HERMAPHRODITIC CANNABIS - COMMON IN LANDRACES!

Cannabis has been practicing gender fluidity for thousands of years, and it is a cool survival strategy... if your goal is to make seeds, and there are no males around - pollinate yourself! But this garden is not a feral wild garden, and we don't want all of our different cannabis varieties seeded by a single plant - so we sadly have to say ADIOS to this lovely Cambodian plant. Luckily, we caught this plant before it's pollen sacks were mature, so no pollen was released, but a day or two longer some of the pollen sacks would have started opening.... Hermaphroditic cannabis plants are common in landrace varieties from regions where seeds are celebrated or not frowned upon, so we need to be vigilant in looking for herms in our landrace garden... to avoid seeding our other varieties, and eventually removing this trait from future breeding projects. When humans intervene in the breeding and selection process, it raises some philosophical questions... and we always try to celebrate and honor all of the diverse plant expressions, but when pollen is involved, it flies everywhere and affects the entire garden, so to preserve and celebrate all of the other cannabis varieties - we have to remove any plant that starts producing pollen. Domestication and selective breeding is playing 'God' in some ways, and we try to be mindful of our decisions... while also being mindful of the overall goals of the farm and future genetic traits and utility. Sad to see a beautiful plant like this go, but that's life (and death) on the farm. - peace