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Howdy!

Have a question regarding GHSC Moby Dick strain...

planted only one seed and the plant is beautiful, it is however producing pollen... and have taken cuttings [ still in veg ]

Aware that is a common trait especially among haze and crosses...

My question is regarding the frequency or ratio of hermaphs to pure females...

is this trait common to all moby phenos or can we plant more seeds and find a pure female?

Thanks!

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well i've grown almost 10 moby and didn't get 1 hermie of it :s sorry lol.

What do you call hermie? you got the balls and everything or just 1 banana? or an invasion of banana?

sorry for that, but most time i've had banana i finished my grow without problem ;)

Keep us informated and maybe a little pic and your setup could help too ;)

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heya Dust

Thanks for your reply.. great news!

yeah they have bananas right down low on the bottom branches nearest the stalk. Have pollinated some of my other plants not a huge problem.. but prefer to avoid.

I have a more moby seeds... just planted one to check it out.

Based on your results.. reckon plant some more and consider this pheno an exception.

Dust Thanks you very much!

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well yeah you've been unlucky it seems, or you've had some problems in your room? Sad for the polination of other plants i hope you won't have too much seeds!

only times i've had hermies was when i had lights problem so maybe check your lighting system ;)

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Dust great advice, appreciate it very much.

Will double check timers to be sure all photo-synced.

gonna pull the moby early at 7 weeks .. but np it's phat and healthy and resinous... [ albeit mildly seeded]

Almost hoping that there may be a photo issue. That mean the seeds on my iranian autoflower crossed lionheart plants could be very interesting feminized .moby hybrids hmmm .... oh yeah and the Exodus Chesse phenos... will have a few moby seeds as well... * nods *

Thanks Dust.

feeling much better now :)

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haha yes got to see the positive side, a few homemade crosses seed can give good surprises ;)

Not saying it can only be a light problem, but only hermies i've had with gh were due to light cut during the day ( thanks the wind and trees touching wires..), so, who knows ^^

If you can Create a little thread of your grow in Grow report part, we always love to see some plant porn ;)

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A buddy of mine (who doesn´t listen much) obtained 4 hermies of 5 feminized seeds. He would change the light cycle as he pleased giving the plants 24 of light some days and 24 hours of darkness others...... He only obtained one female (the dumb bastard) I guess that female was inmune to all his nonesense. Tried to talk him out of those light changes but he was convinced it would produce more resin. (Urban Myths)

Welcome gloria17

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it happened to me a couple of times to turn the timer and forget to reset it manually on automatic, leaving the plants illuminated for a few days .. in full bloom, and the result was that: the older plants have stopped producing resin, and some younger ones have appeared of seeds, but not all.

However I have learned not to play with the timer of the lights, and I highly recommend buying timers to ensure that they are reliable both in the sense of durability and that they are accurate in the ignition and the lights out

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Fuck i've jsut leanred something you've got to be real tight with the hours of light you're giving to your babies. I'd found tiny seeds in two of my plants and had no idea why since i had no sign of a male plat in my room.

Do you think that could be explained by unregular schedule of light (i dont shut the light exactly at the same time everyday-i'm talking about 5/10min difference-)?

Peace!

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nah i don't think 5 10 minute of light added or turned off earlier would bother your girls. It's more if you have light cuts of 10 minutes during the day, or light leak during the night that it will bother you, in my new house i kept having micro cuts this summer of 1 to 15 minutes,depending the day, almost everyday or at least 5 times a week, and results has been bubble kush hermied..

It is also "normal" for some strain to start produce banana in late ripening when they are "ready"(it depends the tastes) to be cutted.

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Sounds good then, those two were two trainwreck that i let rippened till the end lol. I'd cut them early ilky so to say (when the last clear just turned milky) the bud was already had a strong indica high at that point,but for those two i've waited a good 25% of amber trichome to see if she will knock me down after a few puffs haha.

Always good to have a bed time smoke in your jar isnt it ;)

Peace!

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wow!you folks * rock*

Really appreciate thecomments.

In the case... double-checked the timers, all is well there. Examined the room for light leaks. Nada.

Temps are good 24c daytime 20 c night --- 45-48% humidity. Ph5.5 Lucas Formula.

No other strains showing hermaph tendencies. 4 different strains.

The moby hermaph is pulled. The moby clones that we had have now been thrown into the juicer.. and will provide a ' run from the cure ' effect [ without the high..] juice your leaves .. if you haven't sprayed anything on them.

Two new moby seeds started .... really hoping it's just one pheno with an indentity crises...

Love the strain ....

Thanks again so much for all the suggestions ... love this forum.

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@ alexbiologo

Love the ice dream grow.. will follow.

' Tried to talk him out of those light changes but he was convinced it would produce more resin. (Urban Myths) '

Indeed.... don't understand why people try to 'make ' a plant grow....know a few [ mostly beginner growers]

like that. Always try to explain that one need supply what the plant requires [ a task in itself ] and the rest is genetics...

' Pull .... don't... PUSH! '.....philosphy serves well here.

Best Regards,

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If everything is as you say, that in your grow room is ok .. then in my opinion things are 2 or you have been very unlucky in finding a seed genetically hermaphroditic, very stressed out or have the plant during growth, and consequently has become hermaphroditic.

Again this is my opinion almost beginner.

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I remember the first time I was grown plants with 10 hydro in the church, during the growth I have not only stressed even worse, the result was 6 of 10 males, and I could not understand why at that time, chedento also a friend of mine who also uses semi ghs told me that he never found the male plants.

Then all I was clear in my second crop when they are able to grow my plants without causing them many problems, and the result was 10 of 10 fammine.

By this I mean that the phenotype in my opinion affect the decision of the sex of the plant.

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Pull dont push.....LOL

I´ve never grown a hermie, I guess its a matter of luck when everything else is OK.

Good luck with those other Mobys. Its a very popular strain in my side of the world. I´ve smoked it many times but have never grown it. Very spicy strain in my opinion.

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Fuck i've jsut leanred something you've got to be real tight with the hours of light you're giving to your babies. I'd found tiny seeds in two of my plants and had no idea why since i had no sign of a male plat in my room.

Do you think that could be explained by unregular schedule of light (i dont shut the light exactly at the same time everyday-i'm talking about 5/10min difference-)?

Peace!

10 minutes of difference daily doesnt stress the plant.

On my big plants i usually find one or two seeds. I call them S1 generation, (i think its autopollinated some how) I dont think any male flowers appear bacause in that case there would be more seeds.

Strange as it sounds all those S1 seeds are always female. I´ve grown at least 8 or ten of those seeds and have never found a male. Super lemon haze tends to produce one seed per 100 grams of dry bud. Its like a gift to find them!

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Enviromental stress can cause cannabis plants to throw out nanners.

The plant is flowering but hasn't recieved any pollen, the stress induces the plant to reproduce buy popping some nanners out.

The reason for this is, the plant horomes realise there is enviromental change and this tells the plant that the year is ending or drought may kill it etc and it needs to reproduce at all cost.

Without reproduction the cycle of life is incomplete.

The process of life in all living things is to reproduce, a great majority of living organisms have both male and female hormones within them.

This is true in humans too, as well as in plants, with out going into the chromasone thing when a female cannabis plant produces nanners (male flowers) to self fertilize it's self (this is often refered to as selfing) the resulting seed will be female and will have predominant hermie genes.

Some strains are more prone to hermieing than others and some times you just get plain unlucky.

Gloria, I am very interested in your iranian auto flower and would love to hear more about it and see some pics if that is possible.

It is a strain that i have seen advertised and it boasts that it has great yields and a good indica high.

Always interested in different auto's and this is one I haven't seen grown before.

Peace

Lams

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heya Lamsbread the iranian auto is ' as advertised ' we pulled august 1 last year [ outdoors planted late june 1 ]. made a few crosses specifically [ almighty seeds ] Lionheart strain. Will take pics.. have iranian crosses 24 days into flower [ indoors ]... looking good. Iranaina Autoflower isn't really an auto in the traditional sense... it won't bud on 20/4 or 18'6 as we've seen anyway. Could be wrong. This cycle we will accomplish our lionheart/iranian double back cross.. looking for fast outdoors.

We have two iranian cross phenos growing right beside an original iranian auto. Already the crosses are more resinous... which was our goal. Will post pix.

Anyone know how to remove gps data extensions from a jpeg?

The bag appeal is okay but not great [ why we crossed it ] the smoke is really nice.. powerful and tastes clean and hashy.

Just order the iranian/g13 from doc... looking forward. http://drgreenthumb.com/cannabis_seeds_GreenthumbSeedsEntrance.htm

Thanks for your reply

Best regards,

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Lionheart strain sounds good to me :)

To take away the Gps data in your file ( called EXIF ) Use the Irfanview software which link is on this page : http://www.irfanview.com/

Once you'll have downloaded it you have to resave your pictures, and you will see some selection to click right before saving your pic like this :

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You just have to unclick "Keep Exif data" And it SHOULD be ok ^^

Good luck ;)

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Dust to the rescue again.

Thanks Dust.

Sorry it took so long to post pix. Haven't been feeling great lately. A quick eye will se that these two plants could be a little happier....

Re: pix The pheno on the right side of the photo is doc's original iranian auto. The plant on the left is the IA x LionHeart.

The LionHeart cross is already notably more resinous than it's mom. Am pleased with the similarity in general morphology between mom and sibling. Hopefully, we will find some of the fuely flavor in this hybrid.

Both these phenos entered the 12/12 cycle 2/24/12 that would make them about 32 days in. We expect that these phenos should be ready at around 8 weeks, but time will tell.

About Iranian Autoflower: The pheno that we used this time did not flower under 18-6. This is actually a good thing in a sense, as it allows for a motherplant based system. There appears to be a declining photoperiod trigger for this strain as opposed to a chronological one....irrespective of the trigger mechanism... they are extremely fast and early outdoors.. Please note: The IA pheno depicted in the picture is leaning toward the lower end doc's specifications... we've had much larger phenos... albeit outdoors.

Not seen in the photo are GHSC Cheese and a Moby Plant that we got from a buddy that we gifted some GHSC seeds to.

Try to get a better photo in another week or so.

Doc_s_Iranian_Auto_indoors.jpg

Thanks for all the help!

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Very nice if those girls are the iranian autos, for sure they look good and you were right to breed them :good:

Have a good grow

For the pics i inserted the pics for you, you have to click on the "image" icon in your reply box, and insert the link from your hosting server in the window that opens ;)

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