determining seed gender

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skins

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can you persuade the sex ofthe plant by the conditions you give it. like if you have optimal conditions you will produce a female and less than optimal, a male. or is it out of my control, i've heard different things but i just want to confirm it. and also does a hermie plant produce hermie seeds. thanx any help is appreciated
 
Schmidty

Schmidty

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To my knowledge there are no proven methods of determining or swaying the sex of seeds or the vegetative growth until you put it into flowering on a 12/12 light schedule.
 
luke88

luke88

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i've been told that if the seeds have stripes then theyre female, but ive also heard that thats complete bull
 
tusseltussel

tusseltussel

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defiantly bullshit. there are many things you can do to get a better female male ratio, i think theres some info in the grofaq
luke88 said:
i've been told that if the seeds have stripes then theyre female, but ive also heard that thats complete bull
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jackinthebox

jackinthebox

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Yeah there are alot of myths and such

Higher tempatures when its young gives you more males
Higher Nitrogen when its young, gives more females.
etc...etc...etc..
 
Schmidty

Schmidty

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Prove it. :-)

If you want to know whether all of these myths are true or not, then try some of them out yourself with a batch of seeds...
 
tusseltussel

tusseltussel

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i recently did a gro where all through veg i gave em a 17/3/1/3 light cycle and got 4 outta 4 females maybe a coincidence maybe not
 
billybob88

billybob88

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i always thought u could never tell sex at seed, thats very interesting. heres some info from the Dutch Passion website on how to gain more females. I quote "From literature and our own findings it appears that the growth of a male or female plant from seed, except for the predisposition in the gender chromosomes, also depends on various environmental factors. The environmental factors that influence gender are:
  • a higher nitrogen concentration will give more females.
  • a higher potassium concentration will give more males.
  • a higher humidity will give more females.
  • a lower temperature will give more females.
  • more blue light will give more females.
  • Fewer hours of light will give more females.
It is important to start these changes at the three-pairs-of-leaves stage and continue for two or three weeks, before reverting to standard conditions."
 
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kindprincess

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billybob88 said:
i always thought u could never tell sex at seed, thats very interesting. heres some info from the Dutch Passion website on how to gain more females. I quote "From literature and our own findings it appears that the growth of a male or female plant from seed, except for the predisposition in the gender chromosomes, also depends on various environmental factors. The environmental factors that influence gender are:
  • a higher nitrogen concentration will give more females.
  • a higher potassium concentration will give more males.
  • a higher humidity will give more females.
  • a lower temperature will give more females.
  • more blue light will give more females.
  • Fewer hours of light will give more females.
It is important to start these changes at the three-pairs-of-leaves stage and continue for two or three weeks, before reverting to standard conditions."
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dp's got some typos in that list; i've been in this one several times....

higher PHOSPHOROUS will give more males. k is not known to have an influence

24 HOUR LIGHTING will result in more females.

other than that, yep :mrgreen:
 
billybob88

billybob88

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Its good to know cause i didnt know that. I always went by what they said. I think Jorge says something about it in the grow bible but im not sure.
 
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