Increasing chances of females

imho......stress is the number one factor in producing more males, it is a survival mechanism.......

subcool said:

NO It dosn't a seeds sex is not pre determined.
Chasing rainbows here..

Sub

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At least I'm not chasing waterfalls... I'm gonna stick to the rivers and streams that I'm used to...

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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Thanks Sub! So it turns out that I did do it the right way. L treat the Deep Purple and Ripped Bubba the same way.

I read somewhere a couple years ago that sprouting under a higher temp (k) bulb will produce more females, so 5300k will produce more females than 2300k. Like sub already said sex is not predetermined in regular seeds.

I use hermie pollinated seeds from a friend and got all females last year, and none of them hermied on me. i think thats the only way to know in advance. Im using them again this year so we'll see if it works again. Im pretty sure that is how seed banks make feminized seeds. they use hormones to turn a female herm and pollinate the crop, rather than cross breeding with a male.

some folks believe in the light temp. theory as do i.....it makes perfect sense.......if the late spring , early summer sun is simulated (5300K), the plant may recognize that it has sprouted with time to live out its natural life cycle.......if it is sprouted under red light (2300K), simulating late summer sun, it may recognize that time is running out thus go male or herm to insure its survival.

Sunbiz1 said:

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/506714-telling-sex-seed-just-buy.html

Now I'm looking as well.

Does this really work?.

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works 60% of the time, every time.

Dr Rams Sex reversal methods for hemp are legit.
All have been tested an peer reviewed for decades.
He was a brilliant botonist.
The fact that hemp can switch sex proves its not set in stone

I asked my friend about his last batch of the 25 yr old Columbian treated with ethylene.
9 of 11 germed last I heard.
100% female he happily reported.


A female plant reversed for male flowers with chems isn't a stress hermi.
They block the plants ability to Be female.
So they grow as a male.
Silver from Sts or CS binds with copper in the female plant witch changes the ethylene production allowing it to produce pollen.

i have always heard to veg under t5s and to not use a heat pad.

i germ in soaking wet rapid rooters. i have had essentially 100percent success rate. i have had 70-80% female as well...

i truly believe rapid rooters are awesome and crucial to my success. i have terrible germ rate sticking em straight into soil

A good tip is put your seeds in a bag with some banana skin, and as the banana skin rots its produces ethylene- this is a natural chemical for determining the sex of a plant. When a plant is exposed to ethylene it creates the female hormones.
also place some around the seedlings, but watch for insects as they are attractd to the ethylene also.

CRaiNKy said:

works 60% of the time, every time.

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New Strain: Sex Panther??

Jersey'sFinest said:

New Strain: Sex Panther??

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i am working on a strain right now, that i want to name after a sexy, mature, woman, like one pushing fifty, but still sexy as hell, like the milf....a cougar per say......it's called 'The Coooosche"......thats why i nearly shit myself, when mz.jill announced her new cross on danko........she said something remarkably similar....i have to ask sub what she calls it exactly...

"It smells like Bigfoot's dick"

lampworker said:

"It smells like Bigfoot's dick"

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I assume you are "guessing" at what Bigfoot's dick smells like... I hope so at least...

I have a cross that has that musky mountain stream smell. I call it Mountain Goo.

If you really want to increases your chances at getting all fems then all you need to do is keep your day time temps no warmer than 75 df and your night temps with in 5 df (70 df)


Ocan

Yep, what he said. + I find that less transplanting / stress helps out alot. I know seeds are expensive and I understand that papertowel poping of taproot then going to substrate lets ya know whats going on a bit better but honestly the more you mess with it the more stressed out it gets. Be confident in rapid rooters ,rockwool, or loose seed starting mix. Keep it at 70-75f and be patient, you will be rewarded. -TGL-