So I had a Purple Kush auto get heat stressed, herm out and self pollinate. Unfortunately it also pollinated my Afghani photos that were out on the deck with it. I’m getting a lot of seeds, kind of curious what will grow out of them. Anyone ever had that happen? They are both Indica strains and I’ve heard that the Ruderalis is a recessive gene.
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I would grow one out to make sure they don’t herm also to make sure it was the stress that made them herm and not genetics @DankyMcSkunkbud
This is my understanding as well 
This is also my understanding but not 100% sure.
Most likely, none of them will autoflower. However, they will all carry the RECESSIVE gene for it. Key word is recessive. As far as I know, there are no plants that have a dominant gene for autoflowering. So, you have to breed the dominant PHOTOPERIOD gene out of it, so that the plant only has a homozygous pair of recessive autoflowering genes.
You would have to grow some of these new seeds of yours, select your best male and cross it with one or two of your best females. Neither will autoflower. I would select for fast growing, thick stems, and short bushy shape. Make seeds with those. This is the second generation.
Out of that batch of seeds, you should get about 25% automatic plants.
Keep crossing your best autoflower plants together, generation after generation, and you will get batches of seeds that are more and more auto flowering. Like this…
Accidental cross = 0% automatic seeds.
2nd generation = 25% auto
3rd generation = 50% auto
4th generation = 75% auto
5th generation = 87% auto
6th generation = 93% auto
7th generation = 97% auto
8th generation = 98% auto
9th generation = 99% auto
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I had 4 strains growing great and one (or many never caught culprit) hermied. Must of had a couple thousand seeds. Granted cross breeding may give bad/undesirable results, not my case. 2 crops in so far and very impressed with results. Quick growing and some of the tastiest weed I’ve grown.
So far I can not complain.
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