keeping plants from FEM seeds

[Mr. Roseberry]

I was wondering what everyone's thoughts are on keeping plants from feminized seeds in the garden long term? Does anyone take cuts and run them over and over, or do most people use them once and done? Does anyone have any they use for breeding?

Thanks

Mr. Roseberry

 

[HerBnGorE(illa)]

I take cuts and run them all the time.....IF they are worth keeping around. Otherwise one and done.

About the breeding, Idont have the space to do proper selections, so I let dubi and the likes take on that task. ...I do sometimes chuck a little pollen, but I've never run any of the seeds. Maybe someday.

 

[scai]

And you can also keep a mother plant.You just cut it and cut it.Then you cut root 1/3 of the rootmass (once a year) and put it back in to same pot and give new good soil to it.
You can have 10-20 cuts from one mother at the time

 

[dubi]

Hi Mr. Roseberry,

As long as the female is firm (non hermie), you can keep clones of your favourite plants coming from feminized seeds and to use them for breeding without any problem.

I have bred by the traditional/standard way (pollinating females with males), by reversion (feminized breeding) and also combining feminized lines with regular lines ... they are just different breeding tools to try to reach your breeding goals and desired outcome.

There are good, bad and mediocre regular/standard lines, hermies and non hermies.
The same for the fem seeds, they are good and bad ones, hermies and firm ones.

Quality, vigor, hermie resistance, etc .... it's ALL about the breeding, and not about the format the seeds were produced.