cheif-smokealot

Im a first timer so I was wondering whats the best way to get more female plants ? I hear that more blue light helps get more and more humidity does too and cooler temps is this so? If so what is blue light and how do I higher the humid if growing in a closet??
thanx in advance

cheif

Observer

There is no way to get more females. The only thing that can happen to plants is that they may turn into hermaphrodites if they are subjected to too much stress.

Peace, Observer

cheif-smokealot

how do they get stressed out ?by moving around to much and what r those hermies any ways do they bud lol?

yhanx

cheif

lilbuddie

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I'd say buy female seeds from a reputable seed house. Otherwise you are gonna end up with anywhere from 40%-60% males from every batch of seeds

LB

wolfman

cheif-smokealot...

More light is supposed to make MORE male plants, not to make male plants .
8 reasons for people to keep them under light most of the time (18/6 or 24/6):
1- They will grow faster
2- They will grow faster
3- They will grow faster
4- They will grow faster
5- They will grow faster
6- some people don't know about this
7- some just don't care
8- and so on etc...


About your stress question...

Even knowing that many people use the words stress and shoking with different meanings, for me, they mean the same basic thing; you're putting the plant in a condition she wasn't supposed to...

When you put them in a colder temperature, keeping them on 24/0, transplanting, flowering to early, interrupting flowering and so on, your putting your ladies in a unnaturall condition, sometimes it as consequences...

For example:
There's a kind of seeds called Feminised seeds.
First they were called female but they had to change the name because many people were reporting hermies and males.
For a coincidence, the company that produce those seeds is by far, the one with more hermies reports i can find, and i'm not talking about feminised seeds...
As you can not create a female seed in a natural condition...

Anyway this is just what i think, probably you'll have different opinions from different persons.


Wolfman


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Delta9

According to Dutch breeders of feminized seed to help ensure all will be female slightly higher N & humidity, lower P & temps with a bluer light is advised. If this helps fem seed I think it would also help with normal seed.
MH or floros will provide the blue spectrum you're looking for.
D9

wolfman

Hey Delta9...

Just to complement your post

"...From literature and from our own findings it appears that the growth of a male or a female plant from seed, except for the predisposition in the gender chromosomes, also depends on various environmental factors. Not only the origination of entirely male or female plants is partly affected by these environmental factors, the number of male and female flowers on a hermaphrodite plant is affected as well. The environmental factors that influence the sex of the plant (or the flower in the case of hermaphrodites), are among other things:

The quantity of nitrogen and potassium of the seedbed.
Humidity and moistness of the seedbed.
Level of temperatures.
Colour of the light used.
Length of daylight.
Stress, any form of stress, makes that more male individuals will originate from seed. Even the taking of cuttings from female plants may produce male or hermaphrodite cuttings.
To optimise the result, changes in one or more of the above-mentioned environmental factors for a certain period during growth, may be applied. During this time these environmental factors will deviate from the standard growing system for maximum harvest and quality, as described in nursery literature. The desired change(s) in the environmental factor(s) are started from the moment that the seedling has three pairs of real leaves (not counting the seed-lobes). This is the moment that male and/or female predisposition in florescence is being formed. After approximately two weeks the standard growing system can be reconverted to.
Of the 5 above-mentioned environmental factors the first three are the most practical:


1. Level of nitrogen and potassium of the seedbed: A heightening of the standard level of nitrogen makes for more female plants originating from the seeds. A lowering of the nitrogen level shows more male plants. A heightening of the level of potassium tends to show more male plants, while a lowering of the potassium level shows more female plants. A combination of a higher nitrogen level for the period of a week or two and a lowering of the potassium level is recommended.


2. Humidity and moistness of the seedbed: a higher humidity makes for an increase in the number of female plants from seed, a lowering for an increase in male plants. The same is valid for the moistness of the seedbed.


3. Level of temperatures: lower temperatures make for a larger number of female plants, higher temperatures for more male plants.


4. Colour of light: more blue light makes for female plants from seed, more red light makes for more male plants.


5. Hours of daylight: few hours of daylight (e.g. 14 hours) makes for more female individuals, a long day (e.g. 18 hours) makes for more male plants..."


Wolfman


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cheif-smokealot

But this is the only thing I dont get...If more light makes them male then why do we wanna keep them under light most of the time ??Also how do you stress a plant out ?

thanks in advance

cheif