If I might intercede here with some experience in plant physiology, I would just say that both Johnny’s and Cormoran’s views can be supported. (Not trying to straddle the fence here, but it’s true!)
As you look across the genome of any cultivar or phenotype, you find both dominant and recessive genes. Dominant genes are just that…they’re pretty straight forward and expressive.
Recessive genes are a whole different animal…they range in their expressive strength and can often be VERY DEPENDENT on environmental factors. Heat, photoperiod, pH, moisture content, nutrient availability, RH, and insect or disease stress can have significant impact on their expession.
Considering the tremendous amount of breeding in Cannabis over the last 60+ years, it’s safe to bet that recessive genes have been spread around extensively!! It’s highly possible that you could make some very ligitimate observations based on the phenotypes you’ve worked with and your ‘specific’ grow inputs.
I believe it’s always worth considering obervations of others, and comparing with your own observations…just remember those ‘recessive’ genes are always lurking in the background !!
So this interested me to no end as like I had posted earlier I have practice bro Science on trying to sway male female ratios for decades.
So I decided to call someone who actually knows and I talked to Jackson at Farmer Freeman here is the truth.
Genetically speaking DNA once the seed is formed it has already predetermined its sex yes that’s what I said they can actually tell you from a seed whether it’s male or female. Why he is able to tell from a cotyledon or a tiny bit of the first leave what sex the plant is.
When asked about influencing the male female ratio with pH temperature soil any other outside intervention what he says is the sex cannot be changed or swayed. you can however by manipulation of the environment force a male DNA plant to throw flowers and force a female to make pollen. Of course we all know this. but according to science actually changing a scene from male to female is not possible. I use bro science when there’s no real science but this is the real science fact is the seed has already determined what it’s going to be and from the first set of plant material they can tell you which sex that is
lol ok so every article by any researchers& scientists I’ve read on the subject are wrong?! If that’s the case, can you please tell me why I have over 90% female in ALL of my seedlings? I did not have that before I changed the environment, period.
I say the proof is in the pudding.
Like I said earlier. I think we need to agree to disagree, and drop the subject. It’s obvious there’s a dead horse being beat here.lol I & others,share one school of thought, and others have theirs, we all grow, and love, the ganja. So lets concentrate on that common ground, shall we? There’s a lot of different methods in growing that folks use. Whatever works for any grower is the method they should use.
peace
I say this because it’s obvious I’m not going to be swayed by anyone saying otherwise, and it looks like I’m not going to sway other’s ideas on this.
lol oh one more thought and I’m done. Doing what I do to help tip the ratios, doesn’t hurt any plants. So I’m going to keep on keeping on with what I feel is a good method.
Well hell lol it’s looking like I might actually get some rest tonight. I’m having an unusually good evening, without much pain! Maybe the 7-8 joints, 3 bowl packs of hash, and another couple bowls of rosin had a little bit to do with it. lol
That’s since round 7PM
pretty much smoked like a burnt out diesel!
Higher than a Georgia Pine atm
Yeah, dark and cold. My back is still pretty effd, but well see in a few days if the injections did anything. And yeah, my shit knees always tell me when a storm’s coming.
I made almost 3# coconut butter last week. Between lotion for my wife’s arthritis, rice crispie bars, and snickerdoodles this will last a couple months. I have 2 gallons of Iso, a gallon of Ethanol, plenty of weed,and time. Never made oil and I’d rather not fuck up. Need someone to show me this process, not a video. @JohnnyPotseed you want us to rattle about edibles and oils somewhere else? Or you in on that too?
Lol, he ain’t up yet. I think he’s CST. Really I shouldn’t be up either. I’m MST. Been a weird couple weeks with health problems. Normaly I’m up at 4:30 for work and asleep in bed by 9:30. Feelin like an old man.
Ok, so if you’ve made a tincture with food grade alcohol before. Oil is easy. Just reduce it on a double boiler and evaporate the ethanol. I just do a deep pan on a pot. The edges can have rising bubbles, but no roiling boil on the ethanol pan. And remember, NO OPEN FLAMES. I have a glass topped electric range. You can take it all the way to oil, or just reduce it to a much stronger tincture. And I meen much stronger.
Oh, and carmels. I can send you link to best and easiest carmels recipe.
Carmels? Nice! I had read about using a rice cooker for the evap part. Yeah, send a link if you have one.
I’m PST. I worked swing shift or later for 15 years.plus I surfedcand fished commercially. I’m awake or not. No use fighting it. That annoys the missus too. “Why were you drinking coffee at 3am?” “Cuz it was cold and it sounded good?” Coffee always sounds good.
Never hear of a rice cooker. I think I’ve read about a crock pot/slow cooker to make butter or reduce tincture.
This is the carmel recipe I’ve been using for years. I would suggest silicone molds, rather than having to cut up sheets. It so much easier. The only downside to this recipe is that is not shelf stable. The carmels must remain in the fridge or freezer because they’re made w butter. https://emilykylenutrition.com/cannabis-caramels/
Huh, it’s at the top Google search for “cannabis carmels” these days.
Gotta agree with the coffee comment 100%!
It’ll be 7PM and I’ll fire up the espresso machine. I can feel her staring at me through the wall. What?!? It sounds good! Coffee really doesn’t effect my sleep either. But I have to have it in the morning or I will not be a pleasant person to be around, lol.
