Random Mature Seeds Need Thoughts

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Been growing both indoor and out for years, indoor always seedless, but when it comes to outdoors there seems to be random mature seeds throughout the plants. I had 11 and I have found anywhere from 5 to 30 seeds from the plants during harvest. FYI plants are pretty large. No Males anywhere at any time. Any ideas why this happens?

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Someone nearby is probably growing outdoors. Wind carries a little pollen. Only thing I could think of

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What he said or hermied.

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Bananas can be easily missed with so few seeds that would be my first guess, but could very easily been the guy down the street had a male. My mom lives in Oklahoma and there’s some big hemp farms around her and half of her plants end up loaded with seeds

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Last year I found 1 mature seed in one of my best looking buds, I think I caused this by taking pics with the flash on at night, caused a little light stress maybe? I’ve read that mature plants that go too long will make seeds to not extinct itself, I’ve never let a plant go too long, I’m sure none of you have either lol

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My guess is probably getting a few nanners and self pollinating. If you live where it’s common to grow outside, then natural pollination is probably more reasonable to suspect. Wind can carry pollen a long way, and a reasonable distance could also justify a few random seeds. Definitely one or the other.

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I have never found a seed in my indoor grow but found a few this year in my first outdoor grow. Neighbor five houses down has a hemp patch in his front yard. It is legal here so there are a lot of people growing. I may just sprout and plant them next year for fun.

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@JaneQP true that! I have an ILGM auto blueberry from last season which gave me a seed I wonder if this seed will be a female ( Im sure it should) and if it will carry the genes of a blueberry auto or its “other” genes/traits?

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I am just worried it will be a cross with the hemp master down the street. At least it will give me practice sprouting seeds since so far I have only grown from clones. I have a great clone supplier, the price is right, and she does all the hard work.

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All my outdoor plants ended up with seeds which I actually don’t mind. Now I have a bunch of possibly better phenos to try…

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@Hogbud @JaneQP Yeah I get ya1 I know of only one neighbor that grows and as far as I know he gets female clones…so were good there! Im sure (from my nose) that there’s other growers in my neighborhood but luckily they all grow females…and yeah I imagine it would be cool to get seeds if that’s what you want.

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At first I was mortified but then realized this is nature lol. So now I have Green Crack seeds and Amnesia Haze seeds but have no idea what pollenated them. Kinda like a surprise present on the way…
One of my indoors also ended up with seeds, not impressed!!

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@Hogbud Thats weird that your indoor grow had seeds?> Hmmm were did you get the seeds? Upside is YES you now have seeds from them, downside is that you have seeds from them LOL… Its a 50/50 shot of having females but its worth the shot.

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Na none of my neighbours grow but I am in South Africa where weed grows naturally where ever someone leaves a seed, so outdoor seeding will be an issue ( i didnt realize this at first as im quite new to growing ) Indoor I had 6 Guerilla Glue Fem seeds in Scrogs but one hermied so I suspect there was a bit of incest going on there. The plants got quite stressed as well from a Nutrient lockout for a short while which may have also been the culprit. GG strain is know for hermies too.

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@Hogbud I :heart: S.Africa…No were geographically near it…but Ive always loved it!

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Mom in OK, maybe we are🤔

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If it came from hermaphrodite is more likely to also be a hermaphrodite. I would use caution if you are going to grow with other plants.

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So, I have no nanners, and my 1 neighbor is anti, he’s 1/8 of a mile away. My next neighbor grows, but he has been growing for years as well, female only, plus he’s almost 1/4 mile away. I’m way out in the country in Michigan. So if it’s pollination, maybe someone is trespassing and growing illegally on my neighbors property.

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Bananas can actually grow inside a bud and never seen it’s just a single male flower amongst the female calyx that form the buds

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Interesting, will be Dissecting a bud that I find a seed in to see if I find a nanner. :banana: lol

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