feminizing help?

[drumin]

Are there any tactics, nutes, hormones etc. that will increase your chances of getting female plants?

[Dawg]

I read this, probably one of the safer methods IMHO than using Gibberlic Acid or something.

RODELIZATION: SOMA'S WAY TO FEMALE SEEDS
Here’s an easy, environmentally friendly method for breeding feminized seeds. (http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1117)

[drumin]

Thanks Dawg but I was thinking more about what, if anything, can be done to increase the chance that a seed/seedling/veging plant will be female if you don't have feminized seeds. There must be a point in the plants life cycle that determines what sex it will be.

[gorilla]

I don't think there is a surefire answer to your question, Drumin.

If there was something easy that made all your seeds female, I think we'd all be doing it.

Unfortunately, when you switch your lighting schedule to flower (12/12), or when the sun does it for you, your plants are just going to tell you what they are all by themselves. lol

[ZenLunatic]

Here's some info taken from Dutch Passion Seed Co site....

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From literature and our own findings it appears that the growth of a male or female plant from seed, except for the predisposition in the gender chromosomes, also depends on various environmental factors. The environmental factors that influence gender are:

* a higher nitrogen concentration will give more females.
* a higher potassium concentration will give more males.
* a higher humidity will give more females.
* a lower temperature will give more females.
* more blue light will give more females.
* Fewer hours of light will give more females.

It is important to start these changes at the three-pairs-of-leaves stage and continue for two or three weeks, before reverting to standard conditions.

Cheers and good green mojo...

zL

[Cranky]

was gonna say the same zen me ol mucker...ive noticed that plants grown under flouro's have produced higher fem ratios in my seeds aposed to using hps which gives me more heat to;)

cranks;)

[ZenLunatic]

Aye brother Cranky.. and IME using one cool white bulb and one plant and aquarium bulb for the first couple weeks also increase your percentages of fems...

[drumin]

Thanks for the input guys, I also received a PM with a link to an article that goes into detail on what ZL posted. :cool: