Increasing chances of females

Pross

Pross

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Okay I hope I'm putting this in the correct forum. If not please feel free to move it to its appropriate location. I have purchased and received Dairy Queen, querkle, cheesequake, deep blue and ripped bubba and JTR. I'm having a problem with trying to grow these out because I really only have space for 4 plants. What method can I use to increase my chance to get females if I only pop one bean per strain? I have grown Jillybean and she was/is a star. I frankly think I just got lucky with her turning out to be female. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. By the way I grow in a closet.
 
WaxxyNuggets

WaxxyNuggets

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i've always dissolved a bc pill in the cup i crack and soak the paper towel with. Could be an old wives tale, and I have no personal evidence of it increasing the amount of females, as i run fems sometimes along side their regular counter part. I will continue to do it as long as I can find them.:bigjoint:
 
subcool

subcool

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All a seed needs to germinate is moisture and a temperature range between 50-90 and your good to go. There are other factors involved though and if you will germinate your seeds between 70-80 degrees you will have a better ratio of females. Warmer temperatures tend to produce more male plants.
 
nugbuckets

nugbuckets

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imho, i agree with sub, high temps will produce more males.......don't use a heat mat, if you are looking for ladies....
 
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cnhman2008

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subcool said:
All a seed needs to germinate is moisture and a temperature range between 50-90 and your good to go. There are other factors involved though and if you will germinate your seeds between 70-80 degrees you will have a better ratio of females. Warmer temperatures tend to produce more male plants.
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nugbuckets said:
imho, i agree with sub, high temps will produce more males.......don't use a heat mat, if you are looking for ladies....
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Do either of you have any data to back this up? I'd be intrested in viewing it
 
subcool

subcool

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Yeah 30+ years of starting seeds.
Its pretty common knowledge among Cannabis breeders.

There is another really important fact.
Nature is efficient and one male will pollinate hundreds of females so naturally seeds will produce more females anyway.

Think about it.

Sub
 
dirtysouthgenetics

dirtysouthgenetics

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i have used the heatmat method..had to have a special male..i germenated 5 beans with the heatmat all 5 where males..i didnt have one to choose from but 5 special males.
 
SCARHOLE

SCARHOLE

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Mohan ram (the father of STS feminizing of canabiss) said you could fem your regs with banana peel ethylene.



  • Making reg seeds into fems


    Treatment of hempseed with ethylene gas will increase the resulting number of female plants by about 50%. Ethylene is produced by certain plants (i.e., bananas, cucumbers and melons), and these can be used to treat hempseed in a simple manner. About two weeks before you plan to sprout the seeds, place them in a paper bag or envelope and put that in a plastic bag with the peels of a ripening banana or cucumber. Replace the peels after a couple of days, and change the bags to prevent mold.

    Hempseed can be feminized while they are forming on the plant. Fruit peels are spread around the area for two weeks before the plants enter the flowering phase. Remove the skins when the plants begin to flower. Otherwise, treatment with Etephon will accomplish the same effect.



    Mohan Ram


    http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/dec2002/651.pdf
    His Memoirs in Pdfr


    Ethylene also greatly increases germ rates of old seeds.
    Up to 90% increase in 20 yr old seeds.​



  • I used to thank it was a wife's tale but..

    A friend @ riddles just tried it with 25+ yr old Columbian gold seeds an banana peels.
    9 of 11 germed.
    His last batch was 18 0f 21 germed, all female.

    And if Dr Ram said it's real I believe him.

    But I have tried it once With my NL5xHz an it worked. Ill try it again when it counts.....​


 
dabumps

dabumps

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I'm trying this. I'm not sure... It sounds really fishy or like just straight BS but fuck it it's worth a try. I just figured anythings genetic code was pretty much etched in stone the second it was made.
 
dabumps

dabumps

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SCARHOLE said:


Mohan ram (the father of STS feminizing of canabiss) said you could fem your regs with banana peel ethylene.



  • Making reg seeds into fems


    Treatment of hempseed with ethylene gas will increase the resulting number of female plants by about 50%. Ethylene is produced by certain plants (i.e., bananas, cucumbers and melons), and these can be used to treat hempseed in a simple manner. About two weeks before you plan to sprout the seeds, place them in a paper bag or envelope and put that in a plastic bag with the peels of a ripening banana or cucumber. Replace the peels after a couple of days, and change the bags to prevent mold.

    Hempseed can be feminized while they are forming on the plant. Fruit peels are spread around the area for two weeks before the plants enter the flowering phase. Remove the skins when the plants begin to flower. Otherwise, treatment with Etephon will accomplish the same effect.



    Mohan Ram


    http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/dec2002/651.pdf
    His Memoirs in Pdfr


    Ethylene also greatly increases germ rates of old seeds.
    Up to 90% increase in 20 yr old seeds.​


  • I used to thank it was a wife's tale but..

    A friend @ riddles just tried it with 25+ yr old Columbian gold seeds an banana peels.
    9 of 11 germed.
    His last batch was 18 0f 21 germed, all female.

    And if Dr Ram said it's real I believe him.

    But I have tried it once With my NL5xHz an it worked. Ill try it again when it counts.....​
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Does it say if there is a higher rate of herm with this?
 
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JustAnotherHead

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dabumps said:
Does it say if there is a higher rate of herm with this?
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I swear I found an article where is showed you could tell the sex of a SEED with90% accuracy by looking at it. LOL well not by LOOKING at it. But if you look at parts of it very closely you see what sex it was. Damn, now I can't find it.
 
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