fem-seeds?

robot-boy

Active Member
so i grew 6 plants from feminised seeds with the expected outcome, 6 female plants...thats old news, these 6 plants produced between them about a dozen seeds (not sure how they did it, but they did) my question is are these new seeds also feminised? if not how then is a seed feminised?
 

GoodFriend

Lumberjack
feminised seeds come from female plants that were forced to hermy, thus have only the genes of hermies and female flowers in the mix

you got those seeds cuz you got one or a few pollen sacks hidden in your bud...

with only a dozen seeds though, i wouldn't worry too much...

keep those seeds, thats your next grow right there
 

northerntights

Well-Known Member
Some plants make seeds without pollination, most are sterile but you never know. If they were produced from stray male pollen sacks on the females then they may very well be female seeds but it is unlikely that the offspring will be anything but hermies. Female seeds are created by spraying female plants with Gibberellic Acid, or GA-3. It causes true females to create male flowers at the application site. As a result the pollen only contains X chromosomes and no Y chromosomes. Thus when this pollen is used to pollinate a female there is no gene for creating a male and the seeds will produce all females. Now if a female makes male pollen sacks spontaneously then do not use the seed it produced, they have a tendency to produce hermies.
 

videoman40

Well-Known Member
Seeds from hermies are no good, this is selfing, and that is not breeding. The only breeding you'll get is selfed hermaphodites, which isnt an exchange of genetics.
Peace
 
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