# Seeds/strains question **URL:** \ **Category:** Seedling\ **Created:** [August 28, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seeds-strains-question/34693 "2019-08-28T17:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sto\_418](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/sto_418/32/582486_2.png) [@Sto\_418](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Sto_418)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seeds-strains-question/34693/1 "2019-08-28T17:55:29Z")
Ok it’s maybe sound dumb for most of you but i have a question about seed and strain… if i found a seed in a bud of a certain strain and grow this seed, am i growing that strain exactly or its depend on the male strain that pollinated the female ?!? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![elheffe702](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/elheffe702/32/319856_2.png) [@elheffe702](https://ilgmforum.com/u/elheffe702)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seeds-strains-question/34693/2 "2019-08-28T18:52:18Z")
Yes. Lol, for real, no way to know. It could be from a hermaphrodite plant, or it could’ve been pollinated by an actual male plant, from the same strain or a different one possibly. It doesn’t hurt to grow it and see, but be on the lookout for male parts. ---
**Author:** ![Justin4583](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Justin4583](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Justin4583)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seeds-strains-question/34693/3 "2019-08-28T19:19:07Z")
If I’m not mistaken the sex organs come out on eight node ---
**Author:** ![Justin4583](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Justin4583](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Justin4583)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seeds-strains-question/34693/4 "2019-08-28T19:27:34Z")
Is it true that hermaphrodites only produce female seeds ---
**Author:** ![elheffe702](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/elheffe702/32/319856_2.png) [@elheffe702](https://ilgmforum.com/u/elheffe702)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seeds-strains-question/34693/5 "2019-08-28T19:38:38Z")
It depends on the plant. Some show their sex very early, as soon as they’re mature enough to flower, basically. Others don’t even show a pistil at all until they’ve been in 12 hours of darkness for a few nights. Seeds from hermaphrodites carry hermaphrodite genetics, so it stands to reason that seeds grown from plants that pollinated themselves would have a higher expectancy of becoming hermaphrodites, themselves. However, methods used to make feminized seeds cause the plant to make male pollen, so… ---
**Author:** ![KeystoneCops](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/keystonecops/32/655489_2.png) [@KeystoneCops](https://ilgmforum.com/u/KeystoneCops)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seeds-strains-question/34693/6 "2019-11-20T21:55:58Z")
Even if the plant was self-pollinated (either because of hermaphroditic gene expression OR because the grower applied a solution to cause hermaphrodism) you won’t get an identical reproduction of the buds you smoked. There are a lot of possible explanations for how that seed appeared, but like others said it won’t hurt to grow it out. The only way to keep a chemovar going without variation (and even this isn’t 100% reliable) is cloning. And in your case, cloning could be really beneficial because you can keep that mystery plant in veg while you stress-test clones. As others mentioned if the plant carries hermie genes you wanna know. Even if it’s a hermie, it’s still better than nothing at all. If you let them cycle fully, you can harvest for seeds and hash. Just watch some youtube videos on traditional Afghan has cultivation.