Real or Fake? (sexing seeds)

Aksala · Jan 10, 2016

Guy claims to be able to tell the sex of a plant by the shape of its seed. A lot of comments are claiming they are having 100% success rate. This video has almost 500k views so I would assume someone here has seen it and tried and if it works I think I would of heard about it. So I'm guessing its bullshit but the guy makes a strong case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pjptNTff8

JamieShoes · Jan 10, 2016

hard to imagine thats true when each strain is a different shape...I guess I'll go watch it and find out...

Aksala · Jan 10, 2016

Well its not really the shape but the dimple on the bottom of the seed. I might give it a try regardless. Have about a 5 year old freebie pack of Sam's HazexSkunk#1 I could do.

skoviik · Jan 10, 2016

so all the fem seeds should have that dimple?

OakyJoe · Jan 10, 2016

This picture was posted alot of times here on icmag and if im not wrong we also did a sidebyside test for this im sure.

Aksala · Jan 10, 2016

So its false than?

OakyJoe · Jan 10, 2016

Aksala said:
So its false than?

Thats not what i wanted to try to say

tbh i lost the focus on the sidebyside. all i remember is there was a divided opinion on this

Tonygreen · Jan 10, 2016

seems like tellin male or female babys by the shape of the belly button/umbilical cord, heh

If true throws out the guys who talk about controlling environment to get more females.

And then the pesky intersex...

Aksala · Jan 10, 2016

Ya your response confused me lol. I'm a skeptic by nature so I think I'm gonna try it soon just to rule it out. If it was legit though...

Dog Star · Jan 10, 2016

Friend tryed this method with 17 seeds he sprouted,

he gets 12 females and 5 males from his pick so a method could work...

females seeds look like they have vulcano crater down there where seed is connected
with calyx,

method says that in this way you can easily spot hermaphrodites as they dont have
roundish seeds that properly roll on surface,you can spot hermas by elongated or
asimetric features..

male seeds dont have "vulcano crater" shaped hole... so with 3X magnifier this job is very easy...

This trick with seeds is very old... more than 30 years atleast,so its not weird people was a bit forgot on him...

Kind regards

DS

OakyJoe · Jan 10, 2016

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?threadid=278587

but im sure there is at least 1 more thread about that.

Rightclick -> Search Google with this Photo

Lester Beans · Jan 10, 2016

Don't believe it for a second. I don't believe the seed carries the m/f set in stone trait. Fem seeds yes, standard seeds I don't think so. I believe environment has a lot to do with dictating how many seeds are male and how many are female. The banana theory, which I think has some merit, proves that. Just observation, for all I know maybe the guys on to something. But I doubt it.

MJPassion · Jan 10, 2016

Aksala said:
Well its not really the shape but the dimple on the bottom of the seed. I might give it a try regardless. Have about a 5 year old freebie pack of Sam's HazexSkunk#1 I could do.

It may work fir a few specific seed lots but over all the theory is BS...

This rumor has been around for a few decades as I recall reading about it in a book publushed in the 80s. I dont remember the title but think Mel and/or Ed touched the subject lightly.

MJPassion · Jan 10, 2016

Lester Beans said:
Don't believe it for a second. I don't believe the seed carries the m/f set in stone trait. Fem seeds yes, standard seeds I don't think so. I believe environment has a lot to do with dictating how many seeds are male and how many are female. The banana theory, which I think has some merit, proves that. Just observation, for all I know maybe the guys on to something. But I doubt it.

Hey there,
Im curious why you dont think sex isnt genetically set in stone?

Our good friend Chimera says otherwise.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=7265044&postcount=51

Robrites · Jan 10, 2016

I am from the 50-50 school of thought. (Out of 1000 seeds, half will be male, half female) If sexing by volcano is true, then it stands to reason that all feminized seeds would have a deep, perfect volcano.

SO, somebody go check their feminized seeds and report back please.

McKush · Jan 10, 2016

I've seen that picture many times but not sure i've ever seen anyone post a credible study which proves/disproves the theory. Would love to know one way or the other but haven't seen any proof.

the other method which intrigues me and i've read it is much more accurate (read 90% but have no idea if this is true) is to look how the seeds pop when germinated. Seeds that unfold out the side are supposed to be males and seeds that pop out the top are supposed to be females - and again the claim is for a very high success rate.

For the most part I'm of the opinion if any of this is true it would be common knowledge and no one would be talking about growing from seed, cut and flower to determine sex. And for the most part this is the process which is promoted to sex cannabis plants.

There are not that many secrets when it comes to growing plants at the level we do it, and info like that if true would never be able to be contained by the cannabis gurus so it all lessens the credibility of the claims in my eyes

I'm down for any method that gives you 9/10 chance of getting a female, just don't believe it exists.

stoned-trout · Jan 10, 2016

I have heard this a few times over the years and seen them pics,,,but have never tried it,,,i doubt it works but have an open mind .....yeehaw...it cant be that simple

stoned-trout · Jan 10, 2016

I need to remember to try it as I got lots of seeds to play with ..maybe use some mexi seeds in the greenhouse....yeehaw...I don't think its true as that secret would of become common knowledge long ago atleast between serious growers..it sure would make things easier...

jesbuds · Jan 10, 2016

Thus far I've never seen a pattern with seed shape/size/color to the sex and like Robrites, stick with a general 50% rule for regular seeds. Just grabbed 10-15 random seeds I had sitting around, regulars and there's a 'dimple' on the end of each one so I'm not even sure what they are referring to.

Maybe I'll play with some things on my next round of seeds which is coming up shortly but I'm skeptical of this.

Robrites · Jan 10, 2016

Just checked a bunch of Bodhi seeds - not a clean volcano in the bunch. Anyone check feminized seeds yet?

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