feminized seeds..some male

[bigitaly4life]

I had 11 plants from 4 different types of seeds, 2 were fem. 2 werent. 4 days into flowering one showed sign possible male..wasnt sure, figured its still early to tell. day 6 went down and 3 of 6 feminized were male, and 3 of 5 unfeminzed were male..

the one i thought was male ended up being a male. do you think because i didnt take it out immediately it had an effect or no? i just think thats wierd.

bigitaly4life Reviewed by bigitaly4life on 02-05-2009. feminized seeds..some male I had 11 plants from 4 different types of seeds, 2 were fem. 2 werent. 4 days into flowering one showed sign possible male..wasnt sure, figured its still early to tell. day 6 went down and 3 of 6 feminized were male, and 3 of 5 unfeminzed were male.. the one i thought was male ended up being a male. do you think because i didnt take it out immediately it had an effect or no? i just think thats wierd. Rating: 5

[oSecretGardeno]

I had 11 plants from 4 different types of seeds, 2 were fem. 2 werent. 4 days into flowering one showed sign possible male..wasnt sure, figured its still early to tell. day 6 went down and 3 of 6 feminized were male, and 3 of 5 unfeminzed were male..

the one i thought was male ended up being a male. do you think because i didnt take it out immediately it had an effect or no? i just think thats wierd.

Feminized seeds are definitely not a guarantee that they will be a female. Under ideal conditions some seed vendors claim they get 90% female from feminized seeds. If you are asking if it is weird that you have a bunch of males, even with fem seeds, then my opinion is no. If you are asking if the males had a chance of pollinating your girls, the answer is no. 4 days in is usually not enough to create viable pollen, or disperse it for that matter.

On a side note, a lot of breeders won't even work with feminized seeds because they are technically hermi seeds and although all plants can hermi, some think it gives them a great chance of herming again.

[bigitaly4life]

gotcha..did not no that.

[Rusty Trichome]

On a side note, a lot of breeders won't even work with feminized seeds because they are technically hermi seeds and although all plants can hermi, some think it gives them a great chance of herming again.

Any cannabis plant can hermie. Period. From what I understand, femmed or not...the genetics are the same, but the difference is in the chromosomes. I could find no info to the contrary but if anyone has info stating differently, I'd be glad to look-n-learn.

True, there is a prejudice against femmed seeds, and one should likely not use them to further the genetics if they can at all help it, but this is just a "better safe than sorry" approach. I've grown them out, and bred them, with no noticible differrence. But, I do keep my ''normal' seeds separate tho. (better safe than sorry)

Over the past 10,000+ years, cannabis had developed the ability to alter it's hormones (or is it steroids) and hermie...it's a survival trait, latent in the genes of all cannabis plants. (not sure about auto-flower strains, as I've never played with those)
Stress from over-ripening, chemicals, dissolved metals, hormones, ph swings, aspirin, and light poisoning are a few of the most popular methods used to get the nanners to form. This strategy gives the species a better chance of survival. This does not mean the latent genes modify themselves to become active in all successive generations, but I can see where many successive generations of stressed plants could become a strain of genetic hermies.

Femmed seeds are just that...femmed. (two X chromosomes) A femmed seed does not contain any male chromosomes. (one X and one Y chromosome) If you were sold femmed seeds, and got a male...I'd demand my money back, because you've been had. It's either that, or the breeder was careless enough to allow a male plant to donate to the genepool, in which case, he's lazy or inattentive...and...the seeds might not even be the true strain it was sold as, if the father was a different strain.

[LolaGal]

I agree with Rusty. There should be NO males in fem seeds, since they don't have any male genes, impossible to be anything other than female. I'd think I was ripped off from seed company if it happened to me, and want a refund.

Where did you buy these seeds? I'd like to know so I can avoid them.

[seaflo]

Lola is right; there are very few breeders that do this femming right. Some of the more reputable ones are not doing fems anymore. Paradise is supposed to be one of the better breeders doing fem seeds. Remember that the environment will cause some to hermie; too hot/root problems/etc... Good luck:hippy:

[detroitfish]

is 140 bucks for 30 feminized white widow seeds good deal?

[bigitaly4life]

i got them through this site..i got super silver haze and white widow feminized. ( grew 4 and 3 were males) then got top 44 and white shark which were m/f

[Rusty Trichome]

Would definatelly bring this to their attention, pronto. :thumbsup:

[LolaGal]

is 140 bucks for 30 feminized white widow seeds good deal?

Doesn't sound too bad for fems.....I've paid 40 bucks for 10 regulars. where is this deal at?

BigItaly4Life: I agree with Rusty again (a minor miracle, twice in one day! haha)....let us know what they say when you tell them their fem seeds were boys....