Hermies cause problems because they may
carry the hermie trait with their offspring. In
fact, genetically the hermie will only produce
female seeds and hermaphrodite seeds. It will
never produce a male seed. If you have ever
seen all female seeds been advertised by seed-
banks then you should have the right to know
that these seeds come from female plants which
are stressed into producing male flowers. The
plants then self-pollinate themselves and the
results are female and hermaphrodite seeds. In
a special case a female known as an XX female
will produce more female seeds than
hermaphrodite seeds. That is how female seeds
are created. In general growers try to keep
away from any hermie plants because they will
spoil a Sinsemilla crop. Also having pollen
floating around in your grow room from a hermie
plant will spoil everything else including
breeding projects.
Abnormal bud growth is a side effect of
this. Because the plant produces male pollen
sacks in with female flowers you may notice
that the bud looks different. Also the quantity
of female bud produced is decreased because of
