Creating the Perfect Flower by Crossbreeding Regular Seeds With Feminized Seeds
Regular cannabis seeds offer endless possibilities for aspiring growers to explore. At first, in Sensi Seeds, the European cannabis seed market, a particular seed was simply a regular seed. Today, use the word cannabis to separate the original seeds from feminized seeds and autoflowering seeds, which are created by cross-pollination between two parents with highly feminine attributes.
Cultivating feminized or autoflowering regular cannabis seeds is a simple process involving hydroponic growing and a specific strain of cannabis. The specific strain should be chosen to match the desired results, and it must be a true strain – that is, it will do what you want it to do. Don’t make this step harder than it has to be. If the goal is to cultivate high-end, powerful plants, go with feminized strains. If your aim is low-maintenance beauty, go with regular strains. Cross-pollination can cross-breed strains and create hybrid strains, but regular seeds are the best choice for creating specific types of flowers.
Some feminized and cross-bred cannabis seeds have been designed with females having highly feminine traits, while males tend to be hardy and strong. If you want to try a cross of two females, try the indica variety. An abundance of male flowers makes this cross with the female strain extremely strong. This is a beautiful, hardy plant with large, overlapping leaves. Its blooms open with a loud, trumpet-style burst that is truly exotic.
Cross-breeding is easy when you have the proper environment. For example, in early-season plants, like the Skywalker and Shasta Jacks, it is easiest to work in small groups. The small group means minimal care; you just have to make sure each member knows their needs and, if needed, follow their lead. As they mature and you see their roots spread out, they are ready to reproduce. Genetics play a role in the health of your plants, so take advantage of the opportunity to make the best cross-breeding decisions when you start cultivation with your regular seeds.
One of the benefits of cross-breeding is that the flowers will produce larger quantities than any single flower from a single species could possibly produce. This is particularly desirable during the blooming periods and flowering periods of highly-hybridized plants, when the tiny, mini flowers are all that you need to fill up the space in your garden. When you are just getting started with growing your feminized seeds, choose low-maintenance, high-quality flowers that can help support your plants’ needs. Some of the common options include tulips, sunflowers, freesias and hyacinths. All of these flowers will fill your garden with the beautiful colors it deserves and will reward you with their hardy nature and beautiful blooms year after year.
Cross-breeding with regular cannabis seeds helps because the resulting plant has stronger traits. When you get started with the idea of cross-breeding with regular cannabis seeds, you may be wondering how this affects the genetics of your plant. With some strains, the end result is a plant with a very short flowering period. While this short flowering time makes the plant more manageable, it also has the unfortunate effect of causing the plant to grow more slowly, which results in poor quality blooms.
In order to avoid this problem, you want to crossbreed with regular cannabis seeds with those that are producing longer blooms. These can include clones of mother plants that are very early blooming, such as the Shastabellaria variety, or they can be mother plants that are very late to bloom, such as the Diesel plant or the Canni strain. By ensuring the mother plants have genetics that allow them to flower quickly, you will be ensuring that the clones will have very strong and reliable genes, making them ideal plants to crossbreed with regular seeds. This way, your plants will have the best chance of creating flowers that are worth keeping for much longer than normal, allowing your collection to continue growing for years.
Cross-breeding with regular cannabis seeds can also help produce feminized seeds. The Shastasana variety and the Canni type both have feminized seeds, meaning that they will create buds with female characteristics when crossed with regular cannabis seeds, giving them the appearance and smell of female flowers. When crossbred with Shastasana and Can’t, these buds will have female characteristics, but will still produce male flowers when planted. Crossbreeding with other types of feminized buds will result in plants with male characteristics, although they may still have very feminine roots. This is because every variety of marijuana has its own set of chromosomes, allowing crossbreeding to affect only certain characteristics, resulting in feminized buds.