For anyone interested; the clickspring youtube channel has been trying to recreate the mechanism and goes into detail about the parts and how they might have been made. Super interesting https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to4RXv4_jDU2&si=xnyuUso0fsS7Y2s-
Isolate the boy with a wife to only seed one plant, but you’re not going to get only feminized seeds so it’s a bit of work on the next grow, and it really sucks if you happen to only plant boys one round 😅