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I havnt had many males. But the ones i do get i collect the pollen. I got a cut of black indica i wanna keep so i dosed her with some pollen. Got some seeds on my way. Fems are nice cus you can bust 100% girls. But i do like the regs i think.just curious, why would anyone use normal seeds instead of feminized seeds?
In the past I've only bought feminized seeds for obvious reasons but I've often wondered why people buy regular seeds with the 35% chance to get a male.
Planning on producing more seeds?
cheaper seeds?
can't get feminized seeds in a particular strain?
All of the above.just curious, why would anyone use normal seeds instead of feminized seeds?
In the past I've only bought feminized seeds for obvious reasons but I've often wondered why people buy regular seeds with the 35% chance to get a male.
Planning on producing more seeds?
cheaper seeds?
can't get feminized seeds in a particular strain?
just curious, why would anyone use normal seeds instead of feminized seeds?
In the past I've only bought feminized seeds for obvious reasons but I've often wondered why people buy regular seeds with the 35% chance to get a male.
Planning on producing more seeds?
cheaper seeds?
can't get feminized seeds in a particular strain?
Of course. The plant that produced those seeds had a dose of colloidal silver.To get a prize male 4 breeding and personally I think reg seeds grow with more vigor.
I knew there was another way. I think the colloidal silver is very frowned upon because it increases the genetic potential of hermie. I need to get my Malawi rolling and find a good male and cross it with my blackberry. This whole Monsanto scare has me freaked.The term s1 was created in the cannabis culture. If absolute preservation needs to be taken then instead of hermine the girl I would just hit her with pollen from a solid male. The more I study the more I would much rather have any f series over s. It doesn't always require silver. The removal of ethylene will result in male parts.
Haha @jumpincactus
I'll open up. Most feminized seeds are made by applying colloidal silver to a female plant. Here's the issue. A plant that has 0 potential to turn hermaphrodite will not provide seeds like this. So you see there is genetic potential to becoming a hermaphrodite.
This is my best understanding.
Rhodilization...yessir I realized my mistake but it really takes some serious stress to make a true female go hermaphrodite otherwise they would just light leak it. So now that youve triggered that shift and begin making beans would the hormonal shift code into the genetics and be a little more sensitive to a trigger of this hormone shift? or say more hermaphrodite lineage.All marijuana plants can reverse. It is always in their genetics. It is caused by hormonal shifts.
And they use a much safer chemical called STS to inhibit ethelyne production and coerce stamen to grow.
I like feminized seeds as I must stay in plant count and have no room for males anyway.
Rhodilization...yessir I realized my mistake but it really takes some serious stress to make a true female go hermaphrodite otherwise they would just light leak it. So now that youve triggered that shift and begin making beans would the hormonal shift code into the genetics and be a little more sensitive to a trigger of this hormone shift? or say more hermaphrodite lineage.
Cool because honestly this was always a little confusing to me. I think im going to do it the old fashion way. Let them do the horizontal dance. Let a landrace Malawi boy get his d wet in some of this hybrid blackberry. Got 2 phenos of black. A bush and a tree but my concern is budsets and quality lol. I do like their vigor though.Rhodilization is when you let the plant mature too long and it can make seeds from late nanners.
Works but is very unreliable.
STS is a chemical like CS but safer for us and the plant. And is applied early in flower to stop ethelyne production which is the hormone that makes the flowers bloom.
Neither of these techniques stress the plant the way you are suggesting. You can apply to only part of a plant and have healthy female buds on the rest of it.
I have found that strains like diesel and Thai that tend to grow nanners do so feminized or regular. And stable strains like northern lights and white Widow never get any in my garden even when from feminized seed.
It comes down to the breeding of the plant not the way it is making seeds.
This is info from discussions with the breeder of CH9 seeds. He is one of the early users of STS to make Fem seeds in the late 90's and has been written up in Skunk magazine for his breeding techniques.
The book Marijuana Botany by Clark has great info.
Here is a huge list of free pot books that includes clarks books.
http://catnews.org/FREE Pot Books/
Well here comes a 500 page thread omg you really didn't bring that up did you.
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