30ish Yr old Columbian Gold Seed Sprouts. Do I Want it to be a Male or Female?

as the title states. I have a sprout that is from a 30ish year old Columbian Gold seed.

My first question is would it be better (as far as genetics go) to get this to become a male, so their is access to Pure C Gold Male Pollen from 30 plus yrs ago?

or would it be better to make it a Slut, and take cuts from here for the next few years?

please help me determine the best gender for this sprout, and please explain why you feel like you do on the M or F issue.

as of today at 10am, its been grounded for 48 hrs and is at 24 hrs of actual sprout.


Timmahh

How would you get this to become male or female its down to the genetics in the seed that determines sex

You can't determine or make your plant a male or female by choice. It is either male, or a female that you stress to produce more male hormones to hermi it.

dude im stickin around for this grow

if i had a choice id want a female..if you wanted to breed with it youd wanna see if its hermie prone i guess.

i dont beleave you that those beans are 30 years old..

ive been reading you can influance the sex of the plant with Heat and Nutes. im just starting to research it, which is why im here asking the old timers and well versed growers how to sway it, and which way it should be swayed.


i guess im interested in knowing how USEFULL Pure C Gold Pollen would be? Is it something thats in short supply, so will have a high demand? and if not, then imo, it would be best suited as a slut popping off kids i think.

dont matter if you believe me. but fact is, ive had this since before i graduated HS in 84, probably since JR High so in the late 70s. Im an old smoker. So they are atleast 28sh yrs old, and likely over 30 a bit. I had 16 seeds in this stash, 13 CGs and 3 Hawaian Blues from the early 80s. just found them again a few yrs ago cleaning out an old closet. i have 2 HB seeds left out of the 3 i had, and this is the ONLY CG seed that sprouted. and im very surprised it did.


So regardless of seed age. Male or Female? Is the Pollen going to be a desired item?


ok, so you can influence a F to Hermie. got it, as i said, i just seen a few threads on it, and am just unsure on the gendering.

ok then, what would be more beneficial a Hermied F or a stand F.
i have no idea what natural sex it is obviously yet. Which is also why im posting this thread. to help determin its sex when it starts to show. If it IS a male, and im keeping it(which i would likely do) once it genders to a male, i need to move it to a confined setup so the pollen is kept away from the girls.

Timmahh said:

ive been reading you can influance the sex of the plant with Heat and Nutes. im just starting to research it, which is why im here asking the old timers and well versed growers how to sway it, and which way it should be swayed.


i guess im interested in knowing how USEFULL Pure C Gold Pollen would be? Is it something thats in short supply, so will have a high demand? and if not, then imo, it would be best suited as a slut popping off kids i think.

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As far as i know sex ids left up to genetics unless your creating a reversed sex plant. Seeds will always be mother natures lil suprise.

and i would only use that polen if i knew it was genticly sound....id rather have a feamle if i only had one bean but thats just me

ty. good info.

i can verify personally the bean came out of the middle of a 2.2 kilo stamped with the CG gold seal. as i said, Late 70s/early 80s (78 to 81 for sure).

so unless the columbians were stuffing seed into the middle of kilos, its a real CG seed, and i would think should as sound as it was when it was harvested. but im only ASSuMEing on this one. im not a botenist, nor do i play one on tv. lol

im just looking at what is the best use of this seed, considering its a pure CG strain. and Is the male pollen a needed commodity in the community at large (all the mary J community, not just here on RIU).

if its the real deal this will be an interesting grow. its got one of the highest THC ratings of the weeds of old....when we were "younger" LOL the colombian always blew the mexican weed away...i remeber it always being potent. good luck man

What ever you decide to do when you get one of them grown out PLEASE CALL ME. Hope it turns out good.

ya, i recall, the C GOLD was outstanding. Only to be beat by the true AC Gold. never found a hint of a seed in the AC gold. i want to say we only found aorund 30 seeds in teh C gold kilo. so me and my partner split them up.

the Hawaian i have was probably the best shit i ever smoked, true 2 plus hr couch lock on 3 hits. im eager and praying those 2 hb seeds i have left also sprout.

thanks for the heads up. great info so far. keep it flowing.

Timmahh

someone like bricktop/UB would be able to help you with this

Timmahh said:

ty. good info.

i can verify personally the bean came out of the middle of a 2.2 kilo stamped with the CG gold seal. as i said, Late 70s/early 80s (78 to 81 for sure).

so unless the columbians were stuffing seed into the middle of kilos, its a real CG seed, and i would think should as sound as it was when it was harvested. but im only ASSuMEing on this one. im not a botenist, nor do i play one on tv. lol

im just looking at what is the best use of this seed, considering its a pure CG strain. and Is the male pollen a needed commodity in the community at large (all the mary J community, not just here on RIU).

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lol....... i forsee a stringy 16-20 week flowering sativa in your future then....

theexpress said:

lol....... i forsee a stringy 16-20 week flowering sativa in your future then....

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thats the reason most of these straisn are gone now

hats off to the guys who are trying to get these goin! as good as the weed is now adays..i really do miss some of the old shit we used to get...like the CG and some of the thai's that dont come around nomore.....the good ol dayz

Dizzle Frost said:

thats the reason most of these straisn are gone now

hats off to the guys who are trying to get these goin! as good as the weed is now adays..i really do miss some of the old shit we used to get...like the CG and some of the thai's that dont come around nomore.....the good ol dayz

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lol its not soo much that has a combo of super long flowering time with many cases in the end resulting in regret for the waste of time...

if i would spend that much time on flowering some weed, i would hope it would look something like this sourkush i breed wich takes 8 weeks to flower... but they never do....

Whatever the sex, clone this plant and make sure you have an exact clone of this. The pollen would be valuable for restoring original lines if male. Don,t mess with trying to cause males flowers if it becomes female this first grow. Do your experimenting on clones of this plant, not this original mother. If female, you could then have many clones to work with and try male inducing techniques on the clones. If it is male you would have a steady supply of pollen from clones. You have a 50/50 chance of male/female.

You could try to use some of the techniques for producing female plants like temperature regulation in veg but you would be best served to grow the plant as healthy as possible without too much stress. Don't try techniques that seem unreasonable and cause severe stress.

You could have a legendary heirloom landrace Columbian plant that is no longer available, even from the same areas as the original seeds. Please keep this plant healthy and cloned until you determine the sex. Growing this will take a long time, but if you are not willing to wait many others would love to grow this species and keep these genetics pure even with a 24 week grow.

PM if you need more info or culture care questions.

whatever sex it is you could make a cross and than backcross it. If it's a female you could reverse it and make feminized seeds which would be more pure. I would plan on doing both. I'm subbed for this, I'm groing reeferman's CG ATM.