Are Feminized Seeds Worth It?

Che Paddy

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I personally think they are worth the extra cost. If you have space restrictions they are perfect because you may only want to have two plants. In order to find two females you would have to start five or so seeds to work averages and have two laydees. It cuts out the guesswork and if you arent good at sexing plants there is no risk of pollination. For my very very first attempt at growng i had 4 lowryder 2 seeds. Out of the 4 the only female was the runt and it is so disappointing to have to throw out 3 healthy good plants because there male.

Just my opinion but also see they are rather more expensive
 

caliboy80

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im growing with feminized seeds at the mo and i have had no probs.. i also diidnt wan t to waste space with the males..
there is a highher risk of hermi with feminized thats the only negitive i think and the higher price aswell, but we will get over that ..
what u planning on growing??
 

donkeyballs

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i think its good cuz you can plan how many you want to harvest and/or clone. and have it all set up for wen u need it.
 

ceerock

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i definitely gonna go with fem seeds... on my purchase....i had 8 plants going and only 4 r fem...and i got lucky i hear people getting 1 in 8 .....
 

MonkeeMan

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i got 3 of 4 female last grow lol

i have room for 4 to 6 plants... im thinking putting down 2 fem, 2-4 normal

any idea for fem
 

marijuanajoe1982

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Well, out of 10 normal seeds, you would average 5 males. Out of 10 feminized seeds, you probably wouldn't have 5 hermies unless you did something wrong. If you don't stress them, you should get almost no hermies. Even if you got one or two hermies for every 10 seeds, it seems like it would be worth it. You actually end up saving money in the end, when you add up the costs of soil, nutrients, pots, space (therefore lumens, therefore electricity $$), and everything else that get's wasted on the plants that turn male before you end up throwing them out. My first few seed orders were just for the regular ones, and If you wan't to do any breeding then of course don't buy feminized. But after I got good breeding stock, everything since then has been Feminized and I think it is actually gonna be saving me money pretty soon. The cost of feminized is usually outweighed pretty quickly by the cost of growing plants that turn male, and don't get used for breeding purposes.

I've heard that Greenhouse offers "hermie free" feminized. I figured out the process to do this, but it is long and i dont wanna take up any MORE space than this post already is. Anyway, since they won't even answer e-mails from the US, I have no way of confirming that. I'll be trying out some Hawaiian Snow Feminized after this current grow, I'll let you know. Also will have some Big Bang fem and Himalaya Gold fem that will be ready at the end of summer. Sorry I can't tell you any more till then, lol. Anyway, this is just my opinion, hope it helped.
 

MonkeeMan

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cheap female seeds??? i usually order from dr chronic (good but expensive) or bc seed king (none) so i dunno where to start
 

marijuanajoe1982

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If you order from Sensibleseeds.com (Ive gotten stuff from them at least 5 times) or Dope-Seeds.com (I have a friends who has used them like more than 10 times) you should be able to find some Feminized seeds for less than $10 a seed, which is pretty affordable. There are only a couple companies that give any deals for Fem, and one of them is Greenhouse. You can get Big Bang fem, AMS fem, The Church fem, or Lemon Skunk fem all for about $6 or less per seed in a ten-pack. TrainWreck, Himilaya Gold, and Cheese are about $8 per seed in a ten-pack. Arjan's Haze #3, Great White Shark, and White Widow are a little more at about $11 per seed in a ten-pack, but even that is a pretty good deal, as most feminized seeds seem to be more like $20 per seed, even in a fuckin' ten-pack. Barney's farm has a few varieties that are about $8 per seed, Phatt Fruity fem, Honey B fem, and Blue Cheese fem are all about $80 for a pack of ten seeds. I would even pay the $130 for 10 Violator Kush fem seeds. Thats only $13 a seed and still well below average for feminized seeds. Hope that helped you out. Like I said, most fem seeds seem to be about $20 apiece so these are all still pretty good deals. Also, If you like Dr. Chronic, theck out the seeds from Seedsman. They are all around $8 apiece no matter if you get a 5-pack or a 10-pack. Personally, I think that Greenhouse or Barney's would be better choices, as I have used them and know their genetics are good. However, I should say that the same friend I have who uses Dope-Seeds got some Seedsman Colombian Red Haze as freebies, and he said they were really good. Good luck finding something you want, bro!
 
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