Can we get a consensus of what the truth really is?
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i believe sex is predetermined but is controlled hormonally so can be influenced by many things after sprouting
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I love it.
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Yeah, it would appear legalCanada has it on the nose. In adult plants gender is controlled by gibberellic acid and ethylene levels. If a female doesn’t produce enough ethylene it will revert to producing male flowers. That’s how colloidal silver, silver thiosulfate, and ga3 produce feminized pollen, by interrupting ethylene production. But this doesn’t change gender or genetics, and no new genes are created in this process (i.e. the babies are not more likely to hermie than their mothers)
I would love to know how the sex determination tests work, tho. There’s clearly some tell in the genetics. Phylos says they can even tell an S1 from the mother plant.
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i think phylos just looks for the Y chromosome to determine if it’s female or not
http://www.phylosbioscience.com/early-seedling-sex-determination-101/
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For those who have to know in a hurry, this seems to make a ton of sense.
I am glad I am not in a hurry in my grow. The rest of life is hectic enough.
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