First....The sex of this plant (not all plants but this plant) is determined by the RNA of the plant Not the DNA. So that means every plant has a chance of being either M or F. The idea behind feminized seeds is to increase the chance of a female plant by more then 50%. Every plant can turn from female to male given the right set of conditions. Feminized seeds have a higher percentage then normal to be female then male with all conditions being with in the given range for a successful grow. You still need to control the environment or they too can become hermies. When a plant turns on you most of the time it??s not the whole plant but just one or two nodes. Mostly the lower nodes that are denied the same intense lumens the upper nodes will turn on you.

Heat is the #1 cause of a female plant to show male tendencies and turn on you. There are products on the market today that can stop the male bananas from completing their cycle and causing problems for today??s grower. As the science of this plant grows so does our understanding of controlling the sex. I believe in the not so distant future there will be a spray that given at the proper cycle very early in the life cycle that will improve the percentage of your plant being female over male.

There are some products that you can soak the seeds in that give them a greater chance of 50/50 being female over male. They work at the RNA level of the seed and are used to germinate the seed instead of using distilled water. I have used that same product for years and I have seen positive results and I still use it today. The problem with products like this is skepticism and miss-information being posted on the forum around the world. Not that they used the product but they just trashed it because they did not have the IQ to see its potential. They trash things they fear and do not understand. It makes them feel like the big man on campus, as they pound their chest. It goes with the old grower who say??s hell I can grow pot in anything and it will grow. Sure it may but if you don??t understand how then you could never comprehend the why.

Feminized seeds just increase the percentage of growing a female plant.

IMO: They are not worth the price.