IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP PLANT GROW INTO FEMALES..

[med-user]

If i dont buy female seeds is there anything i can do to help my seeds germanate into female plants?

med-user Reviewed by med-user on 03-24-2007. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP PLANT GROW INTO FEMALES.. If i dont buy female seeds is there anything i can do to help my seeds germanate into female plants? Rating: 5

[junkboxer]

i heard that giving nutes to plants in the first 2 weeks they have sprouted encourages it to be male. im sure somebody here can explain that though.

[med-user]

ive seen info on this before but now i cant find it.

[xcrispi]

Naturally - the only way I know tho insure more females is to avoid all stress in your grow . There's b/s chemicals out now / feminisers but I'm way skeptical about that junk .
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:

[Primus]

well really, all it takes is a female name.. like heather or brittany, and then make it wear a dress every day to school... Oh and every so often beat it and call it a slut....

it may not be an ACTUAL female by the time you're done - but it'll darn well THINK it is! har har






but the truth is, no. sex is pre-determined. there's nothing you can do except not stress the plant, so it doesn't turn hermy on you. At least I think that's the deal. I'm new at this too, so I might be wrong.

[med-user]

has anyone heard of putting a birth control pill in a ziplock with the seeds?

[keeko]

i have heard something about birthcontrol and growing but im pretty sure its one of those 'myths'.......it will not do anything

[Primus]

Hrm... That makes no sense on many levels.

Logically I wouldn't think that a human female pregnancy hormone could affect a plant.
Second, if by some miracle the hormone could affect a plant... how would the seeds be receiving such hormones? osmosis through the shell?
Third... Why waste good birth control?

Really, med-user, you're not the first person to want to have all-female seeds. If there was such a simple way to do it, then don't you think every grower would be doing it? Just plant several seeds, and toss the lads as you find em.

[Storm Crow]

I have a few 1920s articles about growing hemp. They cover how the % of males to females can be skewed. These early scientists were trying to promote male flower growth, since the male produces hemp fiber, but their findings can be used for producing female plants.

CARBOHYDRATE-NITROGEN RATIOS WITH RESPECT TO THE SEXUAL EXPRESSION OF HEMP

(from the article) "10. An abundance of nitrogen at the time of fruit bud differentiation obviously leads to the production of female flowers, while the absence of nitrogen at that time tends to the production of male flowers."

Another one- Science/AAAS | Table of Contents: 26 September 1919; 50 (1291)

Enjoy!- Granny:hippy:

[med-user]

ya i would like to find a way to make all my seeds female, the only reason i brought this up is because i think ive got about two females out of 15 seeds. does that seem like a normal ratio? but im pretty sure your right i think sex is probly predetermened