Should I try and create a new auto or not?

[cres]

A femmed plant will hermie on you in a couple of generations due to the instability of the methods used to make it a fem seed.

Sorry I just cant agree with that statement, instability? whats that? IMO thats simply not true, inbred breeding is a viable way to create a true breeding line. Lots of strains today have been created thru inbreeding, and its one of the fastest ways to get a homozygous strain. If the fem seeds you aquire come from a good breeder, and you self it a second time(S2) and then backcross to the same m/f strain then your really on track to having something. There is alot of disinformation around about "female" seeds. If you want to breed with a "female" seed you really need to know how the breeder worked the feminization. And most importantly if he stress tested the mother. And where the line originated.

 

[The Bedroom Gardener UK]

Sorry I just cant agree with that statement, instability? whats that? IMO thats simply not true, inbred breeding is a viable way to create a true breeding line. Lots of strains today have been created thru inbreeding, and its one of the fastest ways to get a homozygous strain. If the fem seeds you aquire come from a good breeder, and you self it a second time(S2) and then backcross to the same m/f strain then your really on track to having something. There is alot of disinformation around about "female" seeds. If you want to breed with a "female" seed you really need to know how the breeder worked the feminization. And most importantly if he stress tested the mother. And where the line originated.

First off how are you going to know if they're a good fem seed maker? I've had supposed fem seeds go male on me from various banks, including big ones. Secondly, there's not many breeders are going to tell you the in's and outs of the their femming process, their mums, or testing. There's too many variables to take into account, which can all be discounted by not using a femmed seed.

But that's not what this thread was about anyway, so I'm sure we can agree to disagree.

 

[Northern Grower]

If you want to breed with a "female" seed you really need to know how the breeder worked the feminization. And most importantly if he stress tested the mother. And where the line originated.

:thumbs:

I have S1's of purple kush. Some phenos chuck nanners others are rock solid. It's all about the pheno testing, and ultimately the parent selection.

 

[JM]

I have S1's of purple kush. Some phenos chuck nanners others are rock solid. It's all about the pheno testing, and ultimately the parent selection.

yup//// or in the words of McManus (The Usual Suspects) "Theres nothing that can't be done"

 

[cres]

First off how are you going to know if they're a good fem seed maker? I've had supposed fem seeds go male on me from various banks, including big ones. Secondly, there's not many breeders are going to tell you the in's and outs of the their femming process, their mums, or testing. There's too many variables to take into account, which can all be discounted by not using a femmed seed.

Because some growers/breeders are completly forthright in there breeding, honesty is hard thing to find in a breeder... Also mistakes happen, and the big breeding house have error all the time, in Amsterdam you cant even get a seedless crop with out a heppa filter on your air intake. Transferring just a little pollin on your cloths is a real possiblity. A smaller breeder with a good reputation is where the best seeds are today. I used to be one of those guys who bought seeds from just the biggest breeding houses...now I know way better...some of the best genes today lies with "micro" breeders. Pictures, grow reports go a long way, the more the merrier... With todays forums there is no reason to be growing anything thats untested, unless you want to be a tester for someone you trust.