The Basics of Feminized Seeds
If you are thinking of growing pot in your backyard, it may be a good idea to have a regular marijuana seed delivery. Why? Because with regular marijuana seeds you have a much better chance of actually growing a marijuana plant and getting high. Just like any other plant, marijuana plants need regular watering and fertilization just like every other plant.
Experienced growers looking to get high are often looking for marijuana plants that can produce large amounts of buds quickly. Most growers choose feminized cannabis seeds because they ensure that they will grow large buds. Now female cannabis seeds can even assure this, your likelihood of getting a large female plant is almost equal to your odds of having a male plant as well. That being said, though, male cannabis seeds are certainly not entirely useless. Some grow well and are used for breeding purposes. Here are some options for getting the seeds you need for breeding purposes.
One option is to go through and purchase some un-sexed marijuana seeds. Early Durban poison has been used successfully by many experienced growers to breed large amounts of buds quickly and get high. However, buying early Durban poison is dangerous. For starters, the smell from the bait can give you away that you’re trying to cultivate some sort of illicit crop. Then if caught your would face possible jail time or even worse, both.
If you do want to try cultivating feminized weed seeds to get feminized cannabis plants, but don’t have much experience with marijuana plants. You can also buy some un-sexed cannabis seeds in bulk at online distributors. Buying in bulk can save a lot of money over just one purchase. You also won’t risk having a surprise with a sexed marijuana plant when you bring it home. Some vendors will ship the seeds in plain packaging just in case you want to grow feminized weed seeds inside the house but shipping these in bulk could be dangerous as well.
If you buy regular marijuana seeds from an online distributor they might sell some mix of different strains. You might end up getting some regular marijuana seeds mixed with feminized seeds which will produce approximately 50% cross-breeding. Cross-breeding can increase the chance of some of the strains producing an unexpected super strain. This means if you are growing a cross-breed, you will probably get more quality plants than you would with a purebred.
Buying in bulk like the ones you would buy from online stores can be dangerous as well because many growers do not tell you that their products are cross-bred. Some might be able to tell you, but most are unaware. When you grow marijuana with feminized or cross-bred plants, you increase your risk of having problems with plant diseases. Plants develop problems and can even die when they are under a lot of stress from pests, soil compaction, or a sudden change in temperature. If you grow a lot with these plants, it’s probably not a good idea to buy in bulk because you could end up with a lot of plants with serious problems.
If you’re only growing for personal use, you don’t have to worry about cross-breeding at all. However, there are many growers who take pride in breeding their plants strictly to make sure that they are set to produce only quality flowers and buds. Autoflowering seeds will allow you to avoid this problem since you are ensuring that every plant is set to produce only the best pollen. When you buy regular marijuana seeds, chances are that you’re buying female plants that have been crossed with a regular male plant. This means that the plant has had all of its male part removed so that it will only produce female flowers and buds.
The autoflowering characteristics of autoflowering marijuana seeds mean that they won’t have as many female characteristics. In fact, most of the time you’ll only find male plants in breeding efforts. Since females don’t have as much of a chance of survival, cross-breeding is a more common practice among growers who are serious about producing quality genetics. In many cases, the results are striking with feminized seeds, especially if the genetics have been well maintained over a period of time. You should be aware, however, that cross-breeding can result in some unexpected hybrid characteristics that you don’t want to invest in.