I'm not arguing for the legitimacy of this method...
the straight tap roots on the females show this to not be true.
why do people continue to do anything that isn't proven to work? good question - if you figure that one out - let me know!
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OK... but that's only ONE result. I don't know what anyone else is thinking but personally I never for a minute thought this would produce a 100% accuracy rate. I'm interested in knowing what percentage of the time it proves to be true. I like math… I wanna see the numbers.
Say it only turns out to be accurate 70% of the time.... that could still prove to be useful information. Not so much for a 3 - 6 plant grower like me as I would likely never risk tossing out a seed I paid so much money for. However for people harvesting lots of seeds.... and germinating large numbers (50-99) at a time I could see it being useful. They are probably not so attached to a single seed.
I also imagine if one were to really study this there might be more to it then a simple curl. As another poster said.... perhaps it has to do with length when it begins to curl.... or the type / extent of the curl…. or perhaps the strain itself. What about Indica dominant vs. Sativa dominant.... perhaps one has a higher percentage of this being true then the other????
I'm not trying to prove anything one way or the other... and again... I would never expect this to be a 100% accurate method. They say pregnant women carrying the baby high (location... not stoned) will likely have a boy while women carrying the baby low will more likely have a girl. Is that a 100% guarantee??? Certainly not.... but it's been true for most of my friends who've had babies.... and it's fun for women to sit around and speculate about when a friend is pregnant.
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I am not arguing against doing the experiment - but ultimately the tap root will curl around if you plant it upside down. That is what tap roots do - they curl and twist until the embryo is in the right position.
Agreed... but for this we are only looking at the taproot before planting. Again...I agree it's likely an old wives tale and will never be 100% accurate... but I'm still interested to see what the results will be.... can't help it... I'm a curious girl![]()
And I just planted one that had a curled root...I will tell you the results in a few weeks.hey guys, i just germed 1 seed and it had a straight tail. ill tell you guys what i get in a few weeks.
ok I wanna be sure what are u talking about hereis that what u mean?
..left one is straight and right one is curled..
lol
OK -- try this - plant your seeds upside down with the tap root up. i'll bet every single one curls around and starts growing down... would that make them all females?
Actually, yes you are.
ok I wanna be sure what are u talking about hereis that what u mean?
..left one is straight and right one is curled..
lol
I don't know how else to say "curl over itself". I guess take your right arm and grab the back of your left shoulder.