seedlings growing into females need tips!!

[smokinbuds21]

i am restarting everything i ended up getting hermis my first time and trashed all of them

the only reason why is two days ago i ran into some really good stuff and was a few seeds so i got atleast 10 out of an ounce there now jerminating and roots are shooting out every where i will be planting them tonight!

my question is whats the best conditions to get females?

my temp is always 80 and at night drops to 70

alot of air flow and fresh water and ph in the soil im using is 6.5

im gonna start with 10 plants and try to get the most females

i also wanted to know if i put them on 24/0 light or 18/6 they say that night helps to be females but you cant have any light leaks and they also say that stress lowers your chance so is 24/0 stress from seedling?

i just want to get mostly females well as much as possible any great tips or suggestions would greatly be appriciated:jointsmile:

smokinbuds21 Reviewed by smokinbuds21 on 08-06-2007. seedlings growing into females need tips!! i am restarting everything i ended up getting hermis my first time and trashed all of them the only reason why is two days ago i ran into some really good stuff and was a few seeds so i got atleast 10 out of an ounce there now jerminating and roots are shooting out every where i will be planting them tonight! my question is whats the best conditions to get females? my temp is always 80 and at night drops to 70 alot of air flow and fresh water and ph in the soil im using is 6.5 Rating: 5

[smokinbuds21]

no replys???????????????????????????????

[smokinbuds21]

damn imy ballast went out and ant got no money to get one for atleast two weeks i just planted these seeds fuck it and fuck this i just cant get it right im throughing all this bullshit away im leaving it up to the experts to do it please if you cant who can

[FireTheft]

can't afford a new ballast go with CFL's ... yea your yield wont be as much, but really thats your only option until you invest in a new ballast (and fyi - make sure you get the correct ballast for your setup...dont mix and match incorrect hardware - its dangerous and a fire hazard) if you can't do anything about your temp make sure you have good ventilation. with fall approaching your temps may go down naturally anyway. make sure you have NO light leaks. and that when its dark in your grow room, that is DARK! interrupting darkness can lead to hermis/males. use a soilless mix with perlite and liquid ferts.

personally i prefer 18/6 and not 24 during vegging. I find that 24 makes them grow almost too fast and you end up with a weak center stalk that cant support the leaf growth....but others on here would disagree w/me.

with temps that high you run the risk on bugs/mites. buy pest strips and neem or einstein oil and take a preventative approach. once your plants get past the seedling stage I would spray them w/neem or einstein oil every 4-7 days making sure to get the underside of the leaf. I believe stinky attic on here does that and has never had a problem

[stinkyattic]

once your plants get past the seedling stage I would spray them w/neem or einstein oil every 4-7 days making sure to get the underside of the leaf. I believe stinky attic on here does that and has never had a problem

Absolutely not, overapplication of an oil, particularly to the underside of the leaf, can KILL your plants by clogging the stomata, leading to suffocation.

If you want to give out lousy advice, be my guest- I'll correct you- but don't be putting my name on that crap.

Neem oil as a miticide should be used on the leaf surface- CAREFULLY.

[khronik]

Still, it'd be nice if someone could answer the original question, so anyone else clicking on this thread would be able to get an answer.

It would seem that percentage of females is mostly a matter of luck, since a clone taken from a female will grow into a female and pollinating a female with a staminate female will give you feminized seeds. I've heard that if your plants become rootbound early on, they are more likely to become male, but I can't verify this, and I'm not sure how this would work.

[FireTheft]

Absolutely not, overapplication of an oil, particularly to the underside of the leaf, can KILL your plants by clogging the stomata, leading to suffocation.

If you want to give out lousy advice, be my guest- I'll correct you- but don't be putting my name on that crap.

Neem oil as a miticide should be used on the leaf surface- CAREFULLY.

first off my apologies to you stinkyattic....my intentions were not to attach you to bad information ... which is why I said "I believe" not "for certain" when I used your name.

2nd there IS someone on here, who's name I can't remember(obviously) that does spray their plants several times a week w/neem and has had amazing success with their grows. my advice to the person that started this thread was based on the situation they are in. Yes I know, its not ideal to spray neem that mcuh, but I felt doing so would be the lesser of two evils when it came to his grow. The potential negative effects of too much neem vs. the potential negative effects of high temps and bugs. Either way he is running a risk and I just personally feel that going the proactive route w/using neem would be better than waiting for mites to appear in temps like that.

no worries though....you provide great advice and I read and follow much of what you write.....so for that I thank you. :thumbsup:

[smokinbuds21]

thanx for the info but i have more questions in just a sec

i have kno light leaks and just installed a 12 inch fan in the wall of the growing cabinet it has ventilation on top and bottom of cabinet and at night time for the plant i put a cover over it and turn out all light theres also a ac right above blowing right into the fan now that i that is right the temp is sitting at 76 st8 with all the light on

i went out and bought 4 42 watt cfl big cfl's thie biggest ive seen and 2600 lumens each i planted seeds this time

my questions are:

i let the seeds germinate in a cup of water till iseen roots ans put them in dirt yesterday how long will it take for the plants to break through the soil?

my last plants i through seeds outside and looked a couple weeks later and there were plants 6 in tall thats why i dont know how long!!!

i also have liquid fert MG, and this fertilizer that are beeds thats called dynamite ill probley use that the hole time its npk is 13-13-13
and have blackstrap mollases and fertilizer spikes i know im going to need all of it but dont know which one to use i also have garden lime
which i herd is a nother good thing for the plant

when should i use all of those diffrent ferts and whitch ones and when?

[smokinbuds21]

so i should have a dark period for the seedlings to sprout or is it better to have it on for 24/0 untill they sprout when they finaly do cut back to 18/6?

[smokinbuds21]

please!!!!!