I was reading THE BEST OF ASK ED by Ed Rosenthal and I read this on page 16 - SEXING SUCCESS -[ I have been growing some great smoke for 5 years . The reason I am writing to you is because readers often ask , " How can you tell a male seed from a female seed? " I think I may have found the answer everyone is looking for. First, germinate the seeds. Look to see where the sprout comes out of the seeds. If it comes out on top or either end, I've found that the plant will be female. If it comes out on the side, it will be male. I know this sounds crazy, but I've had over 90% success with this method and so have Friends of mine. I hope this helps some of your readers. R. L. ] I have found this to be true in a small test of 5 beans, I only had one sprout on the end and the rest came out the side and sure enough the one that came out of the end was a female . Has any one else found this to be true ?