Regular cannabis Seeds For Feminization
Regular cannabis seeds are produced only when a male cannabis seedling pollens a female cannabis flower. Male pollen is commonly released from ripe seed sacs and blown by the breeze (or carried away by the hand of a knowledgeable grower) until it eventually finds the right receptive stigmas inside female flowers. Some females have more potent male-pollen mixture than others, and many bud types do contain varying amounts of male and female-pollen. The highest levels of male-pollen can be found in cannabis with dense rhizomes.
One way to distinguish between regular cannabis seeds and intruder seeds is the height of the stems on the plant. Intolerable height for the plant can occur from genetic mutation caused by inter-line crossings, which often results in a different height between parent plants. Sometimes, the quality of the flowering stems will affect the height of the final plant that results from inter-line crossing, although the traits usually remain unaltered.
Most recent developments involving marijuana crops have been regarding the production of more potent strains of the plant, or “autoflowering seeds”. An autoflowering seed refers to any variety of cannabis whose flowering stems are short in nature. Many of the world’s famous hybrid marijuana varieties, such as Royal Super, Blue Cat, Cheese Cat and Lemon Grass, are considered to be autoflowering seeds. Hybrid plants are plants whose characteristics are near-identical to one another, even down to the smallest details, but have been bred specifically to be different from each other. Autoflowering seeds are most commonly used in indoor herb gardens. They tend to be highly fragrant, making indoor growing more popular than outdoor growing.
In order for autoflowering cannabis seeds to grow to a substantial height, three specific conditions must be met: good soil, warm temperatures and consistent moisture. It is believed that females can produce one to two flowers per year on regular cannabis seeds, but only one flower per month on feminized ones. The reason behind this difference is purely biological. The females have a greater ability to spread their pollen through the air when they are related to the flowering stems of the males.
There are many different techniques used in order to increase the amount of time spent caring for these wonderful plants by breeding them and then training them to produce new mothers plants that are healthier, stronger and more prolific in producing seeds. However, some of the most common techniques used to produce more-productive cannabis plants are Indoor/Outdoor and Cross Cascading. Indoor growing requires the seeds to be produced in a controlled environment, usually in a dark room without direct sunlight. Outdoor growing requires the seeds to be broadcasted into the environment as close to the mother plant as possible, usually within about a meter of the mother plant.
Indoor/Outdoor growing has many advantages. The first is that it allows for better control over the amount of plants that are produced, therefore allowing the gardener to increase the quality of the harvest and to control the development of certain characteristics of the plant through the use of the seasons. For example, during winter and spring the cannabis seeds will be dormant, meaning that the flowering buds will not be ready to bloom. During summer and autumn the flowering buds will be blooming, enabling the gardener to take advantage of the full bloom, and in autumn the plants will start to die back, providing a period of intense rest for the plants. Many cannabis seeds indoors can be propagated by the use of marijuana plants that have already flowered or seedlings taken from outdoors. There are many websites available that provide excellent information and pictures related to Indoor Growing and Outdoor Growing.
Cross Cascading requires that buds are sown in clumps. The clumps are then divided and individually planted, so the eventual goal is the creation of controlled amounts of cannabis with the potential for multiple, uniform flowering stems. The ultimate objective of cross cascading is to have feminized cannabis seeds that can be used for propagation without having any potential to produce any abnormal reproductive traits. Some breeders are starting to use genetic material from crosses that have had their feminization efforts completed first. This provides them with controlled and limited amounts of reproductive material, so they have a limited chance of producing an abnormal crop.
Cultivators commonly make use of two methods to achieve the goal of complete feminization of plants grown using regular cannabis seeds. One method involves using pollen from female plants that has been heat-treated, which has been chemically-stricken, or treated with other chemicals to change its sex, so that the pollen can be dispersed. The other method involves using male plants that are heat-treated or treated chemically to change their sex. With these methods, the likelihood of producing crops with unexpected sex chromosomes is slim.