[GuerrillaG]

Oh boy I hope they don't hermie easily.

I just ordered new fem seeds for mothers. I'll be running dual sog flower rooms so this makes me nervous.

[djonkoman]

I like regular, but that's also because I like to make seeds myself, wich I can trade to get new genetics or to have enough to waste a few
weeding out the males is a simle task so I don't really see much profit in fem seed, I do grow outdoor only tough so the space isn't really a problem for me
I see fem seed as a way for breeders to make money
altough I can also see the worth of them for some other people, but for me it's much more profitable to grow out regular seeds

[FunkBomb]

I've been using CH9 female seeds for a while now. No males and plenty of vigor in their hybrids. Female seeds make the entire process easier to do as a whole and for planning purposes.

-Funk

[BlueGrassToker]

There is nothing about the method of feminizing seeds that would make them any more prone to showing intersex than their regular bred siblings. Nor is there anything to the myth that a plant that came from feminized seeds will not clone...or any other anomaly for that matter.
A good mother can be found from a plant that was grown from feminized seeds. In fact, I would be willing to bet that there are well known commercial strains on the market that every one loves, and if the truth be told their P1 was from a feminizing.
I would venture to say that there are lots of forcings and selfings going on before we see the final product hit the banks.

As far as their worth...it is obvious they hold worth. Just for the reasons stated above.
Piece of mind is worth lots for some. And you can rest assured that the myths are just that...myths.

vonforne suggested to steer away from DP offerings. That stems from them making poor selections a good while back. And the result of those poor selections yielded intersex prone plants released to the public. That was all it took to tarnish their reputation. Thing is, it started a good bit of story telling and speculating. The conventional wisdom for some was that ALL feminized offerings must be hermie prone. And when one has half of a bit of understanding that a plant must be forced to produce hermie to make a feminized seed, it makes sense to them that it must be true that all fems are hermie prone.
BUT, it just isn't so.
It may well be that DP straightened out their game and made new P1 selections for their fem offerings...but the damage was done. And like many things in the free market, when you put out crap you may have to pay the price for doing so.
And even if they have figured it out, vonforne is doing you right by warning you.
His warning concerns the practices of the vendor, and not the method of feminizing itself.

[funkervogt]

I really like Paradise Seeds' feminized selection, and I usually grow regulars.

[gnaut]

Thanks for the warning on DP, and I agree, simple mistakes can ruin a reputation.

@funkervogt - thanks for the tip

[Big Eggy]

Back when I was cab growing I had a female seeds white widow clone herm on me, only one single male flower but it was due to light stress.. It pollenated my c99 and made a great batch of femed wwxc99. The guy who gave me the clone said he'd been growing it for years without any problems. This year i'm gonna see what the selfed seeds do outdoors.. Surly they are geneticly identical to the original clone?

[SirTOKESalot]

Very helpFull! I grew out some 3Fem WW seeds last year and they worked out great, had 3 diff phenos and no Hermie.

I Have not Bought fems since then but i think i may start after starting 8 seeds only getting 3 Fem plants out of the deal is a pretty big blow to a small grower. My fault but FEM seeds would make life alot easier to plan.

[dontstepongrass]

fem seeds are the devil!

[go4broke]

Hey Gnaut. I buy both kinds of seeds, and have grown mothers and taken clones from both types with no problems (other than those i caused myself). I buy regular if the breeder doesn't offer a femmed version of something i want. The femmed seeds save time by letting me take cuttings and vegging them in my setup without having to sex them. Awhile back i started 4 plants from seeds saved from some good mids and wound up with 3 males. I would of gladly spent 40$ on some femmed seeds. I still got some good smoke but not as much as i could of . Iv'e grownseeds from greenhouse-- nirvana--big budda--barnetys and others and have only had one plant pop a nanner on a lower bud. I got 6 seeds from that small nug and planted them oudoors. The self pollinated seeds will come up all girls. I didn't find one seed in any of those nugs. Iv'e used the attuitude seedbank many times with out any problems. Sometimes you gotta balance time/money/needs/and wants against each other. So good luck with your grow and when in doubt just GO4BROKE