Early Female ID

[WashougalWonder]

Let's try to keep results only here, I have a bean experiment going as well, looking for a male.

The best of course would be to prove the bean theory. I do so appreciate the ask CannaW

[Stomper420]

This is such a fricking awesome hobby.:thumbsup:

DITTO, Im truley hooked on this shit:thumbsup:

[carolinakanbus]

:rastasmoke:you r right on with that!! noticed it myself the red streak.....

[oldhaole]

Below is a pic of a red stem Jack Herer male. It had the red stem from germination to now. It may be the exception to the rule, but I don't know.

I've also found out that some strains (bloodweed comes to mind) almst all of the starts have red in the stem. About one in ten has a green stem. But that could be genitic.

We are in the process of starting several hundred of seeds for long season. I will mark the ones with the red stems. A big sample size will answer your question better than a small one. I should have the results in a couple of months

[WashougalWonder]

That sure would be wonderful if you would do that.

[Rusty Trichome]

If doing that many seeds, one could also check the 'point of attachment' for sexing viability using that techniquee, too. A little extra work, but the benefit is in the quantity you'd be testing. :thumbsup:

[oldhaole]

A ways back I told Weez to forget about seeds showing sex early thru seed traits. Told him to let God sort them out.

Looking for red stems on my sprouts does not strike me as very hard to do.

Now you want me to look at point af attachment? WTF? Sure I will do it, but I haven't a clue what to look for.

So tell me what to look for. I've got to crack a bunch, might as well find out if there is any truth to this.

But a step by step of what I am to looking at would be helpful.

[Rusty Trichome]

Was kinda kidding, as it would be much more work. And under a magnifying glass, at that. But if interested...
Some more charts n stuff
(the chart on the left)
I'm doubtful of this method being viable though. A bud packed with seeds can have an effect of pulling and bending other seeds, and I'd think that this could skew results. But I haven't given the technique a fair chance, either.

[tikiroom]

oldhaole,

If you decide to take on this task Weezard had a good idea how to presort the seeds. He said to roll a bunch down a small slope, and the first ones to the bottom are the rounder ones.
This would be helpful because you would only need to keep track of the "female" seeds.
In that chart it says that the others may be male or hermi. The only statement from that chart is that the round and nicely shaped "volcano" seeds will definitely be female.

Well that's how I would do it if I had the space and resources. :hippy:

[Horsemanrocks]

OH....this should explain what to look for

http://boards.cannabis.com/advanced-...-sex-seed.html

As many as you germ.....that's gonna take some lookin'.

HMR