Female Creates 4 Seeds w/o Male!

[Guest]

Female Creates 4 Seeds w/o Male!

As far as i can tell their were no hermies out of the 4 plants sharing the cab. But one of the plants nice buds just had 4 seeds come out. I have less than an oz left and haven't seen another seeds just these 4.

Are these seeds any good? I liked the strain but didn't clone it, i would keep the beans if they were worthy can anyone say if they will be pron grow hermies or other defects?.

Curious

 

[Maj.PotHead]

my grape krush i'm growing came from GK bag seed few seed few sacks n/p yet on 3-4th run now. my sugar shack seed came from 1/2 lb seeded only 1 all yr for the shack n/p there matter fact of 30 shack seed gifted 22 sprouted 18 survived all female. grew 1 knowen hermi seed and 3wks into flower turned nanna bound so pulled it.

in the wild female plants have been knowen to kick a seed or few w/out males around this is to insure the plant has good chance to grow back again next spring. something along the lines of allowing the plant to flower extra long then she spits few S1 generation seed thats a plan of mine later lol S1 seed of what i'm growing now

 

[Guest]

Female seeds....

maybe....

If you dont know where the pollen came from you cant say that.....

Your neighbor may have the male.....

pollen becomes airborne.....

But it is more likely that the pollen came from a nanner.......

with 4 seeds....

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys but what's the verdict?

If it was the same plant that pollenated itself, would the seeds be most likely to produce hermies?

If it was pollenated by another plant that had hermied, it would also be more likely to produce hermies?

In both these cases are they really worth growing out or is the threat of hermies going to be in it's genes and be an unwanted trait?

Peace

 

[Guest]

Basically the verdict is if in late flower the plant created a male flower for self pollenation,you have about a 99% chance of it being female.If it came from any other source like a herm you missed or pollen from an outside source,its totally up in the air what might happen.Then there's the immaculate conception theory where zero pollen is involved,male or female this plant will have a halo lol

 

[Guest]

Cool so this self pollenation is a good thing if that is in fact what happened.

Like the plant knew i would regret not cloning this strain and gave me a second chance

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Its what female seed breeders aspire to,many of them anyway.If you try intentionally you'll find some strains/pheno's almost make a flower automatically when left past normal harvest times,then some are almost impossible to do.Remember its only a good thing when "female pollen" is used for self-pollenation,and you wont normally get female pollen until some time after the "normal" flowering time.Another words if you spot a seed a week before normal harvest time,chances are great it wasnt pollenated by "female pollen".Before I get jumped on by using the term female pollen dont look at me,I didnt make it up lol.

 

[Guest]

Wow Soilman Thanks now i am Toatlly Convinced that i should keep these and give them another try when i have the luxury of more space

They are Dutch Passion Flo more on the Sativa side Purple Pheno they are prone to strech, mold & while in the same cab as some Nirvana Special gave in to tripes while the NS was able to thrive despite the little bastards. These are the reasons i choose not to continue with them in my tiny 5 sq ft or a 1/2 sq meter grow space.

But the smoke is really nice

When properly dried and cured (well maybe not properly but i did the best i could) the taste does remind me of Nepalese Squigy as well as hints of some flavors we used to get in the states in the 70's some of the nicer smokes like Lambsbreath or a good Columbian or Mexican. I even get memories of some stuff i used to get in Thailand especially before lighting it.

Feeling good about those 4 little beans.

Think I'm Gonna Roll Me A Flo

Thanks Soilman

 

[Guest]

Its what female seed breeders aspire to,many of them anyway.If you try intentionally you'll find some strains/pheno's almost make a flower automatically when left past normal harvest times,then some are almost impossible to do.Remember its only a good thing when "female pollen" is used for self-pollenation,and you wont normally get female pollen until some time after the "normal" flowering time.Another words if you spot a seed a week before normal harvest time,chances are great it wasnt pollenated by "female pollen".Before I get jumped on by using the term female pollen dont look at me,I didnt make it up lol.

I agree with a lot of what you say but let me offer a slightly different perspective....

Because the fact that all the seeds were in one bud its likely pollen source was from a nanner.....

However since the seeds were dark its not likely the pollen was from a flower that was after the normal harvest hermies... like soma uses.....

Because it would take at least 3 weeks for them to mature....

Normally the method of taking a little pollen from past prime plants is used to pollenate other plants..... not self.....


In the case of a self pollenation the odds are the plants will be like mom....


slightly hermaphroditic....

I think its generally agreed that if you used that pollen on another female your chances for females is increased...

 

[Guest]

Thanks Sea of Green valid points as well i did flower for 10.5 weeks and the seeds looked very dark and mature, darker and slightly bigger than what i started with, but then again i remember being very dissapointed when i saw the beans out of the pack.

Why only 4 seeds out of 1 bud i have smoked over 9 oz's that came out of that cab and not another seed anywhere

The bud had to be one of the nice tops cause it came out of my jar that had all my select nuggs

Peace

 

[TGT]

I have a Blueberry strain that has been around my circle of friends for over 10 years now. It is the best Blueberry I have smoked to date, but sometimes late in bud she gets a few nanners. This is okay as she only produces about 10 seeds per pound at the most. The cool thing is I always keep the seeds and when I have grown them in the past they produced excellent specimens.

When it pollinates itself (very rare) it produces almost exact replica's of itself. When it pollinates another strain that's when the fun begins. She has produced wonderful pheno's this way with almost all being keepers. I love this plant for the potency and taste, but also for the breeding ability. I have never got a hermi from her yet and I have grown over a dozen seeds from her in the past. Right now I have two going. One is a Blueberry/AK47 and the other is a Blueberry/Hash Plant. The Blueberry leaf size, colour, shape and texture, and sometimes taste seems to be dominant. The branching and yeild seem to always come from the crossed strain. I always keep the seeds created by her.

In your case I would try the seedling and see how she does. In my experience you sometimes have a chance of getting a hermi, but not always as in the case of my Blueberry strain. Plant the seed and grow her! I'm sure it will be interesting. If she turns out bad, just chop her before she pollinates others. I have always liked getting a few seeds, you never know what your going to get. Good luck!

TGT

 

[Guest]

Yea will do when i have more room!

My next grow is Nirvana Special & Soma NYCD that i can't wait to Grow & Smoke pic up the clone friday

Peace

 

[Guest]

Definately,I wouldnt self pollenate with female pollen and I lost the one chance I had due to bad timing,and it unexpetedly working for a change.I wouldnt self pollenate its self defeating and kinda pointless.Its best to fertilize a cut you've gone through several grows with and can be certain about its femininity,as certain as you can be anyway.

 

[facelift]

Two grows ago in the fall, I had a hermy that stopped producing pollen sacks and centered in on flowering. I guess I ended up with 3 ounces when it finished and I had 40-50 seeds. I am using those seed this time around and all 4 of the seeds I planted produced female plants. They are about 3 weeks into flowering right now.

I would save those seeds and not discard them.

 

[TNTBudSticker]

I bet it came from the bottom of the plant.

I got that once from a BogBubble...It's the fattest seed that I keep around.

 

[SpitRhyma]

Hey do you guys think bees transfer cannabis pollen?
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