I purchased Raspberry Cough auto-fem seeds a few years ago from a well-known company in Amsterdam. Due to extreme inexperience (grower ignorance), I managed to kill all but one of my 15 plants! But, that one plant... She grew into a beautiful Sativa hybrid, with what looked like awesome buds.
When I harvested her, I followed all the steps, but I noticed there were seeds! Naturally, I knew something was amiss, because I only had one single plant. The harvest was below average in quality and yield, but I'm going to give the genetics the benefit of the doubt, and say that had more to do with me, than them. I'm a farmer by trade, but this is a bit different than corn!
Anyway, I kept those seeds, because I read somewhere that seeds from an auto-fem are guaranteed to be sensimilla, as there was no male present.
This spring, I planted the seeds and was so very happy to see them germinate! They were quite hardy, so I kept them and grew them out. Would you believe that every single one of them has been a MALE so far?!!! How is that even possible?! I emailed the source of the seeds to ask for advice. They sent me the typical response you'd expect, but not much information on what caused it.
Anyone care to educate a newby?
As an aside, I grew 3 more plants - different strains - from this same company. So far, I've found seeds in two of the strains!
These were grown inside, under lights, with VERY little stress. I can't imagine why they would have thrown seeds. Help!!!
When I harvested her, I followed all the steps, but I noticed there were seeds! Naturally, I knew something was amiss, because I only had one single plant. The harvest was below average in quality and yield, but I'm going to give the genetics the benefit of the doubt, and say that had more to do with me, than them. I'm a farmer by trade, but this is a bit different than corn!
Anyway, I kept those seeds, because I read somewhere that seeds from an auto-fem are guaranteed to be sensimilla, as there was no male present.
This spring, I planted the seeds and was so very happy to see them germinate! They were quite hardy, so I kept them and grew them out. Would you believe that every single one of them has been a MALE so far?!!! How is that even possible?! I emailed the source of the seeds to ask for advice. They sent me the typical response you'd expect, but not much information on what caused it.
Anyone care to educate a newby?
As an aside, I grew 3 more plants - different strains - from this same company. So far, I've found seeds in two of the strains!
These were grown inside, under lights, with VERY little stress. I can't imagine why they would have thrown seeds. Help!!!
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