Has anyone used gibberellic acid?

Just curious if anyone has tried this to create there own feminized seeds. I know the whole science behind it and some of the plants might herm on you if stressed. Im sure I am going to try it myself just cause it has drawn my interest but im just curious if anyone has tried it themselves

I have not tried it yet but i have done a bunch of reading on it,somewhere down the line its on my to do list.

i was thinking about doing it also i see it forsale on ebay. i dont know if i wanna tho.

does this stuff make female plants without possibility of hermies (under optimal conditions)? id hate to flower a plant and not be able to apply the stuff in the last week of flowering and have a male flower pop up out of nowhere.

it would suck if it were like rogain for plants and you have to keep using it to keep the females from turning.

it will make seeds and will be 50-50 chance female/hermi ratio then you breed again f2 60-40 % ratio fem/herm then breed again and so on.

thats from what i understand correct me if im wrong

cali-high said:

it will make seeds and will be 50-50 chance female/hermi ratio then you breed again f2 60-40 % ratio fem/herm then breed again and so on.

thats from what i understand correct me if im wrong

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yea your right, that is one way. The best way to create feminized seeds in my opinion is the best breeders will/should stress the hell out of a strain with a crazy light schedule(like one week 12/12, one week 20/4,next week 10/14 etc) and any other "environmental triggers" they believe causes cannabis to hermie. Once you find a plant that does not herm on you(it is true, they are out there) but more kind of adjust to the light change, you feminize from that plant with whatever chemical(rather than environment) method you choose, almost like finding a great mother for a breeding project. Those seeds will basically be 100% females with out so much of the genetic trait to hermaphrodite. Basically true feminized seeds in my opinion, not just stressin a plant to herm and then sell the seeds off to make money. But most companies do not know of this method(i doubt that) or simply dont want to take the extra, extra, extra time that it takes. I wish I could remember the guys name who discovered this method back in th 90's

i,ve heard of flowering for 2 long about 10-15 days and that makes the plant a hermi then you dry the whole plant and take all the pollen and use it on aplant what is 2-3 weeks into its flowering the pollenn can be stored for 1-2 mounths

jbreeze said:

But most companies do not know of this method(i doubt that) or simply dont want to take the extra, extra, extra time that it takes. I wish I could remember the guys name who discovered this method back in th 90's

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I doubt this...

hey thank u guys for the idea,im pretty high on some home grown,well any ways all of u gave me the idea of when i get my flowering light,im goin to veg under the grow and put clones in the flower and stress them for the fun of it and hopefully it herms

I have to correct some misinformation that's being past along in this blog topic. Gibberellins DO NOT affect whether a female or male germs. As far as females becoming herm, I would have to see more literature. There is a paper published in Planta, but it was from 1972, regarding male flowers developing on female. One paper doesn't prove anything, and there were other factors involved in this study, such as changing the balance of GA to abscisic acid ratios. Fact is, all plants contain GA hormones and are usually involved in seed germination and vertical cell division, opposed to the apical regions. When used in lower concentrations, they can be used to initiate more efficient seed germination and/or the flowering stage. Do not use in soil... if you do, vertical growth will be unregulated and cell division will continue as long as the hormones are present. Use as a foliar spray. View attachment 1067877View attachment 1067874

Here is where to get some GA3 http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/GibberellicAcid.htm

I am planning to get some to improve germination of Piper Nigrum {black pepper} . I have also got Seeds {regualr garden variety} From J.L. Hudson, they are an outstanding mail order business.

YES,it is a plant growth regulator,there are a few more like Auxins,a class of compounds thats stimulate shoot cell elongation,resemble I.A.A (indole-3-acetic) in their spectrum of activity,cytokinins promote cell division in plant tissues under certain bioassay conditions,regulate growth and development in the same manner as kinetin (6-furiuryaminopurine),cytokinins are mainly N6-substituted aminopurine derivatives,although there vare some exceptions,Auxin-Cytokinin supplements are instrumental in the reulation of cell devision,cell elongation,cell differentiation and organ formation,mainly used in meristem culturesThe auxins most frequently employed are,I.A.A,a-NAA,and 2,4-D3,also 2,4,5-T, Indole-3-butyric acid(IBA), and p-chlorophenoxyacetic acid(4-CPA)between 10-7-----10-5M (power of)----you can do both,female to male or male to female,you need a few more chemicals,then you are talking about gene level,much simplier,you can grow much stronger stains,50%plus,now were talking about a good smoke!,if you need more info.write in,--Mephistopeles