First time poster here so please bare with me. It's been about 12 years since I've grown and allot has changed. I just received 11 feminized seeds in the mail (5 and 6, 2 strains) that I plan on using as my mothers. I've never worked with fem seeds so here are my questions....... 1) Do I need to sprout them all or just 3 or 4 of them and chose the best plant? 2) Do I need to sex the mother plant or can I just assume that it will be a female? 3) What is the ratio of male to female with fem seeds? I'm so glad that I found this site and I want to thank all the great posters who have provided so much info! Cheers! Freak1
hello, for 1) id say to grow (maybe at least) 2 plants from every strain and pick the 2 best ones. 2)the ratio on feminized seeds is not something you could tell with a number(I.E. 70%fem/30%m etc...) feminized means that genetically they have more chances to be female,but depends on how you grow them, if they get damaged,overfed,too much or too little humidity.low or high temperatures...etc Since you have some experience I say 3/4 and im about 90% sure that even 4/4 would be females!(if the seeds are legit) but it depends alot to your techniques too. Good luck! peace.
^^^ joefs rite, they can go hermie on ya due to stress, the biggest cause is light leaks durin their dark period. best of luck!
Thanks for your input. Like I said earlier this is new territory and at my age I want to make sure that I maximize my time, money and resources.
As someone who uses feminized seeds I can tell you that femmed seeds from a reputable breeder should be 100% female. And it is true that the femming process is tricky and can easily result in unstable seeds that can turn hermie. But the reputable breeders have the experience and resources to refine and stabilize the best strains for femming, so basically their feminized seeds have no more chance of going hermie than any other female. I have never had a femmed seed go hermie or turn out to be male -- it's always the girl you want. As for what to sprout, that depends on your goals and capabilities. Go for it.
hey dude 1. sprout as many you want, to have that many female, ie sprout 2 & u have 2 females, jus depends how many plants u want to grow at once, but as their fems only germ what u need, as u wont be choppin males 2. you can assume that it will be female, although as mentioned, theres always the poss of her going hermie, but then you have that risk with non-fem seeds, its usually dont to enviromental stress that causes hermies (i've always used fem seeds & never had a hermie/or male) 3. the ratio 'should' be 100% female, after all thats the premium were paying for(them being female) its not like with reg seeds where its ment to be a 50:50 ratio male:female Welcome to GC dude!