Originally Posted by
Valentina
Wow, one year old thread...
Here's my 2 cents: what I have read is that there will be more females, can't remember the reasons now, it was beyond the XY chromosomes 1:1 ratio, but other factors.
As I recall the ratio was like 1 male to 2 females, or even 1 to 3.
The feminised female has ALL female genes, but when reproducing, the 2 strands of DNA split so if a male pollen carrying the Y chromosome hits the feminised flowers, there really ought to be chances of male seeds.
Just thinking out loud here, would straight male pollen hitting a feminised female yield plants less likely to hermie than a feminised female plant?
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