Regular cannabis seeds are made when a male cannabis plant is pollinated by a female cannabis flower. Male pollen is often released from unripe pollen sacs and blown by air (or carried by a knowledgeable hand) to the flowering buds where it waits to find the most succulent blossoms. As male flowers are shorter and have smaller stalks, the male pollen does not remain for long. This pollen can then fall to the bottom and start the new cycle again. Therefore, when you buy regular cannabis seeds, they will be shorter in stature and therefore more difficult to germinate.
The different strains of cannabis, or types, are also named because they are bred specifically to do a specific trait. For example, Indicas are taller, slower-flowering plants that were originally developed to handle stress under extreme conditions. Regular cannabis seeds and plants were originally developed for use outdoors, to be used by farmers and ranchers. This means that, while some Indicas can grow quite tall, shorter, faster-flowering plants are much more common. This type of selection of genetics was necessary to make sure that different outdoor growing environments would develop plants with desired traits.
Autoflowering seeds, or feminized plants, are created exactly the same way as regular cannabis seeds, through the same selection of genetics. In order to achieve feminization, a female plant is crossed with a male that has already been transformed through autoflowering. In most cases, the feminized plant will also produce regular seeds. This type of crossbreeding is common among indoor gardeners, but it is also used for crossbreeding for other purposes.
When it comes to breeding for profit, feminized plants are usually bred more intensely than regular seeds. The goal is to make a plant produce more and bigger seeds in order to sell it at a higher price. The goal is to generate enough interest in your product to justify generating more strains, with different characteristics. In most cases, feminized plants are also more resilient to stress and more apt to survive the challenges of outdoor cultivation.
Hybrid buds or plants are created through crossbreeding between two cannabis plants with completely different traits. Since most hybrid buds are intended to grow slowly, many of these plants have a high yield potential, but they can also be expensive, because they are rare. Some growers and breeders go to the expense of crossbreeding one specific strain with another, in order to breed feminized seeds and bring forth a strain that would produce regular cannabis seeds.
Indica and Sativa strains tend to be crossbred, with the result that these two strains tend to have very strong and reliable traits. These traits can make it possible to create a crossbreed with very good yields in each sex. This practice can also increase the likelihood that females will produce regular cannabis seeds. The best females, also known as females preportum, can produce large quantities of berries and seeds, while males produce small berries and seeds. However, since females do not always finish their menstrual cycle, they do not always produce viable eggs, and so a crossbreed of males and females would also have limited reproductive potential.
Crossbreeding between cannabis plants allows for the creation of new characteristics in new generations of cannabis. This practice is usually referred to as “mothering” and can take two basic forms. One type of crossbreed that is used to create new desirable characteristics in offspring is through maturing or pollination. This occurs when a female plant is artificially inseminated with a male plant from a parent plant in order to allow the child to receive a set of chromosomes from the mother plant, which can help them develop certain traits. Some of the most desirable characteristics of mother plants are their tendency to create large blooms, their ability to produce highly fertile seeds, and their ability to withstand some of the most debilitating diseases and pests.
Another way to crossbreed regular cannabis seeds is through the process of feminization. Through this process, a male plant is artificially inseminated with a female plant. Although some of the desired characteristics of feminized seeds may not be present, the new plants should still produce regular seeds. Some of the more common characteristics of feminized seeds produced through pollination include smaller blooms, smaller amounts of solid matter produced by the mother plant, and the ability to withstand some disease and pests. Some of these qualities are also present in hybrid marijuana.