HighWaterMark
Well-Known Member
I'm quite familiar with regular seed and dispensing with the males. No sweat. I have no experience with feminized seed. With the increased incidence of hermaphrodites in stressed (feminized) seed, aren't I committed to examining the development of every node and every undifferentiated primordia up and down every plant's primary stem throughout the flowering cycle? In order to ID and remove every plant with the potential to pollinate, it appears to me that using feminized seed increases one's workload dramatically. Am I mistaken?
I realize that regular seed has the potential to express hermaphroditic phenotypes, but not to the degree that feminized seed does. I know that the incidence is decreasing year by year, but it is still much greater than regular, non-feminized seed. Or am I wrong?
Thanks for reading.
I realize that regular seed has the potential to express hermaphroditic phenotypes, but not to the degree that feminized seed does. I know that the incidence is decreasing year by year, but it is still much greater than regular, non-feminized seed. Or am I wrong?
Thanks for reading.