The Banana Religion - Page 2

hotpantsdan · 11-19-2007, 06:41 PM

ive got 3 beans in rock wool cubes, still only seeds with tails. Ill try this when they get old enough.

I wonder where i can buy 1 single bannana, I dont really like eating them, they make my stomach hurt. I might need more, but i rather just buy 1 at a time.

**bluecheese** · 11-19-2007, 06:51 PM

Go to the grocery store & rip one off the bunch; they sell them by the pound. I just did that very thing.

I don't dare eat the bananas that have been sitting under the plants!

old_greg · 11-19-2007, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bluecheese

Go to the grocery store & rip one off the bunch; they sell them by the pound. I just did that very thing.

I don't dare eat the bananas that have been sitting under the plants!

Not even a candidate for Nanner bread, seems to me it would be awefully sweet..

**bluecheese** · 11-19-2007, 07:15 PM

analog sorry I missed your post at first. I just get regular old bananas; any anti-ripening agent doesn't seem to interfere.

And no way old greg! I don't make banana bread with rotten bananas - just overripe ones - and there is a difference.

alleycat · 11-20-2007, 08:27 AM

cheese--Are you saying you let it get to the rotten stage then under the plant before changing it?? And do you just have to change it once then?? I was all a believer till I saw the 3 out of 4, then started having 2nd thoughts about it. Have to get someone to do up a good 20 or so plants and bananas to really make me a believer I'd guess. Start more plants please, cheese. I rhymed and am so proud of myself with it. LOL

Happy Nanners for females

Alleycat

'ere · 11-20-2007, 06:40 PM

Always picking up interesting facts here, more reasons to love this place. We've got one blueberry and one bubblegum seedling, each one week old, gotta grab some 'nanners now...thanks cheese

livefreehappy · 11-20-2007, 07:14 PM

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Have to get someone to do up a good 20 or so plants and bananas to really make me a believer I'd guess.

Hey Alleycat!
Seems like someone's done that for you:

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Here is a thread I saved from OG. I don't know if it works but my seeds are currently in a banana-filled bag. You can't loose much to try. I'll post my female male ratio once I sex my plants.

O.K Ive read alot of posts with regards to male plants from people obviously not intent on breeding & worried about having them.

The best way to avoid males in the first place is obviously to feminise your seeds before you start which you can do by using a commercial feminiser like sensa soak which contains 'Ethylene' or birth control pills that contain oestrogen etc.

But here is a cheap, very effective method I use which ime sure some will be familiar with but alot of you wont.

O.K Before you germinate your seeds, place your seeds in a sealed plastic bag containing banana peels for 14 days. Wrap the banana skins in tissue to absorb any moisture they give off. Keep the bag in a warm place & air the seeds regularly, replacing the skins as they ripen. Ethylene, a naturally occuring gas given off by the ripening bananas causes feminisation.

I have been using this method for two years now & has produced a 100% success rate on apx:30 unfeminised seeds from three different strains.
Anyway, the seasons well under way now but I hope this might be of some use to anyone that wasnt aware next year.

All the Best R.D

Full thread here:
International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums - The ripe banana method to get more females.

**bluecheese** · 11-20-2007, 07:21 PM

That's where I got the idea. But instead of wrapping & warming & changing peels I wanted something simpler, so I just lay a banana down beside the plant. And I'm not messing with the seeds, just the plants.

Alley I keep the bananas under the plants for weeks 3 & 4. Sometimes one banana will last the entire two weeks (they did last time) but I replace it before I get bugs. I did let the second banana ripen some before taking away the first one.

And I can't try the experiment again for awhile, I need some males.

livefreehappy · 11-20-2007, 07:22 PM

100% is always suspicious though...

livefreehappy · 11-20-2007, 07:26 PM

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That's where I got the idea. But instead of wrapping & warming & changing peels I wanted something simpler, so I just lay a banana down beside the plant.

Yeah, and as they say, ethylene is lighter than air so your technique is interesting for that. Thanks for that thread by the way, I'll surely try it for my sprouts.

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