Hey buddy
Is this a hermaphrodite?
Short answer: No, I don’t see a herm here.
What I see in your photos:
• White pistils coming out of calyxes
• No round, smooth balls
• No clusters of sacs
• Growth is irregular but clearly female
A true herm would show:
• round pollen sacs (like tiny balls)
• often in clusters
• no hairs coming out of them
That’s not what’s happening here.
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🌱 “All leaves are 3-fingered — is it ruderalis?”
This is where confusion usually starts.
Important truth:
👉 Three-finger leaves do NOT automatically mean ruderalis.
You can see 3-finger leaves from:
• autoflower genetics
• early flowering
• stress
• re-veg
• some sativa-leaning plants
• certain phenotypes
Ruderalis influence affects flowering behavior, not just leaf shape.
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📏 About the size (≈50 cm)
That size is completely normal for:
• autos
• early flowering plants
• plants grown under stress or limited root/light conditions
Again — size alone doesn’t indicate herm or ruderalis dominance.
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🌸 What are those structures then?
Those are female pre-flowers:
• calyx + pistils
• sometimes a bit messy looking early on
• totally normal at this stage
Some plants stack calyxes early and look “weird” before buds form properly.
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🚫 Why it’s NOT a herm
Let’s be very clear:
• No banana-shaped anthers
• No pollen sacs
• No ball clusters
• Pistils are dominant
A herm doesn’t hide well — once you see it, you know.
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🧠 What I’d recommend
• Keep the plant
• Keep observing
• Check nodes every few days
• Don’t stress it more (stress can cause herms)
Right now, there is no reason to cull this plant.
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🌱 Final reassurance
This looks like:
• a female plant
• with auto / ruderalis influence or early flower expression
• expressing a 3-finger phenotype
• not hermaphroditic
You’re doing the right thing by asking before acting.
If you want, you can:
• post a close-up of a suspected node later
• or wait a few days — true sex traits become obvious quickly
Growers love my friend and remember this is just what i see and my humble opinion