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LANKSTACRANKSTA

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hello peoples I had 5 plants that were females however due to as I found out later overstressing them due to mucking around with the time cycles the plants turned into hermies.
Well I pulled em up and culled the seeds,my question thus is the seeds I culled are they of any use or should they just be discarded is there any chance that they could sprout female plants if I germinate them.
Would appreciate any and all genuine advice would especially like to hear any feedback from any one that has similiar experience and from people with 5 + years expierence grown tommatoes lol.
Thank you one and all that are able to give me some genuine insight geez I know one thing this caper of growin ones own aint to easy and yet they say and call it a weed lol thanks all.kiss-ass
 
THEGROWER42384

THEGROWER42384

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i would say yes your seeds should be what thay call femanied seeds thay should have something like a 90 percent chance of being female
 
terrance.jbatey

terrance.jbatey

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either do it how we done it back in the day...feed it ...phenotypes and plucking\nipping it in the bud with a pin.&tearing nut sacks off...or do both the new and old way.....use reverse from dutch master......40 ml is a full dose a litre...dont use anything less trust me it wont work......and the only reason this will help turn them back to females is because the phenotypes are manipulated.and i think females hormones\phenotypes are enhanced and males are hemries are reduced and if done properly reversed as the bottle says....it does leave out a few key elements tho........i prefer to use potash +(plus) with mine.......but if its male ur bonned bro........but this is a preventataive spray too..use b4 u go into flowering about the last week of veg......shouldnt have a problem.......unless u get a true male........they suck.........no second chances wit them........either use em for sexing to femanize ur plants(females\hermies)or let em seed but if u do use reverse from the start soak em in it b4 germinating ive found it to work brilliantly.......femanizes the seeds.....quite well....but then i also use it for spraying the seeds with 3 quarts distllied water and 1 part tap water...im dealing with what where hermies but are now females (fully fledged females)ill drop up sum pics later..........jus is an amazing transformation.......i think..seeds drop and pistils trichlonesfemale pods and such take form from its shell or what was the surrounding of ur seed case ....especally since they are quite big and hydro n close...since i over vegged im doing it again..as i have a new spot...didnt know it capacity.........but the best way to go is get urself a clone from a good strain......keep it for five six generations(after that unless u have a super strain which i am lucky to say ive perfected......and have cloned or femanized sum bud from then u need new clones...after a while clones lose their potency...depending on who grows em and how they are grown..honestly...but if u super crop it ....yeah u dont gotta worry....more on that later...ill drop some post in the advanced growers forum part. :)
 
PeteSwitch

PeteSwitch

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As a practical matter, breeders have found more success in crossing plants than in self-crosses. The self-crosses result in more hermaphrodites. They also say that gardeners should expect about 5% of the plants from feminized seed to be hermaphrodites or males. This is the result of multigenerational crossing. First generation feminized seeds have fewer hermpahrodites. Even so, gardners still have to inspect and sex the plants.

FEMINIZING SEED
Feminized seeds produce only female plants, and when they germinate there will be few males among them if they are produced correctly. The threat of accidentally pollinating crops by misidentifying a male is minimized. A male-free crop is only one reason to use all-female seeds: another might be the preservation of a particular characteristic or plant type.

The predominant way to preserve the exact genetics of a plant is by cloning. However, a plant crossed with itself produces seeds that retain its parent's favorable characteristics. Another reason to use this technique is to create a hybrid of two female plants. If a branch of one female is turned "male," there will be pollen to fertilize the other plant, and to create seed when no male is around. Feminized seeds are produced by inducing normal female, not a hermaphrodite, to grow male flowers with viable pollen. The pollen contains only female, or X, chromosomes because they plant has no Y, or male, chromosomes. The progeny will inherit an X from the male flower's pollen and an X from the egg donor female flower. The resulting seeds can only inherit two X chromosomes, which means that almost all the resulting seeds will be girls! Congratulations!

Even when using feminized seeds, there is still a small chance that you will have a few plants that are hermaphrodites (truly both male and female) or males. You should monitor all your plants through the entire growth stage to check for these oddities. Maintaining stable growing conditions is the best way to prevent male or hermaphroditic plants. Environmental stresses such as light, disruption, or overpruning will encourage female plants to produce pollen. If you do find a male or a hermaphrodite, remove it.​
 
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