I used colloidal silver on one of my plants and got a ton of seeds. My question is how can a plant from one of those seeds become hermie if there is no male DNA? Am I correct to assume that since the pollen producing plant was a female and it pollinated females that there is no Male DNA?
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If the mother plant or the reversed plant had the hermie trait in its genes then it would have been passed on regardless of them both being female. Even though the plants appear female the genetic makeup of a plant is much more complex than just x and y chromosomes
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I have no idea for sure....some one who is better prepared will he along shortly I'm sure.
However, I would think that that would be true. Though I know I have to stress the hell out of my plants to get that gene to express its self. I think genes are there. Just some are more easily expressed in some strains then others.
Like blues. Both your parents have to carry the blue recessive gene for the kid to get blue eyes.
However, I would think that that would be true. Though I know I have to stress the hell out of my plants to get that gene to express its self. I think genes are there. Just some are more easily expressed in some strains then others.
Like blues. Both your parents have to carry the blue recessive gene for the kid to get blue eyes.
Just to add a little to what they said..
hermaphroditism is a survival response that can happen to pure female plants. Its kinda like how some frogs can change their sex if the area is dominated by one sex.
We do our best to breed with the plants that take a LOT of outside stimulation to convert sex. This is why we stress test and do many test grows and select our breeding stock carefully.
amature breeders rarely do enough to weed out the plants with the herm survival traits... Hope that helps.
hermaphroditism is a survival response that can happen to pure female plants. Its kinda like how some frogs can change their sex if the area is dominated by one sex.
We do our best to breed with the plants that take a LOT of outside stimulation to convert sex. This is why we stress test and do many test grows and select our breeding stock carefully.
amature breeders rarely do enough to weed out the plants with the herm survival traits... Hope that helps.
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