Back in April 2009 I purchased some Dutch Passion Taiga Feminized seeds and put some down... all five seeds came up strong.
April was coolish and summer didn't really come about till June.
I'm growing these in a greenhouse outdoors.

Really bummed to find one of the feminized seeds (see pics) turned out to be a male.

I guess the lesson learnt is you can't always trust what's written on the can...

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Dude, that sucks. But on the positive, you still have 4 more girls, right? But I know what you mean...spent like 12 bucks a bean to find out one went awry. Oh well...better hope he didnt pollenate. Put up some of the girls pics! I'm waiting for seeds in the mail as we speak for 10 fem Blue Himalaya Auto from Ministry of Cannabis and 5 fem Little Angle from Dope Seeds.
Besides the male occurance, how's the grow been so far? What are you using, and when in April did they sprout?

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You're absolutely right about the male, just one of those things I guess... I'll put it down to a tough up-bringing
sadly 3 others died and I've 1 left... praying it stays female...
I've 4 Mandela Speed Queen plants on the go and they're doing fine...
Will post pics when I can...

Good luck with your other grow (ref your other thread here) and here's hoping no males get any funny ideas.

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Originally Posted by subcool
Feminized seeds are a marketing ploy to rob you of your hard earned dollars.

From a good friend of mine

Folks will disagree with me, but I don't feel there is anything stable at all with FEM seeds.

At best, you get a breeder that knows what he/she is doing. By that, I mean you have a breeder who has a special female that has been watched and studied for a long time to know that it is stable. By stable, I mean it doesn't have a tendency to produce male flowers under environmental stresses. This forced female (by using colchicine) will produce "XX" and "XY" pollen resulting in progeny that are "XXX" and "XXY". This is the most ideal, and honestly, both are hermi. This is fine though if all you care about is that generation. In other words if you are just going to grow these seeds out, harvest, and then not try to clone or continue the line then you are fine. To me, this is the only real functional application of feminized seeds. For the most part, you will have a 99% female crop with maybe a few hidden nanners on some of those "XXY" females.

At worst, you get a breeder that just wants to make money. They find a dank cut but don't check to see if it is stable before applying the cholcicine. Or, or, or, they look for a fairly dank female that puts out a male nanner or two in flower anyway (without cholcicine). Either way, you are going to get nutty pollen that could be "XX", "XY", "XXY", "XYY". When I hear horror stories about folks having big time hermi problems with fem seeds, it tells me a lot about the breeder they got them from. These seeds are highly unstable and are a waste of the grower's time.

If you plan on cloning and keeping a female alive, then don't waste your time on fem seeds unless you just absolutely have to have a certain female. I'll never waste my time with fem seeds. I would rather spend my time selecting from males and females and finding that one super female to keep. Of course, my setup is condusive to that. As I said, some folks need feminized seeds based on how their grow is set up. So if you can only grow from seed and you can't keep clones, then "Stable" or rather "Reliable" feminized seeds may be an option. Personally I would rather buy double the regular seeds and just cut out the males. This is typically cheaper as feminized seeds are usually more than double the price of regular seeds.

And please, for the love of the plant, if you are planning to breed, DO NOT used a feminized female. Remember, your most ideal case is that she is "XXX". Still a hermi, and the progeny from her crossed with a stable male will be "XXX" and "XXY". HERMI HERMI HERMI. Hermaphrodites are one step closer to our favorite plant turning to hemp. A self pollinating sea of low THC, low yielding plants.


So basically, what they are saying is that all 'fem' seeds are truly hermi. You'll have to keep a close eye on them...I predict they'll start kicking out nanners a few weeks before they're done. If you don't want seed weed you may need to be out there picking them off every day for a couple weeks.

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Blimey, I find myself well informed! thanks for the insight.
Goes to show that mother nature still has a part to play...
When the day comes when the sun stops shining, growing pot will be a completely different process...
And rather than typing into this machine, it'll just be reading my thoughts....

I say you sue those bastards.

haha alright nostradamus..

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I bought feminized god bud seeds from bc bud depot and out of 5 seeds, I only got one female. That's some bullshit, not even a hermie, a strait up male. Don't waste ur time with feminized bullshit

Not all feminised seeds turn out to be females.

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3 grows all feminized seeds=All females for me.Usally the growers fault.

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