Opinions on cloning a feminized seed plant

[Mojo360]

Hello. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with cloning a plant that was grown from a feminized seed? Everything I have read says it's exactly the same as cloning a female plant but I definitely don't believe everything I read! I'm old school and still find feminized seeds odd and wonder how stable the plant will be and a clone from that plant!
Any experience anyone has with feminized seeds will be helpful but would especially like to hear how the clones from a feminized seed plant turned out?
Thanks

 

[Deadstill]

Hello. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with cloning a plant that was grown from a feminized seed? Everything I have read says it's exactly the same as cloning a female plant but I definitely don't believe everything I read! I'm old school and still find feminized seeds odd and wonder how stable the plant will be and a clone from that plant!
Any experience anyone has with feminized seeds will be helpful but would especially like to hear how the clones from a feminized seed plant turned out?
Thanks

Hello and welcome to the Farm!

While a feminized seed should produce a female plant, there's always a chance it could turn out to be a male. This happens. Whichever sex the plant turns out to be, so too, will be the clone. If you can first determine with 100% assurance that you have a female plant, you will 100% have a female clone. There's nothing wrong with cloning. Some will argue plants grown from seeds will produce more, or have better root systems than clones, but there is a lot of controversy over that in either direction. However, cloning is one of the most preferred methods of propagation used widely in the cannabis industry.

 

[Polcatz89]

100% female rates thus far...always from fem'ed seed plants..

 

[MIMedGrower]

Exactly the same as regular. I clone fem seed plants all the time. I grow any seeds i find too. They are female as well.

 

[Mojo360]

Awesome! Thanks everyone! Sounds like everyone has had pretty much the same outcome :) I will definitely make sure they actually turn out female.
Oh and has anyone had any issues with them hermaphroditing?

 

[MIMedGrower]

Awesome! Thanks everyone! Sounds like everyone has had pretty much the same outcome :) I will definitely make sure they actually turn out female.
Oh and has anyone had any issues with them hermaphroditing?

That usually comes from plant stress. Over/underfeeding, light leaks, heat, etc.

 

[Mojo360]

Sorry new on this site, not sure how to reply. It tries to add on to your message.

But yeah, I know there are certain things that can cause stress and hermaphrodite a plant. I'm just not aware of the process of determining the sex of a seed? Wondering if kinda similar to determining the sex of a 1 day old chick hatchling? A bunch of knowledgeable people checking them out and saying yes or no, but some are actually roosters, haahaha!! Or is there more science behind it? Sorry, I like to know the specifics behind everything.

 

[MIMedGrower]

Sorry new on this site, not sure how to reply. It tries to add on to your message.

But yeah, I know there are certain things that can cause stress and hermaphrodite a plant. I'm just not aware of the process of determining the sex of a seed? Wondering if kinda similar to determining the sex of a 1 day old chick hatchling? A bunch of knowledgeable people checking them out and saying yes or no, but some are actually roosters, haahaha!! Or is there more science behind it? Sorry, I like to know the specifics behind everything.

You cant know the sex of a seed until it matures. But if there are no males in the room the seeds will be female. There is a small fraction that could be male. Nature does that sometimes. Just like any plant can reverse if the right conditions trigger it. So I guess we live with 99% sure.


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