[bigAl25]

Nirvana, Paradise seeds, OGR, female seeds: Strains:AK48, bubblelicious, blue mystic, snow white, black widow,strawberry bubba kush. All female seeds and all the buds/plants turned out great smoke. I have one area to grow so femmed seeds are my preference, and I have had great results. Looking forward to sensi star, ice cream and black widow on my next run. Look at the Nirvana seeds fan thread for my snow white and blue mystic results and photos.

[Farm Hero]

Fem'd ya say?

What was the method of fem'n used? (light stress, ionic silver or other)

Was the female used to make the fem'd seeds a true breeding female?

These are a couple of the things I would want to know when buying fem'd seeds.



I see it as cutting the male outta the situation might be beneficial to some, but in the grand scheme i'd rather keep true breeding alive. There is so much to be learned about the males contribution in breeding and cutting them out now seems very premature.

If your fem'd seed company isn't stress testing their seeds against easy herms, then I would want nothing to do with that company.

Also, of course fem'd offspring can clone, hell you can get a single leaf to root why would a fem'd plant be any harder/different?

Just my take on the situation, shortcuts can work, but many times they aren't the best option.

[Manchineel]

Hmm...I wonder how far, if at all, breeding only female seeds has come since the six years from the original post?

I'm not taking the piss. Your post is solid and informative, FH.

Soma is all about organic. He lets his girls go too long until they shoot nanners. The most time consuming method, but also the least likely to cause hermaphroditism in the S1/F1s, I feel.

Others just spray CS all over the place until the room is full of pollen.

Thoughts? I doubt a seed company will ever truthfully reveal how they produce their girls.

[Manchineel]

Hmm...I wonder how far, if at all, breeding only female seeds has come since the six years from the original post?

I'm not taking the piss. Your post is solid and informative, FH.

Soma is all about organic. He lets his girls go too long until they shoot nanners. The most time consuming method, but also the least likely to cause hermaphroditism in the S1/F1s, I feel.

Others just spray CS all over the place until the room is full of pollen.

Thoughts? I doubt a seed company will ever truthfully reveal how they produce their girls.

[zif]

Originally Posted by Manchineel

Hmm...I wonder how far, if at all, breeding only female seeds has come since the six years from the original post?

This was mature tech about two decades ago (and known in the late '70s), so likely not much has changed in the last six years. More and more regular seeds probably have parental lines worked as selfed females at some point, though.

Originally Posted by Manchineel

Soma is all about organic. He lets his girls go too long until they shoot nanners. The most time consuming method, but also the least likely to cause hermaphroditism in the S1/F1s, I feel.

Sounds like selective breeding for hermies? Did you mean most likely?

Originally Posted by Manchineel

Others just spray CS all over the place until the room is full of pollen.

Thoughts? I doubt a seed company will ever truthfully reveal how they produce their girls.

I think you'd find that the vast majority of female lines in any given company are produced using pollen from a single clone reversed with STS. It's hard work to find good 'fathers', regardless of the method.

[Burt]

Most “elites or sports” are from hermi flowers-C99 to Chemdawg.
Nature abhors vacuum

[Stickybred420]

Originally Posted by GET MO

I got a good question to add to this thread- when you find a keeper fem seed do they clone well or are they more prone to hermi after cloning? I ask cuz a breeder told me that if Im looking for a mother to clone then I should go with regular but if Im just tryn ta flower that fems is where its at.

that IS a good question. imle, seed runs need to be treated a little more gently than a clone run. and i personally beleive this is due to sexual maturation. i hear alot about how you shouldnt judge a strain till youve ran it atleast twice from clone. in my experience aswell clone plants seem to grow with more speed and vigor over the seed counterpart.

[Badfishy1]

Is there a way to reverse a fem seed to produce pollen?

[Stickybred420]

absolutely. if you get it to hermie it will pollinate itself. you can use stresses to induce the intersex traits.

[Stickybred420]

I have had good experience with Humboldt seed org, dna genetics and sweet seeds. trying some dank genetics and oni gear next.