ways to induce herms for feminized seeds:
chemical
photoperiod
overripening
heat stress
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ways to induce herms for feminized seeds:
chemical
photoperiod
overripening
heat stress
If they are using hermies to get their seeds I would avoid them. I have always avoided feminized seeds myself but have been around both styles...those made from hermies and those made using gibberillic acid. The hermies produced more herm's while the ones made with gib. acid all made it through to become very nice females without a hint of male flowers. But I'll stick with the natural, tried and proven methods. Besides, I like the cloning part of it anyway...it's all part of the therapeutic aspects of gardening that short cuts seem to be lacking.
All feminized seeds are made with hermies. It's just the METHOD of making the plant go herm that is different.Quote:
Originally Posted by madeline
NAtural herms are bad.
Chemically-photo- or overripelly(lol) induced herms are reasonably safe.
anything unatural to produce seeds stress's the plant out. So while its stressed it produces the seeds meaning that the seeds are not as good a natural seeds cause most natural seeds dont get created when the plant is stressed out.
I've been growing female seeds' easybud and it's almost done (see the sig for details). I really have no complaints, I haven't managed to turn them hermie and I've grown some healthy plants so it's all good as far as I'm concerned.
friend of mine grew skunk special from femaleseeds.nl, no probs,
then i gave him 10 seeds, also from femaleseeds, not one of them germed, which i find a bit suspisious, i think hes f*cked them up somhow but blaming the seeds.
im currently growing dutch passion fem skywalkers, no probs yet...
i think stress seems to be the common factor with herms, feminised or not..
keep your environment within the perameters nd you should be good :)