Justwingit

Oranges too. I used one for 3 weeks, although it is a 1/1 experiment, my babes a girl!! (Found out last night)

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Lou Cypher

Mrs, Blue, the fruit salad in the grow room worked well for me, with better % than sulfuric acid.
Out of 40 seedlings that I introduced the bananas & apples, 29 are females.

What I learn from the experience though is, that in the first couple weeks one uses fruits, have to control ventilation a little better.

And what I mean by that is, if you're constantly exchanging air in the GR, ethylene gas has no time to be absorbed by the plants.

Also after I spoke to couple of breeders that use fruits for the production of ethylene gas, they all agreed that the amount of fruits is important too.

After a long debate of info, all of us agreed that you need at least 2 fruits per cubic ft. of space, in order to see the effects of ethylene.

Most of them also prefer Apples over Bananas cause they take a little longer to get rotten.

Overall, one good find Mrs, Blue Thank you.

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willat5

Sounds very interesting I might actually have to try this.

- Williat

Lou Cypher

You might? You should.

It does increase the % for females.
Don't let them get too rotten, or you'll get bugs.
The peal is brown, time for a fresh

Good Luck, hope you get a lots of girls.
I did.

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vpur

I think for this theory to actually be tested one should add ethylene gas to the grow chamber like co2 addition. Otherwise I think its just speculation that it works. My first grow ever in a drip hydro system I had 6/6 females from bag seeds and no bananas. If I had a banana in there I would probably think it worked, while it was only coincidence.

Since I have had my peepee slapped in this thread before for mentioning a stable ethylene foliar spray to test this theory I will shut up now.

Lou Cypher

What are you talking about?
Is not Mrs, Blue's speculation about the fruits, vpur.

Not a theory either.
It's a scientific fact that all fruits emit ethylene gas as they decompose.
And by having bananas in the GR you're doing exactly that.
Adding ethylene gas in the room <like Co2>
Just because is not coming from a bottle doesn't mean the plants don't absorb it.

I think you haven't read this whole thread.
Lazy.

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vpur

Of course I know certain fruits emit ethylene gas as they decompose. All I was saying is that the amount of fruit it takes to bring the ethylene gas up in the room is a waste of money and FOOD for that matter. Its like saying use yeast and sugar for CO2 production. Its both a waste of time and material.

Actually it has been tested and proven that ethylene gas does promote a plant to produce certain characteristics including female sexing. Bayer crop science has a product made of stable ethylene that is sprayed on the crop.

Now as I said before I was slapped around for suggesting use of either a ethylene gas or a ethylene stable foliar spray to test on MJ. So don't rag on me, you sound like a religous fanatic that wont look into a scientific point of view when it comes to the Banana Theory.

P.S. I haven't read the whole thread cause most of it is "I put a banana in my grow room... I got a female"ect.

alleycat

Isn't that the whole point of this thread, thus saying that it works??? Damn a couple bananas cost what under a buck, I'll waste a dollar to get females anyday. You must be on one hell of a tight budget there. You could throw them in your compost afterwards and get more use out of them after getting females plants from them too.

Happy Growing

Alleycat

Lou Cypher

Oooch! Thanks for putting one more in my list.

Through the years I have been called:

Ugly
stupid
extreme
Antisocial
crazy
Anarchic
Hardheaded
sexy
horny
Well endowed
Religious Fanatic

Mmmmmm, I'm feeling a little dizzy....must be all that Ethylene gas coming out from my 's.

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penguin

This has been tested. Ethrel (ethylene releaser) has been found to have a feminizing effect in .

Mohan Ram HY, Jaiswal VS. 1970. Induction of female flowers on
male plants of Cannabis sativa by 2-chloroethane phosphonic acid.
Experientia 26: 214-216.


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