Canna.grower
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Hello to those who enjoy growing their own. I am having no luck finding any discussion here or elsewhere about seed selection for those of us who do no pay for seeds. As a grower for many years, I have saved a large number of seeds. I do not want to sell or trade them. I use them, of course, to start my next crop and that is where some discussion and sharing or experience would be most helpful. Does anyone have ideas about how to select the seeds that will give the best results when you have thousands of seeds (they are not feminized) to choose from?
When I search for advanced help on the web, the first 500 search responses are from seed banks trying to sell seeds. I want to learn and share experience from home growers about what works best for seeds that are most vigorous, highest yield, best THC content and even the most likely to be female plants. The common wisdom is that seed gender cannot be determined from examination, and I believe this. But are some locations on the plant more likely to be female than male? What about timing of seed "hatch". If I wet 100 seeds and plant only the first (or last) 6 to sprout will there be any effect on gender? How about exposing plants that are in vegetation stage to a dusting of pollen? What about age of seeds? Do older seeds such as 3 years since harvest produce any different ratio of gender than fresh seeds?
I am not looking for basic seed info such as sorting out preemies, squashing in fingers to weed out dry and hollow seeds, or other basic 101 level support. These things one learns from experience if no other way. I am hoping for sharing of ideas beyond the more obvious. What have you learned from handling your own seeds?
When I search for advanced help on the web, the first 500 search responses are from seed banks trying to sell seeds. I want to learn and share experience from home growers about what works best for seeds that are most vigorous, highest yield, best THC content and even the most likely to be female plants. The common wisdom is that seed gender cannot be determined from examination, and I believe this. But are some locations on the plant more likely to be female than male? What about timing of seed "hatch". If I wet 100 seeds and plant only the first (or last) 6 to sprout will there be any effect on gender? How about exposing plants that are in vegetation stage to a dusting of pollen? What about age of seeds? Do older seeds such as 3 years since harvest produce any different ratio of gender than fresh seeds?
I am not looking for basic seed info such as sorting out preemies, squashing in fingers to weed out dry and hollow seeds, or other basic 101 level support. These things one learns from experience if no other way. I am hoping for sharing of ideas beyond the more obvious. What have you learned from handling your own seeds?