I mean ya also hear of people picking them off as they grow is that a viable option thou I’m unsure
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I would also hesitate to blame yourself or stress. Your plants are pretty darn healthy, I’m blaming genetics without more information. What was the strain again C?
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So grow #2 for me was some bag seed from a dispo, and the one plant hermed, I attempted to pluck nanners but would often end in a little poof of pollen while doing so. I also vape, but even the “minor” amount of pollen that was on this plant made the bud super seedy and a turn off from enjoying it. I think you saw I just shredded that London Pound Cake for herming on an extreme level, but after running one to completion I won’t be taking them to completion any longer. Just my 2 cents 
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I asked that and then had to leave to go pick up groceries 
back home now.
@BasementGardens @Kiwigreen @methodanon @Organical Thank you for your thoughts!
The strain is just bag seeds from one of the 4 legal producers in the state, and most people understand their quality to be subpar in general. So it’s entirely possible that herm plants are how I ended up with seeds in the first place, so it’s just genetically probable.
I think I’m decided on getting rid of it. I can just baby the other one the rest of the way, and get what I can off it. If nothing else, that’ll make humidity management easier.
I was trying to decide on whether to just get rid of the male bits and keep as much as I can, but I think that process would probably drop more pollen than I want to deal with.
So! After a meal, it’ll be killin’ time. I feel like I need one of those “achievement unlocked” badges with “voluntarily killed first plant” or something 
Best advice for bagging/removing it without too much jostling? I’ve got a few thoughts, but always welcome suggestions.
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Is there a net in there or na I’d just put a rubbish bag over it and rip it unless there a net in then just cut individual stems
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no net! I am going to go as long in growing without doing nets as I can. I want to be able to remove the plants at my discretion.
I think I’m going to get a spray bottle with water, mist everything really really good, and then trash bag. Handy that it’s the smaller one 
it’ll be easier than it might have been.
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(I do have vague thoughts of a “mounted to each individual bin” screen/net situation, but still want to go as long as I can without that sort of thing)
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Man back when I started my growing adventures Hermies just wasn’t a thing lines were all really stable now days ya just never know
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Haha I know what you mean I’m searching through beans at mo diffrent strains diffrent sizes finishing times ect ect so can’t go under net till iv found the ONE! But its taking some time working throu regs because me and fems have trust issues 
lol
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Yeah, depending on how much I like the one that will (hopefully?) make it to harvest, I’ll decide if I want to try running any more of those bag seeds or if I want to just send them on to someone else who might want to give them a try.
Definitely don’t want to be fucking with this every run. If I get true males, then I plan to separate them if possible and collect pollen, just in general. As much as I have a soft spot for my “not entirely male, not entirely female” plant child, I don’t want to bother with it. Even the pollen isn’t terribly useful since most people are trying to get rid of intersex traits.
Hoping the feminized seeds I purchased won’t herm, but I know it’s a real possibility. Pretty sure they’re all white label, so who knows what they actually are.
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Haha fair call I dunno iv grown these white labels and had no problems grown known breeders and naarnas and the other way round too so I think it’s just luck of the draw I found if I don’t stress them at all I’m safe but when I’m rough and break stems and what not they not too keen on me lol
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Aww, shit, bruh. Don’t let this lead u down some kinda rabbitt hole, but I wonder if i have read something on some chemical one could apply to reverse herm. Just puttin’ that out there. Probably there’s not.
Lookin’ at your first pic, i thot “wow wot a frosty early bloom!”. Then, herm! Man, wot a bummah.
I’m thinking also your No. 2 is maybe a good option (and remember, i ain’t no grower at all), that you might move that plant out of there, and let it finish. I dunno if i’d want to run it as u say in No. 3. I hope at least one of them makes it. It’s surely the healthiest herm i’ve ever seen.
Dammit tho. I hope at least one of them works out for you.
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Yes there is same spray they took it off shelves most places as it was found to be known carcinogen
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I would advise against it thou
Yeah, it’s a first shakedown run, so I’m ok with getting rid of it. I’d rather get one to the finish line if possible. And if that one has an issue, that’s okay too. I certainly know I can at least get them into flower successfully without killing them. I can fine-tune the next stage in my next run.
Decided to fill a humidifier with HOCL and run that in the tent for a bit, then I’ll spray down plant 1 and then bag it.
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He’ll why not play it safe spray hole tent both plants then turn a fan up to dry the other back out
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Well, that’s basically what I ended up doing. I did check Plant 1 pretty closely, didn’t see any discolored pistils.
I did see a little bit of pollen on a leaf I think after I sprayed the plant down, so with any luck, nothing actually pollinated.
Then as I was getting plant 2 spread out a bit more, I noticed a bunch of pollen sacs on it too. Not nearly as many, so I decided to pull as many as I could find. I’m going to be vigilant about checking it daily (or multiple times a day), so hopefully it’s still usable? we’ll see.
Definitely some “barely open bracts” that had pistils and “nanners”. There were a fair number of fat bracts that had pistils coming out that I’m going to keep a close eye on.
Not sure at what point I should abandon this one. If it makes it to harvest, there’s too much time left to consider starting seeds immediately, because they’d need the tent before it’s available.
Here’s the aftermath of spreading it out, but before I fully went through and pulled all of the “nanners”.
Only Plant 2
Trying not to remind myself that this was a shakedown run, the entire reason I used bag seeds was because I was expecting to accidentally kill them long before harvesting, so if they don’t make it, it’s not a huge loss, mostly just time. And also am bummed at the prospect of zero harvest when they’ve gotten this far. At least I can mostly blame genetics.
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Oh, and I did turn the light down for the rest of today so it can dry with fewer potential issues. (hopefully? I might be misremembering something. I hit a point of “too much bending, too much staring at bright”, but pushed through to finish as best I could, so now I’m kinda mush. will properly dispose of the other plant later tonight, it’s currently sitting bagged in the grow room)
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Sorry that happened @C_in_CT hermies can destroy a positive attitude real quick. I’ve had it happen both of my last two grows. Hopefully you caught it early and there is still a chance the pollen is infertile. 
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Now that you say that @Gadarien , this current grow I think I had 5 herm on me. That’s the best reason to grow more plants, until they all turn female and you end up with LOTSA bud 
(then it’s an even better reason, hahahaha)
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