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Repeal the dagga laws Its good to see that my record will be expunged but I still want a personal apology from Ministry.

@CoolJ the arb numbers are pointless, I agree with that, but this is a Minister's ego at stake. They feel the need to still show power and retain their authority, in some manner. How is it ever going to be enforced, if it gets passed through and approved? Be nice to your neighbours, don't make enemies and nobody is going to make kak, for you. Drug driving laws also introduced. "Driving or occupying driver's seat while under the influence of intoxicating liquor[ or], a drug having narcotic effect or THC, or with excessive amount of alcohol or THC or a drugs having a narcotic effect in blood or breath"; And some form of blood testing? I read about 100 nano gram THC and didn't bother to read the rest.

@Totemic thanks for putting me right. And even this isn't a solid promise. Hybrid vigour would only show in a small percent of that generation. Is that right? Another thing to consider with these fem seeds that are mass produced and then re-branded is the selection criteria used. Potency, vigour and yield take a back step when you are trying to make enough seed to pay your salary. The plant that you choose to reverse needs to be able to produce lots of viable, non-hermie pollen, so that you can keep the seed banks fully stocked.

Is this refered to as bottle necking? Is it a stable hybrid because there is no male chromosones involved? I would struggle to keep up the strict procedures. Do you store the pollen in the freezer?

I don't have the packaging any more. You have to snap the wood in half to get at the beans and then spend the next half an hour on your hands and knees looking for the things. I don't have any issues with growing autos and if it means you get a extra crop in then that has to be admired. I am also a fellow outdoor grower with limited space and dealing with males can be tricky, but it can be worked around. One thing is to try and stress them into showing a pre-flower, before you transplant them into their final home. If I ever have too many females then i just farm them out to friends, or neighbours. @afternoon blazer The main objection for me with autos, is the taste. Every one I have grown has had a particular taste that sort of sits at the back of my tongue and I don't enjoy it. I would politely describe it as woody. The potency is not quite there, either. The most recent ones I ran were freebies from seedsman and RQS. A diesel, white widow and critical jack. I wouldn't personally grow them again.

go with the flow, man. Its obvious, but this is worth repeating. Can you share your reason why you don't use any feminised genetics in this project?

Thanks for explaining it. Can it get tricky to keep track of everything? I imagine you have to be organised, keep records and label all the plants. Are there any formulas you can use to predict the odds of a successful outcome?

@Fridgedoor just the vial, without the tin is good enough for me. Maybe a little label on the vial and away you go. Those things are used in a centrifuge, for lab work, so they should be easy enough to find locally. The tins are very nice though. I like that tamper proof pack from Humboldt seeds. A block of wood that you snap open to release the beans. Another question is about the fems and autos. There is a bigger demand for those types from newer growers and I scheme thats where the bucks are. A lot of seedbanks now have dropped regular seeds from their menus. I prefer to start off with regular seeds, fems and autos don't really appeal to me, but I wouldn't discourage anyone from planting any type of cannabis.

@Totemic poke freely, you never know what might come up. Do you back cross to the original parental plants (great great grandparents) or do something else? The rest makes a lot of sense. A large population to test, keep the best and reject the rest. Does it help to eliminate some time and another roll of the dice, when you reverse the females? Speed up the process and reduce some of the guesswork. Have you ever looked at how other plant breeders produce feminised seeds? Cucumber growers will hybridise until they achieve an all female plant. They call them parthenocarpic seed and when you buy them and open the packet there will be some feminised and some regular seeds in seperate envelopes. They still include the male-bearing plants, to ensure pollination of the crop.

@Totemic good day, thanks for the reply and lets hope she turns into a winner. If this mutation is a recessive trait, then is it likely to go back into hiding, in your subsequent generations? One more question, if you have the time, please. What do you do to maintain your yield and vigour as you move along? Are inbred lines notorious for suffering from inbred depression?

@Totemic Good evening, this looks like a fun project. I have a quick question for you about whorled phlotaxy. Why did you choose that particular one for a STS spray reversal? I have come across a few of them and they have always stayed stunted in veg and never flowered as well as their sistren. Whenever I see those 3 way seedlings I kill them now.

Multi-dimensional grams per litre per metre per month. Don't ask me to do the sums.

This doesn't really apply to me outdoors. There are also some other paramaters for outdoor growers, such as grams per month, if you grow perpetually. Another one to consider is the volume of soil. Grams per litre.

@Scoobydoob Welcome and all the best with your efforts. Master Kush is a personal favourite of mine too

I admire your optimism@420SA This must be wearing thin on your patience, by now. No matter what, he keeps on hooking new fish.