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Cannabis

Blue_In_AK

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9. That was my experience.

Reply to tridim (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 12:53 PM

Jun 2015

I bought 10 seeds from Marc Emory several years ago. I think I got 6 females and 4 males. I let them flower out, saved the seeds, and I've never had to buy seeds again. Every once in a while, I'll cultivate seeds, but I have hundreds saved.

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Question: Why can I only buy the female [View all] sadoldgirl Jun 2015 OP

Is it one of those plants where reproduction from seed does not 'breed true', and you want to Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #1

Do you have a link for cannabis not "breeding true"? tridim Jun 2015 #6

No I don't have such a link, which is why I asked a question, rather than made a statement. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #7

Sorry, I read your post title as "It is" instead of "Is it". tridim Jun 2015 #8

I didn't know pot was dioecious. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2015 #2

You want the female, but fertilized. immoderate Jun 2015 #3

Right, most pot is grown "sin semilla" which requires chastity Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #15

No law - ruffburr Jun 2015 #4

Plant unfeminized Cannabis seeds and you'll get about 50% males. tridim Jun 2015 #5

That was my experience. Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #9

Marc Emery is a hero waddirum Jun 2015 #10

I totally agree. Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #13

don't know if that's true or not RussBLib Jun 2015 #11

Thanks to everyone here. sadoldgirl Jun 2015 #12

In order for them to flower, Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #14