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I am afraid you are confusing a standard genetics explanation and trying to explain dioeceous hermaphrodism. That gene is carried on the x chromosome and not on the male y chromosome as you suggest. Hermaphrodism is a female survival response and can only be expressed on the x. All xy plants are male. Always. All xx plants are female. Always. Normal males either drop x pollen or y pollen. Thus the male determines the sex. If you get a female to produce pollen there is no y so it can only be female offspring.

The guns are the bigger problem IMO. The comment by that David guy at the bottom of the article really grinds me the wrong way. What about alcohol and cigarettes, where many deaths are directly related to these substances which are addictive. Those bags look like plants not bud, are they shipping it to add to a compost heap!? Majority of law enforcement have very little knowledge on illegal drugs. Majority of people have a very big misunderstanding of drugs in general, both the legal ones from the pharmacies and the illegal ones as well as why they are illegal in the first place. Boggles the mind as to how something as natural as a plant (cannabis) or a mushroom which naturally grows in nature is illegal? How people justify that, especially when it leads to very little to no harm. Yet many other unnatural things which cause lots of harm you can literally purchase off a shop shelf without anyone blinking an eye. Anyways, things are changing and people are slowly starting to realize these things... slowly.

It's actually quite simple to understand the hermie phenomenon in Cannabis. Picture the x and the y chromosome as a ruler each, and every mm is a genetic switch that will either be on or off. Hundreds and millions of switches that determine only half of the circuit. For the hermie trait to pop up in a female the the dominant X switch needs to be on. If you find this chuck it cause you ain't flipping that switch off. If the recessive x switch is on it may or may not Express, but will definately express in the offspring at least 25% of the time. Now with a male the dominant Y chromosome does not have the switch but the male does carry the recessive x and if the switch is on there 50% of the offspring will carry the gene in an active state. This is simple genetics and applicable over many more DNA strings than just cannabis. Environmental conditions do not make a plant decide what sex it will be. That is genetically impossible. A female will not decide to be male. She will hermie. A male can not be a female, but can also generate female flowers. The only evidence is applicable to offspring. It is the same as you saying you turn into a girl in winter weather or a boy in summer...?

So I placed an order from Scared Seeds before joining the forum - took a big risk. Paid off, the owner is super helpful and friendly. Shipping was very quick and my Dutch Passion seeds arrived in the original breeder packs with the seeds sealed inside the bags. Very happy so far and will certainly be purchasing from there again!

Definitely could be brother. I'm gonna be opening up all of them at the end of this run and see whats what Sent from my G3312 using Tapatalk

Agreed, dont be scared of solvents just use them properly and use the correct solvent

Me thinks that's genetic. My autos all sprouted the same day, same feed, two are on the same flower timeline, yet one of them has a noticeably thinker stem. I will go out on a limb and say that if you grow in F pots from start to end, your root ball will be invisible until you actually open out that soil. Think about it, the tip dies off the minute it hits the last cm on soil, nothing can circle, so the roots will never really grow long and be girthy.

It's that new type of weed that you smoke the leaves, also available to chew like tobacco?? Sent from my G3312 using Tapatalk

That is the point of a fabric pot. The roots prune when they reach the fabric but will fill your soil much better in the middle. I also veg in plastic and flower in fabric

Veg in plastic flower in grow bags. Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

I have a relatively broad knowledge base regarding organics,macro/micro nutrients, rhizosphere ect... But I've haven't heard of AACT and the active inoculations before and their benefits as mentioned on this forum. Holy crap...what a difference it makes guys and girls... And proof is in the pudding... We harvested our last lady and it looked good she put on good weight and filled out beyond expectations. But I was surprized. All told 178gr dried and trimmed from a lady that stood 1.5m tall in a PEP 20lt carrier bag. This forum is beyond cool, thanks for adding to my knowledge of flora and a better insight into those ''little things''. Feed your soil is all I can say. Keep it going. Go 420SA Sent from my SM-A500F using Tapatalk

@PsyCLown Hi PsyClown, I’m in PTA so similar environment. My germination process (100% success (ie 2 out of 2 )): I soaked my seeds for twelve hours, thereafter I planted them in Jiffy Pellets with a humidity dome and removed the dome as soon as they sprouted. I kept the pellets moist at all times by placing them in a pot tray with a bit of water once a day for about two minutes. The pellet soaks up however much water it needs. Once the first roots poked out the bottom they got transplanted into small pots. That’s pretty much where I am now and they seem to be doing well.

Nah you not stepping on toes. Just the way I communicate. Excuse me for I am feral to say the least. Definately not socialized. As for the breeders bible. Yeah it's great info but breeding becomes breeding when you are breeding. Good starting stock...no impeccable starting stock is the key.

Just my 5c, drop the strain if you're having trouble with hermies. I had a strain that I worked on over a few seasons to get my perfect buzz mainly because the breeding thing intrigued me. Last batch turned out hermie, tossed all but 10 seeds due to relocation. Tried to fix it. Trust me, chuck the strain and start over. Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

Environmental factors will influence gene expression, you can read up on allele's and their role in gene's / expression. From what I could read from the screen shot, it sounds like a bunch of pseudo-science rubbish based off very big assumptions with very little to no basis in scientific fact. If they however did trial runs and published their findings in a journal I'd love to read it. If they however have some how discovered to trigger a survival trait in their plants to express primarily female chromosomes then its a different story (but I highly doubt they did).

Hi all, I'm starting my first indoor grow soon, getting a 100 x 100 x 200cm tent. I'm trying to see what LED will be good enough, so far I have decided on this one: https://growguru.co.za/collections/plant-lighting/products/720w-cob-full-spectrum-led-grow-light Has anyone used it? EDIT: Or this one? https://hydroponic.co.za/hydroponics/mars-ii-400-led/ Thanks.

Exactly. Interesting read : https://www.pnas.org/content/105/31/10847

From the moment the seed is conceived in the flower its sex has been determined.

More constructive criticism might just do the trick here..

For the soil I just don't like getting my nails dirty.

Now that everyone commented with good ideas how about just going the decarb, grind, put in clear capsules route? I know this route you will end up with plant matter mixed with CBD / THC stuffed in a clear capsule, I understand the dosage will be low and no way of really knowing what mg of CBD you getting in... Any other reasons I missed why this is a bad idea?

Anything Mars is rubbish.

No, I need it all

FWIW this is what I ended up doing with the cannabutter for dosing I used different size blister packs and filled with the butter and stored in the fridge. It is then easy to work out what dosage you want. Taken under the tongue to get effects faster, though we tend to use it like this with a low dosage for overall effect. I think you may be after something a bit different, but just maybe this helps?

If you know where you Ethanol comes from you will know that you oils is clean. I have seen how my ethanol is made so I am happy with the fact that it has almost no impurities. I have watched the guy make gin with the rest of the ethanol and we drank it. What is the difference between drinking the ethanol and using it to make oil? Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

What I mean is you will only recover about 70% of the canabanoids as not everything will dissolves in the coconut oil as the coconut oil will only hold so much , you could add a lot of coconut oil to flower but then you will end up with a weak extract . Take the left over flowers from the coconut oil extraction and make cannabutter

Correct Sir. My current temps are 23-18 range. My current run is a week or two out. But i can see the lower temps later on will be an issue. I have an old heating pad at home that i wanna roll and put into my air inlet hole (side of the tent). I wonder if that will help raise the temp somewhat. Worth the time experimenting in think.

Optimal temp is around 20 - 26? Cooler when they're sleeping, aka lights are off? Not too difficult to try and keep the temps up and if it increases the speed of growing its then we'll worth it, not so? Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

They would have most likely got off easily, but the guns make it problematic, unless they're registered.

I usually go plastic, plastic then fabric. The rootball doesn't grow so lekker in the F pot. When i did full on fabric pots i noticed the same thing, no real visible roots and the ladies couldn't support themselves so lekker. Infact, my one auto sways with the fan.

Yeah, about 8 years ago when I grew there was no such thing as fabric pots (at least to my knowledge at the time) and I grew stems as thick as my wrist. I mean fabric pots provide nice aeration for the roots. I have some seedlings and clones going will do those in plastic and see the outcome vs my current grow in fabric.

Everyone wants big viking pubes bro, thick white and fluffy roots. It takes me back to growing in coco where the roots were busting all over the little pots Sent from my G3312 using Tapatalk

Setting yourself up for a good one. Autos are not the easiest to start off with. Good luck I'm sure you will make a success of it though. You have the right equipment. Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

I ended up ordering the following: Plant Marker × 10 Digital Indoor Hygrometer × 1 Scrog Net - Screen of Green × 3 Nitrile Gloves - Black × 1 3ml Pipette × 10 Rope Ratchet Grow Light Hangers × 2 In Line Duct Fan TD Silent × 1 Digital Timer × 1 Air Ducting Hose Clamp × 8 Plain Ducting × 1 150mm 6” Desk & Tent Clip Fan × 2 Fish Mix - Bio Bizz × 1 Bio Bloom - Bio Bizz × 1 Bio Grow - Bio Bizz × 1 Grow Guru Fabric Pots 5gal/19L × 6 Small Grow Tent 100 X 100 X 200cm × 1 G4 - 720W COB - Full Spectrum LED Grow Light × 1 Freedom Farms Premium Growing Medium × 2 Soil Moisture Meter × 1 Soil pH Meter × 1 PLANT!T pH Meter × 1 Precision Pruner Curved Blade × 1 Boveda Humidity Control Sachets - Boveda 8g 62% × 10 Quantum Filters 100mm - 100mm x 300mm × 1 Surgical Scalpels - Reusable Stainless Steel Scapel Handle × 1 Garland Large High Dome Propagator × 1 Green Stretchy Tape × 1 Microscope Loupe 30X × 1 Liquid pH Down - 500ml × 1 Liquid pH Up - 500ml × 1 7.0 pH Calibrating Solution - 250ml × 1 Rockwool - Rockwool Square Plug 36mm x 40mm × 20 Barney's Farm Pineapple Express Auto Dutch Passion Auto Mazar Barney's Farm Blue Cheese Auto

To be honest I find that the plant needs more support in fabric pots, its as if the main stem does not have enough grounding. Never had that issue with plastic.

Ok my previous experience are with growing in Coco. Maybe it is different in soil. Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

This -> " while the Bay 11 looked like the mightiest of viking warrior pubes. Honestly the best description of the roots. " Go with the Viking pube roots bro who does not want Viking roots?

Yes, FF Premium.

Some days I wish I more pictures. Are you guys growing in soil? Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

My roots are usually slightly denser, but not by much, I honestly thick this fabic pot thing was a scam lol.

That is exactly what I do and honestly there is no difference for me, yes there is a lot of roots, but it is not one massive root ball.

I have looked at the light. They do not specify what brand of cob light it has. If you are looking for a light why not head over to growopz site and check out some comparisons between lights. And he has killer prices. There are a couple of companies/websites with QB boards. Does any one have a QB lying around as an extra? Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

Hi guys Sorry to revive an old thread here , but was just scrolling around and reading on some topics of interest .... I have been trying to study as much as possible with regards to breeding and the wonderful plant in general , and i hope my 2 cents worth on this topic of hermies would be worth something to someone I hope to one day become a successful breeder and am working towards that goal one day at a time According to the cannabis breeding bible - the trick to feminized seeds is to first find yourself an XX sex chromosome female of the pheno of which you wish to create feminized seeds of ... If the specimen reacts with male flowers to regular stress i.e irregular light cycles , heat stress , drought etc this would indicate and XY Most individuals as @Totemic was trying to get at are technically what we call "hermie" - an individual with an X and a Y sex chromosome (one male one female) in its genes and can therefore be either sex. What we want is a female that wont show male flowers under and stress signalling an XX specimen - which once treated with Colloidal Silver will kick out male flowers but due to being an XX the chromosome given by the pollen is an X (female) instead of usually in nature where the Y would come from the father This will result in the seed being XX (feminized) When it comes to having the tendency towards hermaphrodite - this is a trait that as @McB and @Totemic were explaining becomes a dominant trait - especially when incorrect methods are used for feminizing strains and is very difficult to get rid of once introduced - but like all traits within a specific genotype if you plant enough of them out you will find a pheno without said hermie response and can use that to further your goals I wanted to type something else here but seems i got too baked and forgot what it was lol Anyway apologies for the essay - i hope it makes enough sense for all to follow and that i understood my research correctly

With my new controller here I can't be happier [emoji16][emoji16]gonna set it up tomorrow so it can start doing its thing asap Sent from my G3312 using Tapatalk

Alrighty fellas well the girls are perking harder than any lady's nipple could, close up pics are of the AK which has just exploded with growth and the Blue Dream which is the other big girl. These two will both go into the flowering tent. If the girls look skinny it's probably cause I trimmed half a checkers bag off of them all. They've grown back in tho so no worries I've raised the lights a little bit just to give a bit more space too Sent from my G3312 using Tapatalk

The best way I can explain the hermie phenomonon in cannabis. All cannabis plants can "hermie" as they fall into the category of dioecious plants. This simply means that male and female flowers are usually on two different plants. What's interesting to note with almost all plants in this category is their ability to also produce the opposing flowers to ensure the survival of the species. At the very core of it, that is what all living organisms are hardwired for. So this really is less of a trait and more genetic hardwiring, a common foundation for the species. The trigger is stress and this is where the traits come in. The trait is finding the genetic expression that can tollerate the highest amount of stress and not hermie. Some genetic expressions have a low stress threshhold and hermie just by looking at them wrong, while others can withstand massive fussing. Also it is interesting that "hermie" is actually a wrong term but so widely used that it is accepted. All your "perfect" flowers are true hermie flowers and defined as having both male and female reproductive parts on a single flowers structure. Cannabis keeps its flower structures distinctly seperate. So back to the point... stresses can be so subtle that you as a person may never know what the stress was. Regardless, once you have identified a plant "hermies" then you can assume its a stress so yes that genetic expression may not like your indoor environment and need outdoors to feel they arent being threatened. So the key is finding those plants that can tollerate the most everyday stresses without the survival response kicking in. All hermies should be discarded to try and eliminate the low stress tollerance trait as it carries over and offspring and genetically even less stress tollerant thus going hermie even easier.

Not storing the probe correctly reduces the life and performance of pH probes heavily. Always keep your pH electrode moist. Try keeping the electrode in KCL solution. If KCL is not available use pH 4 calibration solution. DO NOT store the electrode in distilled/deionized water or plain water — this will cause ions to leach out of the glass bulb and render your probe useless.