PowerTape25
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Message #8430 posted by PowerTape25 (Info) November 27, 2007 13:25:14 ET
In Reply to: Re: Another question about flowering time for Geor posted by george j warner (Info) November 25, 2007 18:01:34 ET
Thanks again George for your expertise. I've got a much bigger problem now though... the plant is a hermie. Need some advice about whether to salvage it or not. Here's the link to a thread I started on the basic growing board.
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg8x84392.shtml
And here's my post so you'll have all the info...
I'm in my second grow. I only had 3 bubblegum seeds left. Of those, one failed to propagate and one died shortly after breaking the surface. The third has grown and thrived. Its now about 3 weeks into flowering and close to 6 feet tall. I've just discovered its a hermie, probably stress related as early in my grow the temps were quite high (over 100 F for several days).
I've read that you should definitely kill hermies as they contain seeds, less THC and bad genetics. But this is my only plant (after 10 weeks of growing) and it's unlikely I'll be able to start another grow until March because of travel plans early next year. I've also read that you can snip off or pinch off the balls and salvage the plant.
So my question is this... am I going to be able to salvage some decent mid-grade type weed with some seeds and a little less potency by removing most of the male pods? There are literally hundreds of mall flowers so I can't eliminate them all, but if I reduce the amount of male flowers (and thus reducing the pollen) will I still get a decent amount of resin production from the female flowers?
I don't want to kill the plant and leave myself completely dry for another 8 months but I don't want to waste my time with a hopeless cause if the end result will be some shitty mexican brick weed. Anyone with experience salvaging a hermie and the results?
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