Sexing Seeds

not getting into an argument here, but several knowledgable sources, including Mel Frank, Ed Rosenthal, and an article I read from one of the big breeders about 'feminizing' seeds, all stated quite clearly that additional hours of light DO contribute to more males developing ... I am not a scientist, and don't pretend to be one, but I repeat: I have had only TWO males in 41 years of growing quite a few plants ... I'm not that 'gifted' of a grower, in fact, my plants seem to be either female and healthy, or female and dying :D ... my point is, I always followed the growing books by Frank/Rosenthal, and had great results at 18 hours of vegging light, 12 hours of flowering light ... if 24 hours works for you, hey, go for it ... but, I bet you've seen a LOT more male plants than I have ... :smokin:

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Originally Posted by roadcam

always followed the growing books by Frank/Rosenthal, and had great results at 18 hours of vegging light, 12 hours of flowering light ... if 24 hours works for you, hey, go for it ... but, I bet you've seen a LOT more male plants than I have ... :smokin:

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I follow that same pattern .... 18 hours of light veg .... 12 hours flower .... I've had plenty of males .... but I have had a good turn out of females. I usually get a female from each strain I plant.

I'm not saying you aren't being truthful .... I just found it incredible.

well, I used to think I had a 'green thumb', but soon found out I don't :D ... while I have only had two males appear, I have killed many seedlings and females, by over-watering, over-nuting, too hot, too cold ... lol ... I've made every dumb mistake there is, but, somehow always managed to get females in the end ... must be my compassionate karma rewarding me, or something ... :D

Well I know I don't have a green thumb .... I have to work at this ..... and I have been doing it for years. For a short time I had plenty of smoke, but I let myself get lazy and I was satified with just enough to smoke ... I've gotten so lazy that I was out for a month which should not happen. I'm in terrible financial trouble .... could lose the house if I'm not careful .... but my ladies could have helped me during the crisis .... but can't because I was lazy.

That has all changed now .... seeing that my ladies are happy is top priority now. If I can get out of this mess I mean to make sure I have enough smoke to help me out in times like this.

I've planted several new strains thanks to friends online that donated seeds. I used that chart in selecting some of my seeds .... anytime I start with seeds I will use the chart then report back on the results when I sex the plant. .... so watch for this thread in a few months. :)

I'm most skeptical because I know those are not mj seeds in the photo. But, I'll be watching your results and if you get 100% female (how many seeds starting?), then maybe we can get a scientific study done(kidding). I'm really interested in roadcam's growing style. What in the world could one do to get 2 males in 41 years? Besides grow only 4 seeds in 41 years. My first grow @10 years back, got all females. Never happened since, usually 60-75% female and try to follow all the instructions on high female from seed output. There must be a secret. The only thing about my first grow and this is something that supposedly brings in more females, is potted up in 5gal pots from seed. That isn't realistic to do in my grows and only did it because I didn't know better. Roadcam has a secret!!!! Please tell us.:confused:

I'm serious, no secrets, etc ... I pre-soak seeds 24 hours in water with a few drops of bleach, to guard against fungus ... after 24 hrs, place between wet paper towels, place in opened baggie, in warm, dark place ... usually germinate in 8-32 hours ... place taproot down in loose, sandy soil, 1/4" of soil on top, lightly tamped ... grow with 18 hours light ... flower with 12 hours light ... easy on the nutes ... harvest ... 100% females SO FAR ... and, all without any SuperThrive !!! :D ... been waiting for this streak to break for many years, actually WANT a male, so I can breed some seeds for the future ... :D ... everything just done according to 'Mel Frank and Ed Rosenthal's Marijuana Growing Guide' that I purchased in the early 70's ... sad note: just heard on news today, the Federal Govt. just re-indicted Ed for cultivation ... (a charge he won on appeal just recently) .... a true pioneer of the movement, please pray for him and his family ... :smokin:

Hello fellow growers .... I told you I would check out the seed theory and I am here to report it is indeed bogus!

I use the method described and planted 3 WL NHz after 19 days on the flower level two of the three were boys! I suspect the third is female.

So the controversy has ended .... It doesn't work!:joint1: :noel: :abduct:

No doubt. As we told you, that was a joke started at OG, many years ago. Thanks for gathering the evidence and putting in print.

Yes, well I hope that people will do a search after seeing that crap on the faq board to find this thread to clear up any confusion.

Update .... the third seed was a late blooming male ... so three of three were male .... if anything I just proved how to find a male!

I did the same thing with SWT#3 seeds and the Austrian indica ..... will report the results.

Hopefully all won't be male .... but if they all are .... have I stumbled on to something? :confused: :stoned:

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