Did my plants herm?

[ganjfather27]

So I found some bananas, like 10 on one of my plants. It has 2 weeks left in flower and I'm wondering what do I do with it now?

I haven't found any on the other 5 plants in the tent. I took off a calyx (? Not sure if that's what's it's called) to see if there was a seed in it, and I found a really really tiny ball in it. That's what that picture is of. Is that a seed starting to grow or is that normal?

I know some plants throw bananas out at the end of flower but I'm freaking out cause I've got another 2 weeks to go, and this has been my best grow yet I'd really be upset if it's trash.

Please looks at my pics and let me know what I should do.

 

[GMT]

You called it right yourself. Sorry bud, decision time.

 

[ganjfather27]

You called it right yourself. Sorry bud, decision time.

What should I Do? If it's only one plant, should I chop it and keep going or should I let it finish its last 2-3 weeks?

 

[GMT]

It depends on how bad it is. The danger is that it pollinates your other girls. Can you move it to a bathroom to finish in far less natural light? That way you will get something from it and it can't do any harm. If not, personally, and others do disagree with this, I'd chop that one.

 

[ganjfather27]

It depends on how bad it is. The danger is that it pollinates your other girls. Can you move it to a bathroom to finish in far less natural light? That way you will get something from it and it can't do any harm. If not, personally, and others do disagree with this, I'd chop that one.

Yeah the problem is its wrapped up in a Scrog... Dammit. I went in an hour ago and searched for any more bananas and couldn't find any. I don't think the other plants have any thing going on at all so that's a good sign.

Kill 1 to save the group I guess. I haven't used feminized seeds before and this was a freebie seed, I wonder if that could be why it's harming?

 

[GMT]

Ouch, removing one from a scrog is gonna be a real pain. Maybe watch over next 48 hours and see what the nerves tell you.

 

[ganjfather27]

Ouch, removing one from a scrog is gonna be a real pain. Maybe watch over next 48 hours and see what the nerves tell you.

Yeah it's gonna be a pain in the ass, but luckily this plant didn't grow as quick as the rest, and I didn't have to weave it very much into the net.

After sleeping on it, I'm gonna just watch it for a day or 2,if I continue to see bananas, I'll cut it out of the Scrog and put it in its own room with a shitty light that won't do much for it, but at least I can let the trichomes ripen, and I'll still get some yield if I blast it into oil.

Shit sucks. I'm never growing with feminized seeds again cause I'm like 90% sure that's why

 

[Avinash.miles]

if you see nanners but NO seeds, i say let them finish

 

[LedLara]

I'd pull it, as I really don't want herma genetics to spread..

 

[ganjfather27]

if you see nanners but NO seeds, i say let them finish

I think it's just starting to make seeds. When I busted open the callyx it had a very tiny ball in it, like a few grains of salt big. Is that normal for a callyx to have that in there or are they completely empty when sensi?

 

[ganjfather27]

Alright final update. Did some more research, turns out the little teeny tiny seed like balls in the calyx are pre-pollinated seeds, and that's actually good news cause it means they haven't been pollinated.

I scoped every plant up and fucking down and couldn't find a single banana on any other plant. Also good news.

So I decided she's gotta go, and chopped her down didn't have to cut my screen up either.. All in all, bad genetics. The stem was so hollow I could stick a pencil inside it. This girl also was also almost half the size of the other gals that all sprouted at the same time. I need to be more careful in the future with my freebie seeds and stick to non feminized.

I've never smoked preemie bud before, I'll probably get a couple ozs and it's really frosty. I think I'll just blast it and get whatever oil I can.

I threw a couple pics in, first is my tent now that plant is gone. She was right in the middle of the canopy so I've got a big gap. Second is a pic of my super frosty critical kush.

Thanks for everybody's help and advice

 

[LedLara]

Looking wonderful! really fit crop.. good choice to chop the herm, if seeds started to form this early..

 

[ganjygav]

Don't blame feminised seeds. I use them exclusively. Any plant can herm even regular seeds.

 

[LedLara]

So the risk won't be lower when switching to regular seed?

How about strain specific? I've heard that a few strains are more prone to hermies then others.

 

[ganjygav]

Yeah maybe the risk is lower than with regular I don't know but I do know not all fem beans will herm. Dont get me wrong I've had herms before but not that many none last year at all. I do 3 grows a year that's 3 packets of feminised seeds.
Ya I might get a hermie out of a pack but I find mostly that it's just nannas at end of flower. I just pick them off they have never seeded my buds. At the end of the day if I pop 5 feminised seeds I get 5 female plants I could pop 5 regular beans and only get 2 females.
I know which odds I like best.

 

[LedLara]

Well said! better one hermie then half or more male!

 

[ganjfather27]

Don't blame feminised seeds. I use them exclusively. Any plant can herm even regular seeds.

Of course any plant can herm, but this is 100% because of weak genetics in this feminized seed.

I'll blame what was at fault and that was it.

It was an experiment anyway. I'm a tga grower mostly, I'll be going back for sure. I'd rather find a really good mother and clone her perpetually than pay for seeds every grow that randomly pop out here's.

 

[cravin morehead]

you stated "All in all, bad genetics. The stem was so hollow I could stick a pencil inside it."
how does that make for bad genetics?

cm

 

[EastCoast710]

if its headsmoke fuck it lol just pull the seeds out and pop them outside see if u can find a keeper later.. but as of now you already got pollen in there.. and floating around. id say just finish them and start over ..

 

[EastCoast710]

you stated "All in all, bad genetics. The stem was so hollow I could stick a pencil inside it."
how does that make for bad genetics?

cm

lol doesn't at all. hollow stems could be different things.. I get super hollow stems in coco and hydro but not so much in soil.