Sexing at germination

skunksta · Jun 17, 2008

oh crap everyone you got me all excited and i cant germ my seeds till sep cause i on the wrong side of the world. i cant wait to see everones progress. i also have been told if you put your plants in a dark cuboard for a couple of days they will sex and you can do that befor you transplant so you dont have to transplant males

email468 · Jun 17, 2008

The following are pictures of germinated seeds.

all turned out to be females... it looks like only one curls.

honkeytown · Jun 17, 2008

im in...we shall see in a few weeks

aladdin2685 · Jun 17, 2008

very intrested.

ShimizuAntiCorp · Jun 17, 2008

ok so far...

shimizuanticorp-58810-albums-germination-experiment-10-10-picture788950-sunset-orange-6-17-2008.jpg

8/10 germ'd

out of those 8
3/8 straight root tips
5/8 curled root tips

going to wait another day incase the other two are just late bloomers
then will start planting them tomorrow after work

email468 · Jun 17, 2008

ShimizuAntiCorp said:
ok so far...

8/10 germ'd

out of those 8
3/8 straight root tips
5/8 curled root tips

going to wait another day incase the other two are just late bloomers
then will start planting them tomorrow after work

are you planning on labeling which seeds (curled or straight) are in which pots?

notorious · Jun 17, 2008

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ShimizuAntiCorp · Jun 17, 2008

yes i'm planning on making this a full on science project for myself. cause i would like to know if my dad and that other old guy is correct or not. i usually only use the curly ones but i would like to know if it even makes a difference. so to i guess "re-answer" your question yes i plan on color coding everything and lableing which is which.
maiking it as controled as possible.

should be fun
:peace:

Shimizu

el1 · Jun 17, 2008

Some dude pic was from 02. What happend to their results? This is interestin as fuck!

Email , let us know when ure little ones show sex.

email468 · Jun 17, 2008

el1 said:
Some dude pic was from 02. What happend to their results? This is interestin as fuck!

Email , let us know when ure little ones show sex.

read the post through - all were female - even the straight ones. no one seemed to notice though

el1 · Jun 17, 2008

Now that i re read it......well there goes that theory lol.

ShimizuAntiCorp · Jun 17, 2008

maybe all results are good results in the end...

the main question was...to quote.... "My question is, has anyone heard this before, or ever noticed a corilation between the tap root's action upon germination and plant sex? Do ya'll think it is plausible in the least? I was extremely doubtful when I first heard it, but after seeing all ten of my fem seeds curl I now think there just might be something to it. Perhaps someone who is starting an indoor grow from seed soon could note if the roots curls, and what sex the plants turn out."

*the root tip has to curl around the seed* that is how my dad and this old guy explained it

so just looking to see if there is any truth or corilations to back this old timer theory up. ......cause why would they do it if it didnt work?

email468 · Jun 17, 2008

ShimizuAntiCorp said:
maybe all results are good results in the end...

the main question was...to quote.... "My question is, has anyone heard this before, or ever noticed a corilation between the tap root's action upon germination and plant sex? Do ya'll think it is plausible in the least? I was extremely doubtful when I first heard it, but after seeing all ten of my fem seeds curl I now think there just might be something to it. Perhaps someone who is starting an indoor grow from seed soon could note if the roots curls, and what sex the plants turn out."

*the root tip has to curl around the seed* that is how my dad and this old guy explained it

so just looking to see if there is any truth or corilations to back this old timer theory up. ......cause why would they do it if it didnt work?

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!

el1 · Jun 17, 2008

email468 said:
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!

lol burn!!!

email468 · Jun 17, 2008

el1 said:
lol burn!!!

I didn't mean what i said to be insulting to anyone ... just kind of pointing out our human nature.

immacomputa · Jun 17, 2008

how long did you let yours germ? maybe if you let them germ longer they will eventually either curl over itself or be completely straight. I know mine were longer than what you have in your pics when I planted them and some curled and some didn't.

You also don't have to be so obviously rudely sarcastic? We're not stupid here, just high. :joint:

email468 said:
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!

immacomputa · Jun 17, 2008

ok. I posted my thread just as you posted yours. lol. good to know you're not insulting anyone. hehe

email468 said:
I didn't mean what i said to be insulting to anyone ... just kind of pointing out our human nature.

email468 · Jun 17, 2008

immacomputa said:
ok. I posted my thread just as you posted yours. lol. good to know you're not insulting anyone. hehe

sometimes i inadvertently insult someone but i would prefer my insults to be unambiguous.

Angus · Jun 17, 2008

email468 said:
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!

Angus said:
"when the seed pops and the tap root comes out, if it shoots out straight it is probably a male, but if it curls over itself, it's definitely a bitch."

I'm not arguing for the legitimacy of this method, but that doesn't disprove what he said. Now if they had all curled over themselves (not just been a little curly like a pigs tail like some people are thinking) and had all turned out male then it would disprove it.

White Eagle · Jun 18, 2008

Angus said:
I'm not arguing for the legitimacy of this method, but that doesn't disprove what he said. Now if they had all curled over themselves (not just been a little curly like a pigs tail like some people are thinking) and had all turned out male then it would disprove it.

I agree. Just because they didn't curl doesn't prove it's a male. I haven't seen where anyone had a curled root and it was male. That is what we want to know. I'll try this myself on my next grow.

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