Thanks Catbuds! Hadn't heard about M2F idea before. Ethelene uses will be my next search for info.


Shopping list: Bananas - some ripe, some semi (must have some to snack on later!)
more sticky traps
sand to keep other eggs laid (have a cloud of the ijit gnats right now)

Recently read of some who make the males into butter - not sure if he wants any medibles or just smokables. We'll see. But I don't want to keep so much space used just for dang useless boys. They will get culled or moved tomorrow.


EDIT:
Found this on another site (bing search), which was taken from a plant site:
Functions of Ethylene
Ethylene is known to affect the following plant processes (Davies, 1995; Mauseth, 1991; Raven, 1992; Salisbury and Ross, 1992):

â?¢Stimulates the release of dormancy.

â?¢Stimulates shoot and root growth and differentiation (triple response)

â?¢May have a role in adventitious root formation.

â?¢Stimulates leaf and fruit abscission.

â?¢Stimulates Bromiliad flower induction.

â?¢Induction of femaleness in dioecious flowers.

â?¢Stimulates flower opening.

â?¢Stimulates flower and leaf senescence.

â?¢Stimulates fruit ripening.

Ethylene has been found not harmful or toxic to humans in the concentrations found in ripening rooms.
In fact, ethylene was used medically as a anesthetic in concentrations significantly greater than that found in a ripening room. However, ethylene is often targeted as the reason for difficulty in breathing in ripening rooms; what can affect some people is usually either:
a) Carbon Dioxide (CO2,) levels: CO2, is produced by the ripening fruit in the room and levels increase over time, or
b) Oxygen levels: The oxygen in the room when loaded is taken in by the ripening fruit. This sometimes will make breathing in a ripening room difficult. The increased CO2, and decreased oxygen levels are the main reasons for venting the ripening room.


So I may have been wrong in what I said before.

Now here's the kicker, 5 grams of ethylene costs roughly $600 USD.




(thus, will be doing this as well for future grows! And tomorrow we'll be getting bananas.)

Catbuds: Do you have fruit around the entire time of blooming, or just the first while until showing strongly female? How affective is it in your opinion (what are your general m:f ratios? Thanks!