the nature of seeds from a quality grow?

[cracker]

I just sprouted the "only two seeds" from a good amount of quality stuff. I'm not sure but,suposedly this grow was from female clones. The seeds sprouted very quickly. I don't know if they are from a hermie or a true male.

If a hermie pollinated these seeds, will they grow only hermie plants or is there a chance of getting a true male or female plant

If they came from a true male/female than I have at least a 50/50 chance of getting a male or female.

I guess the only way to find out is to grow them out and see what happens. Regardless the stock is very good so I want to take good care. I think I should grow these separate from the rest. They have the potential of a high quality source for me. Any Op's or a source of info on this would be appreciated!

[pipeman]

source of info on what man you haven't told us anything about them.

 

well anyway if you get seeds from a hermi plant then yeah there is a good chance those seeds will grow hermi, but not necessarily. only way to find out is grow em as you said.

[cracker]

My opologies folks, I have the hardest time expressing myself using the written word. I can talk your ears off but can't write a letter worth a dam. Lets see if I can turn this into some decent info.

So a female pollinated by a hermie plant can produce a viable seed. If this was the case than there is a probability that the seed will grow into another hermie but still may produce a true male or female.

A female clone can turn hermie because the repressed male gene pops up naturally or the plant was stressed in some way. All female plants clone or whatever have this male gene hidden somewhere. I was under the impression that a hermie, like a mule, was a hydrid mutation and could pollinate a female causing her to produce seeds but they would be sterlie.

SO here is my next question, If in fact this seed was pollinated by a hermie but still produces a female plant. Will the male gene be more pronounced thus making more likely that future clones taken from it will grow into hermies?

 

Source of info is about how plants become both male and female and how they affect your grow.

PipeMan, Thanks for puttin up with my rambling and figuring out what I'm asking.

Edited August 9, 2006 by cracker

[Frazz]

well for what its worth here's your question answered by Ed Rosenthal 9 Feb, 2005.

 

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Plants turn hermaphroditic in two ways. Some plants are programmed genetically as hermaphrodites. These plants will produce male flowers on female plants no matter what environmental situations they face. Other plants are induced to grow male flowers under stress conditions. Some plants may be more genetically predisposed to hermaphrodite under stress, but all plants may exhibit male flowers as a sign of stress created by growing conditions. This hermaphroditism is not genetic and does not affect the plant's progeny. Sometimes plants that aren't hermaphroditic outdoors will grow male flowers when grown indoors as a stress response. Stresses can include lighting regimen irregularities, low light conditions or response to hormones.

 

If a genetic hermaphrodite is crossed to a non-hermaphroditic female, about half of the resulting plants will be hermaphroditic. If the hermaphroditism was caused by environmental factors, then none, some or all of the progeny will exhibit male flowers depending on whether the plants have inherited a tendency towards hermaphroditism under stress conditions and whether the plants face those conditions.

 

If you have only a few plants and are willing to spend the time making daily inspections for male flowers, you can produce a sinsemilla crop. It's important to remove the male flowers before they open and release pollen.

 

 

hope this helps

[cracker]

If the hermaphroditism was caused by environmental factors, then none, some or all of the progeny will exhibit male flowers depending on whether the plants have inherited a tendency towards hermaphroditism under stress conditions and whether the plants face those conditions.

 

 

Thanks Frazzle! All I want to do is grow a few carrots and end up studying advanced genetic theory!

[cracker]

Heres a pict of those "Quality "seeds I was blathering about earlier! These little jewels hopefully wiil supply clones for round 2! Two aspects of this I realize now. 1st is I didn't have a frickin clue before and 2nd I still have a way to go! Thanks for everybody's patcience. I'll do Ya proud next round!

[sols]

g'day; from my experience.....if you grow 1 plant by itself it will more than likely be male or hermie, grow minimum of 2 plants together for better odds.my 1st 5 grows produced males and hermies only(i only grew 1 at a time for security sake), so i grew 4 side-by-side and got 3 fem and 1 male, i very very rarely get any hermies now.

stress is also a major cause of hermaphroditism.