Do you grow fem or normal? Why

Do you buy Fem or Normal seeds?

  • Fem Seeds Only

    Votes: 28 56.0%

  • Normal Seeds Only

    Votes: 7 14.0%

  • A mix depending on space.

    Votes: 15 30.0%
  • Total voters
    50
Cobnobuler

Cobnobuler

Well-Known Member
I'd rather run regs but after vegging for a month and pulling 8 males out of 12, it was fems after that. I dont mess with pollen ( at least not intentionally !)
 
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~Dankster~420

Well-Known Member
Shew.. That isnt a good ratio at all sorry to say. ;( I dont blame you on that 1 bit. However, I would look into a strain that has those "higher fem rates'. Its great pheno hunting IMO.. ;) 5436.gif
Cobnobuler said:
I'd rather run regs but after vegging for a month and pulling 8 males out of 12, it was fems after that. I dont mess with pollen ( at least not intentionally !)
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dynospec

dynospec

Well-Known Member
^ I wish I had space/money to get a proper setup going and attempt some breeding.. Hunting for the perfect phenos to make a plant suited to my needs/tastes would be glorious.. One day.

Cobnobuler did you save a bit of pollen from all those males? At least you could clone the females to up the ratio haha, thats harsh luck though
 
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~Dankster~420

Well-Known Member
there's nothing like it.. Super interesting. Up side you get to spend allot more time with your ladies. ;) which I LIKE.. 5415.gif
dynospec said:
^ I wish I had space/money to get a proper setup going and attempt some breeding.. Hunting for the perfect phenos to make a plant suited to my needs/tastes would be glorious.. One day.

Cobnobuler did you save a bit of pollen from all those males? At least you could clone the females to up the ratio haha, thats harsh luck though
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lowryderlove

lowryderlove

Well-Known Member
Dankster... omg mate that looks yummy. My friends always ask why I never submit my breeds... I'm working on an F2 right now called Bioshock. (Lowryder#2 X mango) X (sweetooth X blueberry auto)

Those are current genetic back trained one generation. I plan on Crossing a 60 day lemon with auto blueberry and my it up a bit more but that will be Bioshock infinite (the plan is to take the F2 cross and selectively breed it for flavor for a new F1). I am selectively breeding no pics at but damn yours is nice and I can't even like button it.
 
kmog33

kmog33

Well-Known Member
Regs cuz buying 4 seeds if you manage to get one successful male and female out of the four you have a potential for hundreds of seeds of that strain and if you want female stability you find a vigorous female out of those hundreds of seeds and mother it.

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Cobnobuler

Cobnobuler

Well-Known Member
ProHuman said:
If it was the other way around, you would be a regular fan.
Roll the dice, can't win them all.
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Well, thing is, I only have so much space to work with, and I tend to veg for longer periods of time. I've raised some mighty fine looking males :). I just figure I cant afford to put all that attention ( and electricity) into plants that I'm liable to end up tearing limb from limb. I dont let 'em stick around long enough to get pollen. As soon as I seem them nuts they're gone.
So, now I stick with fem seeds although I must add that in my own experience, I HAVE had a rise in phenos that turn hermie on me now and then. Some are of the opinion that fem seeds do have a higher likelihood to do that. There are other factors involved but I tend to believe that to be true in my own experience. I do think the regs tend to be more stable. I think when a reg turns female, it has a higher likelihood of staying true throughout.
 
RastaLee

RastaLee

Member
Started with bad seed to learn. Moved up to feminized to save space and now I strictly run regs because I have more space and more resources to breed my own seeds. Every grow I clone my best female veg her for 2 months to add girth and then breed her so I never have to buy seeds from that strain again. Also I keep a library of my seeds with the date they were harvested so I know how fresh they are unlike when I get them from a seedbank.
 
james2500

james2500

Well-Known Member
Been growing in my closet for 7 years now. Don't even know if there were femmed seeds back then but grew reg's for about 5 years......HATED throwing out healthy boys, not into pollen chucking, just growing smoke...went to femmed a couple years ago just out of laziness, never had any herms or problems......I clone my favorite smoke now....that is all.
 
Admortis

Admortis

Active Member
I have only bought seeds once and they were feminized; I did not want to deal with males mucking up my grow. I have not tried an auto stain and do not really plan on it. I want to control mother nature and not let her dictate to me when it is time, and from what I read it did not really sound like auto's were good for cloning as mother would be in flower by the time she would normally give off cuttings.
 
shawnybizzle

shawnybizzle

Well-Known Member
I do both reg and fems too one thing I have noticed Thomas with the regs the final product seems to be that bit better? The last run I did were fem all Humboldt seeds and they were good...at the mo I have a few clones and some reg billberrys and its looking like their lady's too :) happy days
 
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slipknotOG

New Member
I'm on my first grow and I'm using regular seeds. Just mothering two, (purple urkle X ak-47) and (alienOG X Maui) the seeds i got year before last while helping my brother do all his outdoor crop, showed me how to pollinate and breed... hoping the urkle-ak cross blends to give me the urkle quality and ak yield
 
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