Two questions for the scientific community

[DankWolf907]

Hello, first..i hope this is ok to post amd in the right spot.

2 questions ive been curious about.

1- 4000+ years this smart plant has been around, often times evolving for better survival depending on variables. (pests and molds/fungi)
..so, after all this time, why hasnt the male plant changed its chemical makeup of pollen so that it isnt nuetralized by water? Seems rather stupid for such a smart plant..
Are males unable to adapt n evolve or?

2- Theory play..
If we
Take 2 feminized seeds from the same bank/mother, and grow them at the same time in identical enviroments. We then stress both plants at the same time, with the same stressor. We do this multiple times, so that... When we put plant A into flower she turns hermi.
Now we keep plant B in veg, and we provide an absolutly stress free enviroment for an additional lenght of time, say 4months.(maybe8, or 12?)
Does plant B have the same likelyhood of turning herm, or would having the extra stressfree 4months of veg level the playing field so to speak and allow the plant to maintain its femenistic traits?

 

[Emilya Green]

Hello, first..i hope this is ok to post amd in the right spot.

2 questions ive been curious about.

1- 4000+ years this smart plant has been around, often times evolving for better survival depending on variables. (pests and molds/fungi)
..so, after all this time, why hasnt the male plant changed its chemical makeup of pollen so that it isnt nuetralized by water? Seems rather stupid for such a smart plant..
Are males unable to adapt n evolve or?

Actually, this has happened. It is amazing, but there is one variety of pot that has been found so far that grows completely under water.

2- Theory play..
If we
Take 2 feminized seeds from the same bank/mother, and grow them at the same time in identical enviroments. We then stress both plants at the same time, with the same stressor. We do this multiple times, so that... When we put plant A into flower she turns hermi.
Now we keep plant B in veg, and we provide an absolutly stress free enviroment for an additional lenght of time, say 4months.(maybe8, or 12?)
Does plant B have the same likelyhood of turning herm, or would having the extra stressfree 4months of veg level the playing field so to speak and allow the plant to maintain its femenistic traits?

First, plants stressed in veg don't go hermi while they are in veg... they are simply stressed and they adapt in some way to continue vegging as best they can. The stress and the turning hermi usually occurs in that transition between veg and flower, when they are confused and trying to decide what to do with the lengthened dark time. The plant, thinking that something is terribly wrong and that it will not be able to be pollinated, will throw out male parts, trying to pollinate itself in a last ditch effort to keep the species going. Without constant stress, hermies usually occur in the first 3 weeks of flower or at the end when flowering is for some reason being extended. Because of this, the plant that is stressed and then kept in veg will simply adapt, recover and go on normally... the plant sent to flower will react to the stressor that it got before and during the transition.
Having been stressed and reacting to it, I am not sure that pollen from plant A is necessarily going to produce seeds that are prone to being hermies, more than they already are not having any male chromosomes. It turned hermi due to the stressor, not it's own inclinations, and I just don't believe that this is transferred into its genetics.

 

[DankWolf907]

Thanks for the reply!

While number 2 makes sense, number 1...?!
Lol, nope, not believing it. Not yet anyways..