Stupid Question but I'm Curious

mazand1982

Well-Known Member
does anyone know how the seedbanks can "feminize" a seed anyways?...i dont get it...i know they arent always female but i heard the femonized seeds are either female or hermie in rare cases, how do they do it in the first place???...
 

frmrboi

Well-Known Member
, how do they do it in the first place???...
buy chemical means, the most successful one is colloidal silver, it's sprayed onto a flowering female branch which then produces male flowers but the chromones are still female in the pollen.
The female is then pollinated with it (this is called selfing for an obvious reason) good breeders have 100 % females and 0 % hermies.
 

mazand1982

Well-Known Member
thats alot of good insight guys, so i take it this colloidal silver method is a lil advanced for the everyday grower?...
 

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
If you think pressing your finger on a little spray bottle and pointing at you bud is hard :)
yah, like making fem'ed beans is really as easy as pressing your finger on a little spray bottle and pointing at your bud... not hardly.. while this is the process of spraying any chemical, the process' involved in making good fem'ed beans is a lil more involved than this, especially if you're trying to produce fem's that aren't hermie prone..
 

mazand1982

Well-Known Member
yah, like making fem'ed beans is really as easy as pressing your finger on a little spray bottle and pointing at your bud... not hardly.. while this is the process of spraying any chemical, the process' involved in making good fem'ed beans is a lil more involved than this, especially if you're trying to produce fem's that aren't hermie prone..
i kind of like this answer, lol, seems more realistic...i kinda figured it was harder than pointing and spraying...what stage do u spray them at?...just once? with lights on/off? oh well, ill research it....thanks racer +rep
 

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
i kind of like this answer, lol, seems more realistic...i kinda figured it was harder than pointing and spraying...what stage do u spray them at?...just once? with lights on/off? oh well, ill research it....thanks racer +rep
i'm not exactly sure m8 and i don't want to simply lie to you to impress you and have you muff up your plants.. but i do know that there is a pretty good thread on here called ironically enough making feminized seeds using colloidial silver i do believe.. i'll try and find you a link and post if up for you to read it..
 
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