Quote Originally Posted by burnable
sorry, I meant have at least 4 inches of soil straight down for the tap root to penetrate; it's more likely to be female cuz it will think it's taken root in a good spot and it won't be forced to be a male, which comes up in less than ideal conditions cause all its job is is to release pollen, not to survive and develop a seed. I say this because it looked in the pics like the soil wasn't too deep, unless I'm mistaken.
What??? Where did you read about this? The depth of the seed has no relationship to its sex. There is nothing to "preserve".