoor plants generally stress MORE or LESS than indoor?

Oh, and I read about some stuff called Reverse that kills male flowers. Should I just go feminized and get a bottle of this Reverse stuff? anybody ever had this same situation?

Sorry one more question: I can't decide whether to try 12/12 from seed or not, can't get a def. answer from forums. Will trying 12/12 make the plants stress more, thus raising chances for hermies?
 

GeeTee

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dude why dont u go git a cheep lite timer at ace hardware or walmart for round 10$ and thatll solve ur problems
 
dude why dont u go git a cheep lite timer at ace hardware or walmart for round 10$ and thatll solve ur problems
Well I've got a timer. I just need to make my room better (no light leaks) to use it right. Right now, I have lights on at night so that I can be there, and in daytime there is some light leakage in the room so every day I put them all in the closet of the room so it is 100% dark. I'll have to figure out an inconspicuous way to cover up light leaks during the day, but planning on doing all this.

I just wanted to know if even doing all that would prevent male flowers, or if it is most likely just hermi traits that would come out no matter what.

Well screw it, I'm gonna use those hermi seeds and I'll post what happens in a few months.
 
So I got a timer now so lights are right...
Used my hermi/fem'd seeds (Ive got like 1200 from last harvest, couldnt waste em - was good bud, just had more seeds than I wanted).
Theyre about an average of 3 weeks til harvest, so far all female (about 25 out of 25)
Ive only noticed one male flower out of all the plants, and I have some suspicion that the heat could have caused it (moved to a new place where the heating was an issue before I finally got around to fixing that).

So, if any of you have seeds from hermies that were caused by light stress, I say go ahead and use em, theyll be feminized, and the worst that can happen is you will get more seeds if a few males pop out.
 

redzi

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If you want to avoid hermies stay away from Serious seeds...one of my favorites...until what should have been female..(I am talkinf about regular seeds, got rid of males) and an otherwise female plant sprouted a male branch..shame on you Serious. If someone is pirating
Serious that is their fault....a yellow business card with a tube stuck to it....shame on you Serious.
 
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