In your experience with regular seeds, what percentage did you have with females over males?

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RadicalRoss

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The bible actually concludes it's XY, though I still think it's much less clear than many of you are painting it to be and the author makes that come through as well.
 
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RadicalRoss

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bernie344 said:
Its in a book......must be true
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I mean you're sitting in an internet forum shooting the shit with randos. The Cannabis Grow Bible is pretty well respected and based on more than goes on in here.

I actually disagree with him in many instances so you're trying to cast this as a blind appeal to authority is a bit silly. I think his dislike of feminized seeds is a bit dated, for example. I've never had issues with them and neither has anyone I know.
 
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bernie344

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RadicalRoss said:
I mean you're sitting in an internet forum shooting the shit with randos. The Cannabis Grow Bible is pretty well respected and based on more than goes on in here.

I actually disagree with him in many instances so you're trying to cast this as a blind appeal to authority is a bit silly. I think his dislike of feminized seeds is a bit dated, for example. I've never had issues with them and neither has anyone I know.
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Im sitting here on the lounge
 
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Frankly Dankly

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PadawanWarrior said:
That makes sense. The pH of a woman's body can help decide the sex kind of. Something like a lower pH will be more favorable to male sperm than female sperm. So you have a better chance to have a boy if her pH is lower.

Some history for ya. The term Honeymoon came from old times. It was called that because the wife would drink honey mead for a moon cycle after the ceremony, which is almost a month. This supposedly helped their chance to have a boy, and I think there's been study's since then, but don't have any links.

Of course plants are different though and don't have sperm, lol.
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My anecdotal evidence shows a Vodkamoon to raise chances of having two girls.
 
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ilovereggae

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I can possssibly see how stress factors in the plant producing seeds could influence sex of offspring. However I don't think that conditions of seedlings will affect them turning out one way vs the other. We have DNA sex testing to prove otherwise now. I think this is important to point out the distinction, bc I have seen a lot of broscience claiming the opposite.

I also think that these ratios do not always carry thru to a pack of seeds bc sample sizes are too small.

Say I have 100 seeds, and 50 are female. Now I take 10 seeds into each pile,, and make 10 packs. The odds that I put exactly 5 female and 5 male into each pack is not guaranteed. I could easily wind up with one pack that is all female, and one that is all male. or any combination.
 
bernie344

bernie344

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ilovereggae said:
I can possssibly see how stress factors in the plant producing seeds could influence sex of offspring. However I don't think that conditions of seedlings will affect them turning out one way vs the other. We have DNA sex testing to prove otherwise now. I think this is important to point out the distinction, bc I have seen a lot of broscience claiming the opposite.

I also think that these ratios do not always carry thru to a pack of seeds bc sample sizes are too small.

Say I have 100 seeds, and 50 are female. Now I take 10 seeds into each pile,, and make 10 packs. The odds that I put exactly 5 female and 5 male into each pack is not guaranteed. I could easily wind up with one pack that is all female, and one that is all male. or any combination.
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And?
 
ilovereggae

ilovereggae

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bernie344 said:
And?
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sorry if I wasn't clear in my reasoning.

I dont think there is definitive answer either way on whether environment of parent affects sex of offspring, but I personally think this could be possible..

I don't think there is evidence that environment of offspring determines sex, which is one that I have heard a lot of ppl make.
 
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bernie344

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ilovereggae said:
sorry if I wasn't clear in my reasoning.

I dont think there is definitive answer either way on whether environment of parent affects sex of offspring, but I personally think this could be possible..

I don't think there is evidence that environment of offspring determines sex, which is one that I have heard a lot of ppl make.
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Looking forward to a future study.
 
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NanoGadget

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I posted a section from an actual university study on the topic on page 1, but everybody just ignored it and continued throwing out unsubstantiated guesses and anecdotal stories. I guess here is the link for people who actually want to take the time to read....
www.researchgate.net

(PDF) The sexual differentiation of Cannabis sativa L.: A morphological and molecular study

PDF | Cannabis sativa L. is a dioecious species with sexual dimorphism occurring in a late stage of plant development. Sex is determined by... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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