my banana experiment

okay consider this an experiment... because i dont have two separate places to grow, well just consider my last grow the control of this experiment.

my last grow resulted in 5 males and im going along with my current grow fairly well and would just be devastated if i ended up with no females again... let alone 1

i read on here before tho rotting bananas emit a methane? gas or something that helps persuade plants to be female

so, if i get all females then we can say that having bananas in your grow room can significantly increase your chances of having a female plant... if i don't get any females then we can safely assume that bananas have no affect on your plants sex what soever, anywhere in between there results in the answer being maybe and further testing is needed

and please dont say your experiment is invalid and does not qualify as a true experiment because of etc etc etc

or you need to have more controls and have the conditions being the exact same blah blah blah

i know all this thank you

but wouldnt it be something if i did get all females?

1 banana per plant

How old are they- how long til we find out is what I mean!

Good luck!

germed 11th planted on july 15th for the biggest ones and a couple day later for the other ones

check out my journal if you wanna see it from the start

probably a month before we find out

GrowSpecialist said:

Good luck!

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thanks dude i need all i can get

I've been thinking of trying it for my next grow (with non-feminised seeds)

Keep us posted on the developent...also I think I read on here somewhere your supposed to change the bananas after a week or so to prevent mold or insect problems...but then again, HOW MUCH IS A BUNCH OF BANANAS TO ENSURE AN ALL FEMALE CROP?

ya i get them green and change em out once they get more black than yellow, no bug problem yet and there like 4 for a dollar not that bad of an investment

i have been told shorter day length is good 16/8 not the 18/6 that most folks use

undo said:

i have been told shorter day length is good 16/8 not the 18/6 that most folks use

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ur told wrong then

you mean like shorter days = more females or shorter days = bigger plants?

evanpower said:

ur told wrong then

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pretty much, i mean it will still grow just fine but its not going to have any sort of effect on the plant otherwise everyone would be doing 16/8

evanpower said:

ur told wrong then

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I concur...

shorter days more females and to the guy before what the thinker thins the prover proves

well, thats something to keep in mind for another experiment but i dont wanna fuck with there light schedule

trying to keep them a least traumatized as possible

undo said:

shorter days more females and to the guy before what the thinker thins the prover proves

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but from what i understand out of the probably 1000 hours worth of reading is that it dosnt matter with the light in veg as long as you dont go below like 14

going 12/12 from start is for autos and microgrows only

and if 2 hours of more dark = significantly more females then it would be a well established fact by now and not still a theory, unlike the banana theory

i think in some circles it is established and if my last two grows have anything to go by im up to about 90/95% females and it cant be just luck because i dont have any lol

well if there was proof, or if you were a more established member of this forum then maybe people wouldn't be as skeptical, but like i said i cant do that now cuz i don't want to fuck with there light schedule

ahh yea i dont believe setting the lights to a different time will do anything, Well anything towards sexing them. but if u go some good hard proof that it does in fact work then there should be millions of people switching to that time but since theres not im sticking to 18/6

cool man just thought this was all about sharing info not your place on the ladder