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Originally Posted by rlglsg
Are you saying that in the middle of flowering, I should begin leaving the lights on 24/7? Or, are you saying to only turn the lights on for a short period of time when it is supposed to be off?
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Either will work. Even exposed to light for just a fraction of a second during the middle of the lights off period mj can herm if used to a 12hr on 12hr off light schedule.
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Originally Posted by rlglsg
It is my understanding that when a plant hermies, the seed will come true to the plant that they came from. In this case, (if I was told correctly) a hermie Northern Lights should produce fem. seed that will come true to the Northern Lights.
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A hermie is a female plant exhibiting male characteristics - most importantly for our discussion producing pollen. However it still has female DNA. So a female plant crossed with a female plant should only have female genes to choose from, resulting in female offspring. Those offspring have arisen as a result of hermaphrodism so may be susceptible to hermaphrodism themselves. This isn`t viewed as a good trait as most people grow to make sensi (unseeded weed).
The offspring of a selfed plant or a plant crossed with a sibling may well be similar to the parents, or not in some cases, it depends on the genetics involved. In the case of a selfed plant recessive genes can come forward resulting in different (usually poorer, lol) characteristics.
I dunno if Nirvana's (or did you mean you were buying NL from Gypsy Nirvana seedbank?) NL is supposed to be an inbred line (IBL), if it is it should be pretty stable.
Another option you could take is to grow a packet of seeds, see which is the best for you (ie female, vigorous, good producer or whatever) and clone it. You can keep making clones of the clones pretty much indefinitely so you don`t need seeds after the first pack. This may well reduce the risk of hermaphrodism.
For your purposes selfing (crossing a plant with itself) shouldn't be necessary with an IBL, a male and female from the same pack of seeds should give similar offspring, just not feminised.