@colocowboy I just think everyone gets caught up in today's online etiquette (of ALL social media) and forgets to use the forums as a place of love and gathering. Forums used to be a place we all gathered because it was illegal to grow everywhere. We all acted like a family. Perhaps I'm a fool for trying to encourage that mentality be continued (not being sarcastic).
I've ran a minimum of 3-5 rooms of 100+ beans for years and years now, not counting other smaller spaces. One room has thrown 65-75% males three runs in a row and none of the other rooms have. It does have less fresh air circulation and higher temperature swings than the other rooms. Previously, it was only used for flowering and only the last 3 runs was it used for veg.
The morning this theory was posted on IG, I called Useful and told him my observations and felt like the timing was impeccable and I wanted to share my experience but the hate is fierce (here and IG, I'm truly not picking on any one crowd).
To be clear, I'm not taking either side of the debate; I simply make observations. I think a person needs to run large populations (500 - 5000, depending) to form proper opinions... I also think numerous controlled tests need to conclusively agree with one another and nothing of the sort exists... nevertheless, I can't change what I've seen first-hand. It's a head scratcher for me.
Furthermore... I've seen a line that I believe threw an incredible amount of males... unless I witnessed the worst luck in history. ... so I believe genetics can carry higher percentages of males (or females), too. A few years ago, I found a killer female in a pack of 16 beans. The initial pack had 12 males and only 4 females (ran in a proper environment). Ran two more generations of those beans, one run of 100 and one run of 60, and had 74 males and 45 males. The run of 60 was half of a room in which other strains had a ~50/50 female ratio.
Again - I'm just making observations and don't pretend to know anything more than anyone else. It's just mind-boggling to me. I can't count the runs from my full-time gardening over the past 15-16 years and only the above mentioned puzzles me....
I don't know the history of anyone's beef with one another but it's turning to the point there's more non-Bodhi related content in this thread than Bodhi related which is the reason I keep begging everyone to be kind, respectful, and civil. It's common courtesy. Maybe I'm too koombayah about all of this but I do believe we owe it to one another to bring out each others' better selves. If we disagree, we can do it cordially/respectfully. If none of us have hands-on experience (that correlates with a certain debate), why take an aggressive stance on it... ? Hope this makes sense.
... and you're 100% correct, you're one of the guys on RIU I've grown to love and respect (even though we haven't formally met). .... which begs to argue my point - even if someone's treating you like a moron (in your eyes; not here taking sides), I'd expect you to kill 'em with kindness. I guess I'm a fool for feeling this way but I believe us older heads should set a standard so everyone feels welcome to participate.
I'm happy to bow out of this conversation now but wish you nothing but the most respect and sure wasn't calling any certain person out. Feel free to hit me up in PM, if you'd like to further this.
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I'm just trying to keep our thread open (and that's to everyone reading). Big love and no offense intended... really. Sorry for the wall of text.