Quote Originally Posted by emilya
Just what was I stating?
I quote myself:
The exciting thing here for me as a new grower is the situation I now find myself in. If I have a switched female and he is now producing pollen, and I then take that pollen back to my mother and produce seeds, does this not produce feminized seeds? Talk about turning a negative into a positive!

I see here 2 statements, and a question. I'm not sure which statement you are upset with.
I'm not at all upset. But what I saw were two statements and a desire for confirmation.

Quote Originally Posted by emilya
If it is instead the question that you are having issues with, please stop yelling at me about my attempts to do breeding and explain. I see lots of warnings and statements as to my competence and personality, but I see nothing to answer my original question.
I was trying to help you by not letting you turn an issue into a disaster. The early sexing is unproven, and you were trying to make improper assumptions about the genetics of the pollen you are about to recieve.

Again...once a plant's 'natural' sex is set, there is no evidence the sex can be changed by enviornment or handling. You can stress it into a self-pollination phase, where it throws-out nanners, but that is a totally different thing. The pollen from ladies have no male chromosomes. But you were combining that with the assumption that the seedling switched sexes on ya. This line of thinking can get the ball rolling for a whole plethra of incorrect assumptions.
I thought it best to nip it in the bud before you have to re-learn proper plant biology. Perhaps I was wrong in speaking-up, but you needed the info, regardless.
Quote Originally Posted by emilya
Rusty... I want to be friends. I am not trying to be egotistical or think that I can do this alone. I make wrong assumptions because I am new... and I do it in public on this forum because I am inviting experts like you to come in and teach me. (and those who read this thread in the future) I want you to embrace my curiosity, and help me to learn... not tell me and all the future readers that they are not worthy somehow because of their inexperience to think beyond the box. Yes, experience is the greatest teacher, but please, don't think that all newcomers are the same. Some of us have the time, money and intelligence to actually become great at this. I would love to proudly exclaim that it was you who was one of my greatest teachers if I ever do get good at this.

Emmie
I have no beef with you other than you trying to get ahead of yourself and getting all prissy when someone posts anything other than an e-pat on the ass. When I see an issue, I address it. I don't go around the boards picking on idiots and those less fortunate than I, nor do I go looking to blow smoke up anyone's ass.

Patience in the growroom is a commodity you'll need to search for, as jumping the gun can and will cause heartache.
Never did it cross my mind that you were lacking intelligence. But I do see some character traits you can work on to help you overcome the manic-depressive hobby that is cannagardening. Patience, tollerance, attention to detail are all necessary if you really want to keep learning proper techniques and plant biology. And the wrost mistake you can make is to read a technique or process, and jump-in neck deep chasing those techniques that are above your pay-grade.
For instance, in the post where you thought you had changed the sex of a seedling from female to male, but were still (seemingly) willing to use the pollen...is folly. If you have not kept strict control of your pollen donors, (and their pollen) the seeds should be considered 'bagseed'. And until you can understand some of the other more advanced techniques like selective breeding, back-crossing, stressing techniques...likely you should stick with breeding known studs-n-ladies. (not trying to feminize seeds till you know you won't ruin your seed genetics) If it takes yelling from the rooftops to keep a newbie from making big mistakes, I'll be the one on the rooftop yelling his ass off.

Listen...I'm not an educator, and I'm not a social worker nor a politician. I'm not a psychologist offering the latest in "everything's going to be all right' theology. I'm a former construction foreman trying to pay forward what was freely given to me. If I step on toes, it's not because I want to step on toes...it's because they were there when I stepped-in to help.

If you need help with your thesis, give me a holler...haven't you heard....? I know EVERYTHING, lol. :thumbsup:
(good luck with it, regardless)