Quote Originally Posted by bigtopsfinn
^^This is how we get feminized seeds :jointsmile:
Yup. The seeds are not semi-femmed or partially femmed...but truly femmed.

Quote Originally Posted by bigtopsfinn
Some people say it's 100% female seeds, others say 95%... I still haven't figured out that one.
If no male chromosomes were present (from a male) for pollination, the only percentage it could be, biologically, is 100%. If anyone quotes a different number, they are full of bat guano.

Luvmymeds: Under 'normal' growing conditions, I'd say you're right. But since we're refering to stressed-produced seeds...you're not.

If a novice gardener grows quality genetics and finds nanners...the strain isn't a total loss, as I keep hearing. You likely wouldn't want to breed with 'em or sell the seeds commercially, but I wouldn't toss 'em either till I grew a few runs with them in the corner of my growroom, and gained some valuable knowlege. Those beans aren't cheap to replace, and likely the next crop will be fine if previous errors are rectified.

Properly femmed seeds are no more prone to going hermaphridite than any other quality seed. All cannabis I've ever worked with has the ability to self-pollinate.
What is a properly femmed seed...? It's the result of the gardener stressing the lady till she produces the pollen sacks. The only difference between a newbie's femmed seeds as a result of unintentional stress and a breeder purposefully stressing for nanners...is the skill level and the ability to properly care for the next crop of genetics.
Stressing the hermie of a hermie's hermie is a bad idea, though. It reinforces the plants latent ability to go hermie, back-crosses the latent ability into the gene pool. The results...a hair-trigger response to stress. (unstable genetics)