Lowest rate of hermaphrodites in feminized seeds

I am going to attempt my first grow using feminized seeds. I have scoured so many threads looking for the perfect seeds and I find that many of the strains from many breeders turn in to hermaphrodites despite what seems to be good growing conditions from experienced growers. And most times before good info is put out the thread goes sideways and turns in to an arguement. So if you have ran a fem strain often with relatively problem free results please give me some suggestions. It will be done in a 4x4 rdwc scrog setup. My requirements are pretty simple.

1. Fem seeds that produce the lowest number of hermies
2. Relatively large yields and potent strain(I only do 1-2 at a time so I need good yields)
3. Seeds ship from within the usa. Too many bad results from foreign transactions.

Current considerations
1. Dinafem critical 2.0 from canna genetics
2. Mass medical strains prayer pupil from DCSE
3. Brothers grimm Cinderella xx from DCSE
4. Ethos zweet inzanity from SHN
5. DNA chocolope kush from canna genetic
6. Dutch passion glueberry og from canna genetics.

Please help me cross the losers off that list and add some options that are proven winners.

Arcata Ghost by CannaVenture turned out real well. Useful Seeds Banana Cookies x Chocolate Diesel is almost finished and looks great. Both these guys stand behind their seeds, and @Useful Seeds is easily accessible on his thread on RIU.

Almost all strains can go hermie, fem or regular, if you are looking for stable seeds stay away from chem and og crosses or any strain that was created by hermie pollen.

You mean stay away from all the good stuff lol..... OP give yourself the best odds possible by making sure your environment and garden habits are tip top. And no light leaks! Research and read as much as possible about a proper grow environment.

I would give the C99 from brothers grim a shot. He’s always talking that his fems and or crosses with the c99 are bulletproof and that he has tested them extensively for Hermes and hasn’t found one. I really want to run his new C99 but their damn expensive imo and I have so many damn beans in the fridge if another package shows up my wife is gonna leave me lmao

I feel like my environment will be good to go. It has never been a problem in the past with regular seeds. The brother grimm c99 fem is on my top choice short list however I have read some pretty nasty reviews on here about the new seeds from bro grimm. Apparently they arent up to par from the originals. I will look in to the useful seeds for sure. I like that they are on here and as you said they are easily accessible. If someone is willing to put themselves out there on a forum full of ultra critical people then they probably stand behind their product.

BuckeyeGrowGuy said:

I feel like my environment will be good to go. It has never been a problem in the past with regular seeds. The brother grimm c99 fem is on my top choice short list however I have read some pretty nasty reviews on here about the new seeds from bro grimm. Apparently they arent up to par from the originals. I will look in to the useful seeds for sure. I like that they are on here and as you said they are easily accessible. If someone is willing to put themselves out there on a forum full of ultra critical people then they probably stand behind their product.

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Check out the C99 from female seeds. It is a very stable plant, great smells, great taste, great looks, it isn't going to knock your socks off, but the buzz is a very good type of buzz.

Althor, I have heard good things about that breeder/strain but I cant find a usa seed bank that has it. If you have a source I would be very open to that.

No, I don't. I use Attitude/Choice for those purchases. They are really reliable and one of the staples of the industry (attitudes that is). Female seeds is also really reliable but none of their strains have been super potent. I like several of them. Bubblegummer is a good yielder, nice smell and taste and buzz is good. The WWxBB is suprisingly good for the genetics. I didn't expect much from it and it was a very solid plant.

Attitude has an enormous selection but I was very wery of ordering from overseas. Is this a place you routinely used with no issues?

BuckeyeGrowGuy said:

Attitude has an enormous selection but I was very wery of ordering from overseas. Is this a place you routinely used with no issues?

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Oh yeah. Attitude is known as a very reputable bank. I even send them cash in the mail. I dont order a lot at one time, just incase the mail gets lost or something, but even still I have never once had my money not received. I am not sure what their credit card situation is at the moment. They have a sister site as well, choice seeds.

https://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/

https://www.choice-cannabis-seeds.com/

check to see which promos you like better. Also they always have a monthly promo where you spend around 60 bucks you get more freebies, so you might want to wait until one of them is having the monthly promo.

One more thing, you can pay extra for gauranteed shipping. If your stuff gets hit at customs they will send you a new shipment. But, I always go with regular mail. I have never had anything taken at customs. Seems to me, the bigger/heavier a package is, the more likely it is to be searched. A small envelope doesn't draw any interest and goes right through.

Just checked, choice is having their monthly promo in 1 day 5 hours. So I would recommend checking it out.


Damn... one more thing...

use code rollitup for I think 10% off.

your list is questionable.

I suggest an indica. manageable bush. not lanky uncontrollable beasts.

g13 labs double black is killer. all 6 females looked identical only difference was terps. most were hashy raspberry black licorice dank.

Thanks elvis. I came up with that list from good reviews on riu but I am not at all dedicated to going with any of them. Again I am extremely open to suggestions.

I can cast a second vote for useful, he's got some fire in his stable for sure. You couldn't ask for a more down to earth breeder, that you can talk to right here. If you @hisname in his thread, I'm sure he would answer questions about his genetics.

i'm also one who thinks fem'ed seeds aren't any more or less prone to hermie than regular seeds.. the feminzing process does absolutely nothing to the genetics of a plant that would make them any more prone to showing hermie traits..
when using a chemical such as cs or ga, all you're doing is stopping an otherwise female plant from producing the female homorne, ethelyne, and instead, they produce male hormones and as a result, grow male flowers on an otherwise female plant. so long as that plant was stable to begin with, the fem process and resulting seeds will be just as stable as the mother / father plant was.. crap in, crap out.. but that also pertains to regular seeds, not just fems..
like has been noted in this thread, some strains are more prone to show hermie traits since they were bred from hermie prone parents.. strains like some og kushes, chemdawg, sour d, and a few others i'm sure i'm forgetting about.. some of the best, strongest and most popular strains out there, yup, all results of hermie parents..

BuckeyeGrowGuy said:

I feel like my environment will be good to go. It has never been a problem in the past with regular seeds. The brother grimm c99 fem is on my top choice short list however I have read some pretty nasty reviews on here about the new seeds from bro grimm. Apparently they arent up to par from the originals. I will look in to the useful seeds for sure. I like that they are on here and as you said they are easily accessible. If someone is willing to put themselves out there on a forum full of ultra critical people then they probably stand behind their product.

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I've seen those reviews but have actually seen the Cinderella xx for myself and it's a great plant. Idk if it's the exact same as the original but it is top quality smoke for sure.

racerboy71 said:

i'm also one who thinks fem'ed seeds aren't any more or less prone to hermie than regular seeds.. the feminzing process does absolutely nothing to the genetics of a plant that would make them any more prone to showing hermie traits..
when using a chemical such as cs or ga, all you're doing is stopping an otherwise female plant from producing the female homorne, ethelyne, and instead, they produce male hormones and as a result, grow male flowers on an otherwise female plant. so long as that plant was stable to begin with, the fem process and resulting seeds will be just as stable as the mother / father plant was.. crap in, crap out.. but that also pertains to regular seeds, not just fems..
like has been noted in this thread, some strains are more prone to show hermie traits since they were bred from hermie prone parents.. strains like some og kushes, chemdawg, sour d, and a few others i'm sure i'm forgetting about.. some of the best, strongest and most popular strains out there, yup, all results of hermie parents..

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I agree with you 100%, and there's a big difference between a true hermie and a female throwing a few sacks.

I can only find one strain from Useful seeds on great lakes. Is there anywhere else carrying them?

Try DC seed