Regular seed ratio

[LoveBudd]

Greetings all. What is the average male to female reg seed ratio? I'm thinking of coming off autos & fems.

[latigid aikon]

50:50

[catweazle1]

3 hours ago, latigid aikon said:

50:50

For a very large number of seeds.

[latigid aikon]

9 minutes ago, catweazle1 said:

For a very large number of seeds.

That's not how probability works, any individual (reg) seed has a 50% chance of being male and a 50% chance of being female. No other seeds make any difference to that.

[catweazle1]

2 hours ago, latigid aikon said:

That's not how probability works, any individual (reg) seed has a 50% chance of being male and a 50% chance of being female. No other seeds make any difference to that.

Yes, but you won't likely see that figure, in reality, unless there is a very large number of samples... toss a coin ten times, and it could be any expression, but toss it 10000 times, you will have a ratio closer to 50;50.

Edited December 29, 2021 by catweazle1

[LoveBudd]

Thanks for the replies peoples. Time for some research n shit.

Edited December 30, 2021 by LoveBudd

[catweazle1]

@LoveBudd What draws you to regs? Have found fems and autos underwhelming?

[LoveBudd]

Just now, catweazle1 said:

@LoveBudd What draws you to regs? Have found fems and autos underwhelming?

Its what I started growing many moons ago. Auto's n fems came out & I got caught up in that for a bit. I remember better yields & less fussy n sensitive plants.

Edited December 30, 2021 by LoveBudd

[Personunknown]

2 hours ago, LoveBudd said:

I remember better yields & less fussy n sensitive plants.

Regs? as i find auto more finiky ,fems i use now n then and seem on par with regs imho ,but others will have other experiences im sure

Edited December 30, 2021 by Personunknown

[KC]

I've found most packets of regular seeds throw up more females than males. I have had the odd packet that just did mostly males but it is very rare. My last packet of 5 turned up 4 females and one male. I hope I haven't cursed myself, it's seed popping time for me soon.

[Larry Badgeley]

I recall many years ago, Mel Frank's book on growing, he stated that to increase the chances of a female plant, make sure that the tap root is undisturbed and allowed to grow straight downwards and not to wrap round itself. I don't know if there is any truth in that?

[KC]

There have been many ideas banded about about increasing female to male ratio, more blue light was one of them. I can't recall if it was lower temps or higher for more females, at a guess I'd say lower as I struggle with low temps and I do get much more females. Without doing a massive experiment it's just speculation though. 

[twigs]

less environment stress and a slightly higher humidity is good

 

but it’s generally 50:50 

[lildaveham]

I have grown regs for 20 years and when I pop some seeds I just plant double the amount I want females. So if I want 4 females I will plant 8 seeds. It generally works out but if I got less females than needed I just veg for a bit longer so the plants fill the space I have.

 

[badbillybob]

in nature there are more fems than males.