The title says it all are feminized worth the extra money? Yeah maybe for someone who is only going to buy 1 seed for a small grow, but if you want a constant flow of females you can make your own feminized seeds. And if you buy multiple fem seeds and plant them all and one hermies you risk loosing your dreams of a seedless harvest. But let me back track. I have no experience in this whatsoever so do not quote its just everything I learned on the subject. Feminized seeds are good for small 1-3 plant grows. So when you start more plants from seed your putting out some cash. You can buy regular seeds normally 60% less than a feminized, or just use seeds from the bag you bought. Plant 10 seeds so you can have a 50/50 chance male/female ratio. When your plants are able to have cuttings taken take 2 from each and put those clones into flower and weed out the males and let's say you got 5 females you have 15 females. Pick out your favorite of all the plants to be a mother then flower then rest. So one you can have female plants and don't have to worry about buying anymore fem seeds. But now let's make our own fem seeds.. Take a couple clones from your mother, keep them in flower after rooting. Abweek after they shows signs of sex, stress the hell out of one of them to make it hermie. Yes you will have some seedy bud perfect for hash but you will have fem seeds for years. Any corrections are welcome and like I said I have never done this, this is just collected knowledge. Thanks for reading blades hope this was helpful. *bongin* Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom.
In addition to that, one will not want to use the seeds that the hermie plant produces, as they will be more likely to produce hermie plants. Use the hermie plant to pollenate another plant, and those will be the good feminized seeds.
That's how fem seeds are made. And seeds from a hermie are an exact copy of that plant and as long as you don't purposely stress it it will not hermie Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom.
I buy feminized seeds when I do small orders and pick and mix. When I find a variety I like, I take note and will get regular seeds of those if I want to grow them again long term. Most of my growing currently is just growing as many different strains as I can finding what works for me and what doesn't, so buying 1 fem of a strain is good to get an idea for it. However I wouldn't want to make my own feminized seeds, I'd much rather just get regular plants, and take a male and female of the same strain and selectively pollinate a few branches to get more regular seeds, while at the same time just taking infinite clones from the females I have.
Most people use colloidal silver to make the plants push out a few male flowers. If they hermie up with a little stress they are bad genes anyway and probably not worth breeding with.
If your long term plan is cloning, why not start with only a few fem seeds, take early clones while allowing the moms to grow out. If a mom goes hermie, cull her clones and continue to propagate the non-hermies, unto your heart's contentment. Of course, breeding for seeds gives you the ability to stop growing a strain for a while but still have those genetics at your disposal. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
I don't like fem seeds. I have only run them once and they all hermed. They were run along side non fems and NONE of the regular seeds hermed so it wasn't anything I did. Overpriced abominations of nature. If one can't select a male from female I have little faith they could successfully take a plant to harvest.
I had a feminized seed hermie a few days ago..now there's a nice sized hole in the middle of my scrog screen. It has everything to do with genetics..buy from reliable breeders that are known for their good genetics..it's the cheaper feminized seeds that seem more likely to be unstable and hermie. Edit: This strain was white widow x big bud..popped 2 of them and one hermied..the other one is flowering strong
I would almost always choose against feminised. They are twice the price as regular so for most people they are a bit pointless. But for people who aren't in to cloning and like to grow one plant of each given strain I can see the advantage. There's one thing I have to mention about growing single seeds though and that's I usually grow out a pack of 10 and pick the best female to use as a mother (much like the method on the opening post) and whenever I do I end up with 10 completely different plants. I believe to get a decent chance of a decent plant you have to drop at least 10 seeds anyway. Growing in singles is more of a gamble on whether it's shit or good, than the gamble of male or female. I do like to use feminised seeds when I grow outdoors up in the mountains, because I don't have to go around all the plants every day looking for males to weed out
I prefer natural. Males are beneficial for seed grows imo. One seed grow and youre set for years and years.
Ya my fems were Kalashnikova from Greenhouse Seed Co. and we all know the controversy that surrounds them. Maybe that is why but I still prefer regulars.
Kalashnikova hermie on you? I have one of those beans that is feminized..heard it was a pretty unstable strain
I grow in 4x4 tent. I currently cant run a seperate tent to house clones,seedlings,mother. So seeds are my go to. Sent from my SCH-I605 using Grasscity Forum mobile app