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    In the early days of fem seeds, some (most?) breeders would use light torture or heat stress etc. to get the nanas. Problems occurred when the customer accidentally gave their plants the same sort of stress. Here come the nanas.

    Colloidal silver has the advantage of never happening by accident.

    Another method is to start the daddy female earlier. A female left to grow way beyond the usual chop time is likely to throw out nanas. She's pitching pollen just as the ladies next to her are ready to catch pollen.

    If looking to make fems, I'd suggest starting with F1 regulars and do a keeper hunt first. Fems aren't bred to give keepers. (Although that can happen.) What the breeder is looking for is consistency. Customer buys and grows 10 fems and ideally they're all close in quality. With F1s, customer gets an average of 1 keeper per 4 females. The other 3 females might be a bit meh but who cares, the keeper is brilliant.

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    I think the tried and trusted go to method is now to hit a cutting of your fav mum with STS (Silver Thiosulfate) which you make yourself using Sodium Thiosulphate and Silver Nitrate or buy it premixed for a small fortune lol some companies really over charge for this which literally costs pennies/cents to make.
    Being from the UK I do frequent another more UK orientated forum and it is quite amusing that this very subject come up a week or 2 ago and it has caused mayhem lol . People falling out, members leaving, sponsors with the hump....
    Some people really HATE fems for whatever reason....Even if you planned to give them away for free lol.
    Personally I just like discussing stuff that we may all not know much about with regards our fav plant/weed. From growing to curing to manipulating the plant to do what you want just fascinates me but it seems to frighten others lol.

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    Been taking a keen interest in this thread.
    MrC has been asking all the rite questions cheers pal lol.
    Ali bongo regular delivery just in time.

    5x Mango reg.
    5x Double D(Danky Doodle) reg.
    10x California special reg.
    5x Crystal Limit reg.
    1x Cannarado Genetics Papusas fem.
    25 regs 1 free fem- payed £26 with thctalk discount.

    Seed run soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TightNugs View Post
    Been taking a keen interest in this thread.
    MrC has been asking all the rite questions cheers pal lol.
    Ali bongo regular delivery just in time.

    5x Mango reg.
    5x Double D(Danky Doodle) reg.
    10x California special reg.
    5x Crystal Limit reg.
    1x Cannarado Genetics Papusas fem.
    25 regs 1 free fem- payed £26 with thctalk discount.

    Seed run soon.

    Cheers Nugz


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    I was lookin at the mango and the california special but bought some edam bomb regulars instead

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrC View Post
    I was lookin at the mango and the california special but bought some edam bomb regulars instead
    I dont mind just crossing some regular strains I like at first mate.Will try fems and autos out later.If I get hundreds of seeds it dont bother me having to cull the males at first.Like you said can go pheno hunting.
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    Many years ago, a forum had a thread: 'Your Desert Island Strain?'

    Replies were as expected, current favourites mentioned often.

    One reply was: Any pack of seeds from [Redacted]. That will give me the widest range of genetics to breed from.

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