Banana Method?!? - Page 7

dannyking · #61 10-07-2008, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by misshestermoffitt

^^^ LOL at your nanner pic

heres some more for ya.

misshestermoffitt · #62 10-07-2008, 11:59 AM

it looks like a halloween ghost, way to be creative.

bonz · #63 10-07-2008, 12:24 PM

you can get your seeds tested if you know the right people. it is verry expencive, we have a major oniversity here that does this. then what the seed is no good after so it`s a waste of time.

as far as wghat i have learned from them nothing will change the male/female. it is set for life after the seed is formed andnothing changes that. it will be either female or male or female that is unstable and go hermie.
you should kknow what it is before it flowers if you know what to look for.

i`ll wait to see what you guys get for results, i would be quite socked to see this work. untill, rememeber it takes years of testing this method before you can give a definate answer so talk to ya in about 10 years.
good luck.oh and if you want to test your dna, send me a pm i can have it done at u.b.c genetics lab..lol

dannyking · #64 10-07-2008, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by misshestermoffitt

it looks like a halloween ghost, way to be creative.

and one more. id love to take credit for these but alas no.

Kludge · #65 10-08-2008, 05:58 AM

Well, I normally would laugh at this kind of thing but after doing a little research I see there is some science behind it. I still don't know if will make marijuana female but it has been scientifically proven to help germination of dormant seeds in some species and it has even been found to increase the percentage of female plants in cucumber seeds.

So, I'm storing my next batch of regular AK-48 seeds with some bananas right now. The worst it can do is make my seeds smell like banana right?

Handbook of Seed Science and Technology - Google Book Search

Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology - Germination of dormant seeds of Stylosanthes humilis as promoted by ethylene accumulation in closed environments

Sex Expression in Cucumber Plants as Affected by 2-Chloroethylphosphonic Acid, Ethylene, and Growth Regulators

According to that last report we should be using ethrel not ethylene.

Ethrel

Now to see if I can find a source for a non-commercial farmer.

Kludge · #66 10-08-2008, 06:54 AM

And here it is...

Not too expensive either. I'm going to buy some and soak some cheap seeds in it to see what happens. I'll finish reading that report first and figure out dosages of course. Note that it says it is used to STOP FRUITING so I'm guessing you don't want this stuff near mature female plants.

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misshestermoffitt · #67 10-08-2008, 07:30 AM

it's Gumby and Pokey !!!

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Originally Posted by dannyking

and one more. id love to take credit for these but alas no.

Busmike · #68 10-08-2008, 08:28 AM

If you put a bannana peel in a baggie and wait a week you'll have a bad smelling baggie full of fruit flies. The fly eggs are in the bannana peel... you can't avoid them.

I would guess that all you peeps that did this are growing outdoors in dirt, Yes???

DR. VonDankenstine · #69 10-08-2008, 08:41 AM

You can get a higher percentage of females by keeping your hummidity above 40% and by germanating your seeds in a medium container that allows the tap-root to grow straight down at least 4 inches from the seed.

K1Ng5p4d3 · #70 10-08-2008, 08:55 AM

ive had some chopped up nanner peels chillin in a bag with my Thai super skunk seeds i got as freebies for the last two days.

Im gonna change up the peels tomorrow, been burping the baggie every 8 hours. Ill be planting them sometime down the road, but no time immediate though unfortunately. Ill be sure to let everyone know how they turned out after im done with my next grow - no sense in experimenting with these when i know for a fact i got perfectly good female seeds waitin, beggin to be planted.

O n my one bluecheese seed that was damaged during shipping, it cracked yesterday afternoon, showing a small but evident taproot. I planted this morning into a medium container, since i dont have anything else i could use except those fuckin god forsaken jiffy plugs. I know the soil will work, but the jiffy plugs are too iffy to take a chance.