Crossbreeding Regular Marijuana Seeds With Feminized Seeds
Most people who grow their own cannabis plants choose to use feminized or cross-bred marijuana plants, because they’re guaranteed to produce more buds. Now cross-bred buds can also ensure that, if cross-breeding is performed properly, your odds of obtaining a feminized plant are just as good as your chances of obtaining a male plant. But how can you tell which kind of marijuana you’re growing? The answer is simple: look at the end of the plant‘s petals. The flowers that grow from these leaves contain a small selection of chromosomes from both parents plant and each of their previous mates.
This means that, in theory, any plant with two different sets of chromosomes (X and Y) could be a feminized plant. Some common breeds of feminized seeds include Hyacinth, Morning Glory, and Margarita. These aren’t your only options, though. With so many different hybrids out there, it’s entirely possible to find feminized seeds for any crossbred marijuana strains.
Just because a particular hybrid has been bred with certain characteristics doesn’t mean that all of its offspring will wind up as attractive females. When an outside breeder starts experimenting with crossbreeding techniques, he or she picks out the traits that make each plant distinct from the others. As such, it’s not uncommon to discover new hybrid strains that possess traits from more than one parent strain. And some of these new strains end up being crossbred with regular marijuana seeds in order to create the most unique and desirable strains. In the end, every cannabis seed is a mixture of two or three strains, and regular marijuana seeds aren’t any different.
There are several factors that go into determining whether or not a particular hybrid is going to be more successful than its parents. After all, genetics can often play havoc with even the best trained eyesight, so it’s vital that breeders take great care to avoid introducing feminized cannabis seeds which might result in something which is outside the realm of common practice. Here are a few of the things that are looked at when breeding for feminization:
The first thing is genetics. If you’re looking to feminize your favorite strains, genetics hold all the cards. While the best method of crossbreeding has long since been accomplished by means of sexual crossing, the sheer amount of time and resources that are required to maintain a breeding facility might as well leave it to chance. If genetics truly are one of the best ways to get feminized cannabis seeds, then chances are that some combination of mother and father have crossed in the past in order to produce some of the most successful and popular strains.
The second factor that goes into determining if marijuana seed feminization is possible is the strength of the female parent plants. Some plants will produce approximately 50% more female offspring than their male counterparts, while others produce approximately 50% more male offspring. It really comes down to the particular strain of cannabis used, but the rule of thumb is; the higher the potency of the parent plant, the greater the chances that the female offspring will have been crossbred with a male counterpart already within the field.
Another factor which makes crossbreeding with regular marijuana seeds much easier is the sheer volume of strain-able hybrid plants currently available. As an example, California produces some of the most potent strains in the world, allowing a great deal of room for trial and error. In addition, there are many organizations that exist solely to promote the breeding of such strains, whether they are intended to be feminized or not. Some growers and breeders dedicate their lives to only crossbreeds for medical reasons; others simply do it for fun and relaxation.
Finally, the final factor which allows crossbreeding between regular marijuana seeds is the actual physical structure of the plant itself. For example, it is common for a feminized cannabis plant to have a compact mass of compact leaves on the flowering stage. This mass is actually a secondary, or secondary flowering stage, which means the plant spent part of its development period blooming and now is in the late flowering stage. Crossbreeding allows these plants to reproduce their compact nature in both the male and female plants.