Indoor Why aren't my males creating pollen?

[MaxThrax]

Growing my almost last batch of Masterlows, I have 3 mature males with completely formed male flowers but the pods aren't popping. I cracked open a couple pods from each but it's still wet inside....no pollen. Anyone ever have this? This is the second time in the last 4 months. Do I just have bad seed stock?

 

[Muddy]

How old are they, what kind of light are they under and for how many hours?

 

[MaxThrax]

the 3 males are 6 weeks old under HPS lamp 15/9. Still nothing. The previous seed run I must have used a hermied male because now a lot of the males are hermies. They have seed pods but with stigmas growing out of them. These did not, I thought they were okay.....maybe they were stealth hermies?

 

[Muddy]

I would put it under 12/12 or just move it to a window sill. But if you're getting hermies, I would kill them off. Last thing you want is to introduce hermies into your genetic line.

 

[MaxThrax]

I would put it under 12/12 or just move it to a window sill. But if you're getting hermies, I would kill them off. Last thing you want is to introduce hermies into your genetic line.

They're autoflower, and they sexed at the same light cycle. I can't see how 12/12 would change anything.

 

[Muddy]

It may trick them into thinking the growing season is coming to an end so their self preservation mechanism will kick in and they will produce pollen as a response.