If you are going to use regular seeds check out Shantibaba's line (Mr. Nice Seeds) and Reeferman's line (Reeferman Seeds). I will not say they are the only breeders I trust but I would say there are no breeders that I trust more than them.
The feminized seed thing has been argued since prior to their release and there was only talk about them soon making their debut. Most of what was, and is, said is speculation and inaccurate connecting of dots but part is legitimate. Depending on if silver colloidal is used or rodelization (the Soma method) there is going to be a difference in likelihood of hermis. Rodelization is turning a plant into a true hermi and collecting pollen from it and using that to pollinate another crop. That creates the hermi trait in the strain, or increases an already existing hermi trait if already present in the strain. Using silver colloidal is far better and far less apt to create a true hermi trait and then pass it on.
While this is only speculation and opinion I tend to believe that a fair bit of the hermi trait came from all the crossing of strains that has been done and the feminization process can increase it somewhat and combining that with a little carelessness on the part of growers and that explains why some people will have so many hermis.
Nice one brick top + rep for that response, i love learning and aint too proud to admit im deffinately still learning but i do try and keep optimium conditions for my plants if you have the time id love it if you could steer me as to where any stressing could ocur.
My set up consists of;
3 x 400w MH/HPS interchangeable lights divided over 30 square feet (i do the whole process from seed to bud in same room so mh for veging etc)
2 x 5" extractors and filters (temp ranges from 80 degrees f to 85 degrees f on hottest days to 71 degrees f during night)
Wall to wall diamond reflective foil
2 x 12" oscilating fans on low setting (gently blowing over plants during lights on and sporadically during lights out)
1 x 30 litre feed tank (heated to 23 degrees c with air stone and pump circulating nutes)
All canna nutes and additives set to 5.9 ph with tester and ionic ph up and down, including
Rhizotonic (stated dose)
Cannazym (stated dose)
Terrra vega (set at around 1.4 ec during peak veging time)
liquid silicone (stated dose)
FLOWERING
Rhizotonic, cannazym and silicone all still added at recomended levels as set by Canna.
Terra flores (set around 1.6 during peak flowering, tested by blue lab truncheon)
Canna boost (stated dose)
PK 13/14 (given between 4th and 5th week)
Air pots and standard pots (the plants that are not hermies are in air pots)
Canna soil mix
All seeds germinated in pete discs sprayed with the recomended dose of rhizotonic solution, and only started on light veging nutes after 8 days or so.
And this is the system ive used for the last two crops with the same seeds (church/great white shark) all feminised from ghsc i usually veg for about five and a half weeks, and have averaged about 5 oz off each and havent increased or decreased the amount of plants in there, and not one yet has shown hermie traits (no seed) so im at a loss as to whats going on, the pheno type was tottally different on the affected plants aswell but i maybe just clutching at straws.
The only thing that i cant gauge is humidity and allthough the conditions are the same the season is not, and its really hot, well for here anyway so i could be running way too dry and not know about it, and in which case i hold my hands up and say i fucked up, but ghsc shouldnt put 100% hermaphrodite free on the pack, oh now i just sound like a complaining turkey molester, any way Brick Top if youve made it this far thankyou, ive learnt my lesson with femmed seeds and by trying to cut corners i got screwed so clones of guarenteed females is as time saving as im going to get but as im only a handfull of grows in id really appreciate any advice on what i could do to improve things, and could this still happen with clones? .....cheeeeeeeers
