fem caramello

normajean123

Active Member
hey so i read somewhere here that fem seeds are bad cause they are chemically altered idk if it really effects the potency or something but id like to get some opinions and would like to know how or if i should make colidle silver? and get a branch to get seeds from the plant to have another stock of fem caramellos, would genetics get really fucked if i basically make a fem plant re seed (if thats close to the correct tern used)
 

Pipe Dream

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The only difference between female seeds and regular seeds is the chromosomes responsible for determining the sex of the plant. Potency should not be affected by that. They might be more prone to growing male flowers than regular seeds, but regular seeds do it too. I have not been very interested in many feminized strains in the past, but Caramelo is one that I had to pick up based on Barrelhse's pictures of it. Check it out https://www.rollitup.org/seed-strain-reviews/395997-variety-singles-pick-mix-attitude.html

I don't know how I feel about multiple generations of feminized seeds because it seems like your selecting for hermaphrodism and they would become increasingly more common, but that's jhust a theory. There are many great strains that are the product of multiple feminization like OG Kush, Bubba Kush and Sour Diesel. Do a google search for collodial silver. It's really simple, the hardest/most expensive part will be acquiring a silver coin.
 

IlovePlants

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You just aren't letting new genes in the pool. Breeding is extremely complex, but this concept makes it easier to understand. In human beings, if the genepool in a given area has less than 100 ancestors you can count on genetic abnormalities and congenital defects (dwarfism, blindness, hormonal disorders, and heart defects).

Most every species has millions and millions of sections of genetic code that work coherently together to create what we see as this being. Among these millions of lines of code are a few thousand that are not functioning correctly, these are responsible for; disease susceptability, cancer, and general degradation (aging). But when off spring are created using the same genetics, repeatedly, you get a wide variety of results, but invariably you will saturate the genetic pool with genes that are damaged, altered, or nearly destroyed. It's like holding on to a clone forever, the DNA is being damaged all the time, just like our DNA gets damaged. But by forcing a feminized seed to make more stock you are exposing these genes to more carcinogens, and unavoidably you will piss in your own gene pool. You get me?

New strains are what growing is all about. Find that lady a man, who will treat her right, and you will find out that your heart was made to care for offspring. It's just nature.
Sincerly,
ILovePlants
 

|B3RNY|

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When a feminized seed herms out it's usually because there was a genetic hermy used as a father instead of a stress-induced hermy (unless the offspring rode through some stress, then it itself would be a 'stress-induced' hermy.)That's what I've always been told, of course I never really bought into all of the hatred for fem seeds. I haven't had one grow pollen sacks yet, I'm sure I will get 1 or 2 eventually but I've already grown 100+ (all females with no noticeable male flowers.)
I wouldn't suggest the colloidal silver thing, it's harmful and can cause more trouble than it's worth. Soma and a few other famous breeders just flower a plant 2-3 weeks longer than it's average flowering time, this cause male flowers to form without any tweaks to the environment or harsh chemicals. You can buy colloidal silver as a vitamin supplement, but I'm not sure if it would work the same as the stuff you make with electricity.
 
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