Lurpin
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I agree. My brother just graduated with a bachelor's in bio engineering with an emphasis on plant diseases/pests. He's 100% ready to do some work in the cannabis industry.
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TheEpicFlowers
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I have a degree in plant science... the majority of my work in the last few years has been an emphasis on IPM programs in greenhouse production facilities. I have been in a few of the major player L.P. greenhouses in Ontario. I had a few job opportunities but I decided to change gears completely. The last greenhouse I was in charge of was 17 acres under glass. Slab growing, water to waste. I love growing but I hate that particular style. It's bullshit wasteful and chemical feeding regimen is Mickey mouse. Any asshole with a ph meter and a few bottles thinks they know horticulture.
Ginger Viking
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I'll add to the male female ratio idea with a story. When I was in college my two room mates and I started about 75 plants in solo cups with no drainage holes on a coffee table in front of a big window. We would open the curtains on the window whenever we woke up in the morning and shut it after it got dark. Low light intensity, irregular light intervals, and low temps(far from ideal conditions). All plants showed their sex early(less than a month) and less than 10% were males. We started these plants to give to our friends that would come burn with us hoping they would plant and share the love if they produced anything. No one ever said they did...
A decade later and guess what...I pop beans and hope for a 50/50 ratio. Is there something there? Maybe or maybe not. My opinion on this is that in order to affect the male to female ratio you have to stress them much more than necessary, which slows growth, etc. In turn you would be as well off to pop twice as many seeds an cull males after sexing and have much bigger healthier plants in the same amount of time.
A decade later and guess what...I pop beans and hope for a 50/50 ratio. Is there something there? Maybe or maybe not. My opinion on this is that in order to affect the male to female ratio you have to stress them much more than necessary, which slows growth, etc. In turn you would be as well off to pop twice as many seeds an cull males after sexing and have much bigger healthier plants in the same amount of time.
40AmpstoFreedom
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You soak it in gorilla glue for an hour and allow to dry outside under the sun for at least 1 hour. Be sure to plant the bottom of the seed down first. Water only between the the time of 4 and 8 pm est.
ruby fruit
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You repeat over and over your not an S1 your not an S1
Bakersfield
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Stems make great kindling.
Hope you don't end up with Blue Balls! Hahaha lol!
Bakersfield
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I was refunded for every dollar spent in Gold Nuggets.
It worked out great for me.
Bakersfield
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So, I think that I end up with higher female to male ratios on average.
Occassionally, I'll end up with more males In a pack, but its rare.
As far as Canada goes.
Canadians are cool as fuck.
I've been to Canada about 20 times and I've never had a bad time only great times!
Occassionally, I'll end up with more males In a pack, but its rare.
As far as Canada goes.
Canadians are cool as fuck.
I've been to Canada about 20 times and I've never had a bad time only great times!
THT
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I am going with science on this -
If it was not predetermined there'd be no way to feminize a seed. This may have already been mentioned so my apologies if so. I also tend to get a high fem/male ratio.
jayblaze710
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thenotsoesoteric
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I knew I was playing pheno russian roulette by just popping 2 beans, lol. I'll get to the rest of the pack towards the end of the year, but first I gotta run some test beans to see if my tangerine power male is good stock.
suthrngrwr
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Of course there is evidence. Men whose ancestors lived in Northern Europe have a higher chance of carrying a gene that increase male birth frequency by 50%.
suthrngrwr
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Statistically speaking, 3 seeds is the minimum number of regular sex seeds one should germinate to have the highest success rate (finding one or more female plants). 2 seeds would give a 25% chance for failure (no female plants), where 3 seeds reduces the chance to just 12.5%. As you can see, germinating beyond 4 seeds has limited utility, due to diminishing improvements in the success rate.
suthrngrwr
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I was lucky to find 2 unique female phenotypes of the 5 Jelly Pie seeds I germinated. Ditto on the pheno you currently have -- it is artificially sweet at first with some real funk that really accents the sweetness. This other plant has a spicier rub to it with almost all the sweetness as her sister. Unmistakable grape flavor all the way.
suthrngrwr
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Let me let you in on a little secret:
For about the first week of a cannabis seedling's life, the seed is neither male or female (could be argued that it is both simultaneously until observed to be otherwise). This would hold true for several more weeks until the pre-flowers begin to show. However, you could pony up for a sex test and learn the seedling's sex after that first week!
Cold$moke
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Can we even call it cake?
Cold$moke
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I like to pick the shitty seeds first
that way if its interesting hopefully there is a better one left 
Cold$moke
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I have read about it but didnt know if it was real or bro science