Myth of more females in crop?

was just lookin round the net at a few sites for growin the 'erb (as you do) and found this quote:

"Another idea is to interrupt the night cycle with about one hour of light. This gives you more females."

anybody know if thats true?

i highly highly dought it or it would be all over the place with people doing this asking about this studying it.....so i highly dought it....but plz...try it and let us all know

im reluctant to try it..ive only seen it on 1 site..and i've already screwed up my first grow one week into flowering so think i'll stick with the tried and tested for the next batch! is that your purple heart?

yes it is my PH

fair enough..i got respect for anyone in the armed forces dude.

easy skankin said:

fair enough..i got respect for anyone in the armed forces dude.

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thank you for your respect,
but i am no longer in the army, for the same reason i got the PH...i got injured in iraq from a rode side bomb that blew up the vehicle i was in and messed up my left knee real bad, i couldnt walk for almost 2 years..but after i healed enuff to walk the army medically retired me because my knee what still to messed to to continue with the strenious work that is involved with infantry work..so now im back home, basically handicaped, no job living off unemployment...im havent even been smokeing for the past 6 7 months, (since i got out) simply so i can get a job, but seem noone really cares about hiring a wounded vet, and im only 23...but life goes on i gess...

Thank you for all u have done and sacrificed for this country Mad Hatter. +rep for being a hero!


I think veg temprature/lighting quality may affect male/female ratio.
-my first batch of 20 seeds, which were stared in a cold attic room in february under blue plant bulbs.....2 females currently and doing awesome
-i started another 20 seeds bout a month later....was warmer, had a ton of flourescent lights................14 females currently and doing awesome.

may just be luck, but not sure

all were bag seed from mexican crap,lol

that aint right man..sorry to hear about that. you'll find somethin though dont sweat it! you do any growing these days?

18fan said:

Thank you for all u have done and sacrificed for this country Mad Hatter. +rep for being a hero!


I think veg temprature/lighting quality may affect male/female ratio.
-my first batch of 20 seeds, which were stared in a cold attic room in february under blue plant bulbs.....2 females currently and doing awesome
-i started another 20 seeds bout a month later....was warmer, had a ton of flourescent lights................14 females currently and doing awesome.

may just be luck, but not sure

all were bag seed from mexican crap,lol

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so you think temperature might have something to do with it? hmmm theres more to this growing than people think! i got 4 bagseeds i have been saving for a while and i just hope they arent all male...if they ever get their ass above ground that is.

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"Dutch Passion: From literature and our own findings it appears that the growth of a male or female plant from seed, except for the predisposition in the gender chromosomes, also depends on various environmental factors. The environmental factors that influence gender are:

a higher nitrogen concentration will give more females.
a higher potassium concentration will give more males.
a higher humidity will give more females.
a lower temperature will give more females.
more blue light will give more females.
Fewer hours of light will give more females.

It is important to start these changes at the three-pairs-of-leaves stage and continue for two or three weeks, before reverting to standard conditions."

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http://dutch-passion.nl/index.php?p=feminized

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For plants from seeds (veg only) I:

- add 2ml Nitrogen per gallon of regular nutes;
- 15,000K light (blue);
- home made "grow tent" to raise humidity (sometimes I leave a small bucket of water open if there's room);
- run 18/6 lights (also helps develop the root system).

I'm pretty sure I get at least 50% females.

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https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/303229-diy-air-pruning-pot-experiment.html

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18fan said:

Thank you for all u have done and sacrificed for this country Mad Hatter. +rep for being a hero!


I think veg temprature/lighting quality may affect male/female ratio.
-my first batch of 20 seeds, which were stared in a cold attic room in february under blue plant bulbs.....2 females currently and doing awesome
-i started another 20 seeds bout a month later....was warmer, had a ton of flourescent lights................14 females currently and doing awesome.


may just be luck, but not sure

all were bag seed from mexican crap,lol

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thanks 18fan for your +rep....and yes easy skankin, i am growing simply to sell to pay my rent...i not gonna smoke till i get a job...i have a grow journal going right now, the link is in my sig. *hawaiian Thunder*

oh, and i am no hero, i simply did my job.....

thanks Hobbes..im gonna have to try some of these. one question though..how would i get more nitrogen into the seedlings without ferting?

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Easy Skanin Dutch Passion suggested starting the nitrogen when the plants are at 2 or 3 sets of leaves, I just use straight water until then as well. I'm always cautious of damaging the roots at that age.

From then you just add a nitrogen additive when you water or feed. If you have a soil like Fox Farm that has nutes in it just add the nitrogen to your water. Go light, I'd even start out at 1ml per gallon for a bit, see how your seedlings react.



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appreciate it mate..+rep

Who gave me the +rep with the son-in-law named riddle...

The*Mad*Hatter said:

Who gave me the +rep with the son-in-law named riddle...

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son-in-law named riddle? dunno..i gave ya + rep earlier though