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Hermie High Times Centerfold pic!
- Thread starter TedNugget
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You would have thought they would have at least removed em... It's trimmed well enough after all.
I must also state, for the record, I would have no hesitation in smokin that puppy.
Am I in a different world to everyone else! Hermies are not ok. And have no place in my room. I've never had a killerqueen cut hermi. I'd take a look at my grow methods if I was getting them all the time. White widow does hermi or it did for me anyway. The only herms that are acceptable are long sativas that are not meant for indoor environments. Go back ten or fifteen years and they were really rare. All this feminised bullshit is bringing this trait into everything
I echo this statement. While it is technically a herm IMHO end of duration nanners and a hermaphrodite are not quite the same thing. The latter will fuck your world while the best smoke I've ever had has came from the former. They're ugly as sin and make my skin crawl when I see it on something I grew but they aren't anywhere near as dangerous as some are making them out to be.
* I also don't necessarily think the quality of High Times has gone down. I just think it appears that way as one gains experience because their format is geared towards those without it.
Well, I can agree that a plant that goes hermie at the very end of the grow is not as big a deal, because the resin glands/seed pods have had time to fill with resin (instead of a tiny seed and air) and the pistils have already basically died back anyway.
But that has not been my experience. Most of the hermie strains I've dealt with do it mid flower (somewhere between weeks 2/3 and 4/5) and it WILL mess up every plant in your room even though it doesn't produce viable seeds and many people don't notice the end product has even been pollinated.
I literally spent days looking for light leaks because 3 out of the 5 feminized seed strains I popped grew hermies. I spent an entire hour sitting in my room during dark period, letting my eyes fully adjust to the darkness so I could search for the tiniest of light leaks.
The really disappointing thing is even some of the regular seeds I've ordered now seem to have these hermie traits.
I call it the hermie epidemic...
But that has not been my experience. Most of the hermie strains I've dealt with do it mid flower (somewhere between weeks 2/3 and 4/5) and it WILL mess up every plant in your room even though it doesn't produce viable seeds and many people don't notice the end product has even been pollinated.
I literally spent days looking for light leaks because 3 out of the 5 feminized seed strains I popped grew hermies. I spent an entire hour sitting in my room during dark period, letting my eyes fully adjust to the darkness so I could search for the tiniest of light leaks.
The really disappointing thing is even some of the regular seeds I've ordered now seem to have these hermie traits.
I call it the hermie epidemic...
yep if their is balls or male parts show up mid flower it gets shit canned...and yes there is a lot of hermy stock from breeders out there .. I have been disappointed from many strains from so called reputable breeders..i wont name names tho...yeehaw
Ted Nugget seeds do not form in the resin sacks. In fact there are no resin sacks. There are trichomes that have THC and then there is resin that coats the flowers. These things exist to protect seeds that form. When flowers are seeded the plant puts all it's energy into seed formation and protection.
I think seeded bud is more potent than non-seeded bud. The best pot I ever had was seeded. In fact the top ten buds I ever had were seeded.
Being old school I actually think seeded pot with the seeds removed taste better than non-seeded weed. Taste is individualized though. Potency can be too but not so much. Potency is my main concern.
That being said my favorite thing about weed is the process of smoking it and sharing buds with others. I would never complain about somebody sharing weed with me and it was just mid grade. The fishing would still be better because we had it to smoke.
IMHO outdoor, seeded pot is the most potent strain to strain. I will break out the record album and deseed that pot and enjoy with a smile on my face.
I think seeded bud is more potent than non-seeded bud. The best pot I ever had was seeded. In fact the top ten buds I ever had were seeded.
Being old school I actually think seeded pot with the seeds removed taste better than non-seeded weed. Taste is individualized though. Potency can be too but not so much. Potency is my main concern.
That being said my favorite thing about weed is the process of smoking it and sharing buds with others. I would never complain about somebody sharing weed with me and it was just mid grade. The fishing would still be better because we had it to smoke.
IMHO outdoor, seeded pot is the most potent strain to strain. I will break out the record album and deseed that pot and enjoy with a smile on my face.
Yeah I have to agree with this. It makes sense to if you think about it. The plant's only true purpose if you will, is to reproduce. If it is put in a controlled environment where it's kept away from pollen then it only makes sense that the plant will react when it starts sensing the end stage of it's life. Of course if it's about to die the plant is likely to hermie and take one last desperate stab at reproducing. The state of being unpollenated for it's entire life span while preferable to us is unnatural and stressful for a plant.
Bingo
Yeah see, that's the key. You take them at their peak rather then trying to squeeze extra days or weeks of growth out of it. The fact that many say they've never seen nanners does not mean their strain won't grow them. It's either that they take theirs at their peak too or it's because the strain in particular is very stress resistant. Which is very likely since we often focus on stress tolerance when trying to develop a strain.
Sigh....
Calyx is covered in trichromes.... The calyx itself doesn't "fill" up with resin...
You have been growing how long?
I hate stirring the pot but come on....
I think people should inspect their crops a bit more....theres a few nanners in there if ya let em go long enough...yeehaw..finding a few nanners in a full crop aint always easy....like I said for me I guess about 80% of strains have shown a few late stage nanners...I got over it long ago...
Yep...! Thats me ..tho I like couch lock and prefer it, I do take my babe early, on time as read by the trics,to avoid molds more than anything
I prefer late stage indigas...picking early leaves me disappointed...so ya I let mine go longer than most...yeehaw
I feel I need to say I've been growing for 15 years properly indoors this year, but I grew outside for a few years before that. I've grown literally hundreds of different strains, I very rarely do a whole grow of all one strain. I'm not bragging I just want to let everyone understand where I'm coming from. With reguards to experience.
I've let plants go for longer than is needed on many many occasions when dialing a strain in. Just like I've chopped them early to. To say people who don't have hermie don't let there herb go long enough is not a correct statement.
Like I said before I do not get many hermies at all, and I would bet you all the money I earn in a year that I could name five strains off the top of my head that you will never get to hermie without chemicals.
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I know people who have literally abused these strains trying to get some pollen from them. In fact when you are trying regularly to get hermies for pollen you realise how hard it is to get them to turn.
Obviously a lot of plants will herm due to stress but the ones above don't even do it then. Guys you don't have to put up with hermies in your garden, meet a fairy or get on some decent genetics. But only if you sure 100% you grow technique isn't stressing your plants.
When I started growing hermies were pretty much non existent, I'm not sure why or even if it was just a case of I couldn't spot a herm even if it smacked me in the face back then. We grew some shocking weed outside, it got us high and at the time we thought we were Dons. It's was grassy tasteing shit tbh.
I've let plants go for longer than is needed on many many occasions when dialing a strain in. Just like I've chopped them early to. To say people who don't have hermie don't let there herb go long enough is not a correct statement.
Like I said before I do not get many hermies at all, and I would bet you all the money I earn in a year that I could name five strains off the top of my head that you will never get to hermie without chemicals.
Exodus cheese
Exodus cheese x nl5
Psychosis
Psychoberry
Psyco d
The blues
The livers
I know people who have literally abused these strains trying to get some pollen from them. In fact when you are trying regularly to get hermies for pollen you realise how hard it is to get them to turn.
Obviously a lot of plants will herm due to stress but the ones above don't even do it then. Guys you don't have to put up with hermies in your garden, meet a fairy or get on some decent genetics. But only if you sure 100% you grow technique isn't stressing your plants.
When I started growing hermies were pretty much non existent, I'm not sure why or even if it was just a case of I couldn't spot a herm even if it smacked me in the face back then. We grew some shocking weed outside, it got us high and at the time we thought we were Dons. It's was grassy tasteing shit tbh.
Are you from the UK? I was under the impression you were from the East Coast? From my experience that list would put anyone growing for other than personal use out of business in a large chunk of the states and here in California you literally can't give Cheese away. The vast majority of what's marketable here is stuff that's prone to late season preservation nanners and ignoring what the market wants is not a very smart business model
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