Cross-Culture cannabis Seed Breeding for Production of Feminized Plants

Regular cannabis seeds, also known as marijuana seeds, have both female and male seeds in an optimal percentage of 50/50. Only the female flowers on each plant must be used for ingestion; the male flowers are used for smoking and for decoration. To determine which is which, the seeds must be germinated and grown in an outdoor environment for a minimum of three weeks before they “seize” their females and begin to show signs of becoming females (pretzel sacs). Once these female flowers turn into cones, it is difficult but not impossible, to determine which flower is which. In some cases the result can be quite confusing.

Many amateur growers and enthusiasts enjoy experimenting with feminized cannabis seeds. Some do so in pursuit of feminized marijuana, while others believe that any type of cannabis is feminine, and thus any feminized flower is feminine. While there are certainly a great many feminized varieties of cannabis, including African, Indonesian, Japanese, Moroccan, and Thai strains, nothing that is considered “Feminine” in the modern sense of the word is truly feminine. This is because all flowers, regardless of their maturity, contain both male and female components. Therefore, any given flower can be feminized or masculinity, depending on the way it was originally cultivated.

Cultivation of feminized cannabis seeds involves many of the same methods used for regular cannabis seeds. The most important factor in the feminization process is patience. It takes between eight and ten weeks for seeds to mature, so serious breeders will spend at least two months cultivating each one, at least the mother plants, before introducing the clones into outdoor environments. This is because the weathering of the clones will likely make them susceptible to disease.

Another aspect of successful cultivation is ensuring the feminization of seeds by cross-pollination. Cross-pollination occurs when one of the female plants is infected with males that contain the male gene, thus changing their gender. When cross-pollinated, females with the male gene will produce males, which can then be distributed throughout the grower’s garden. Since cross-pollinated plants are usually females, no harm will come to the males. However, if the seedling produced contains a high proportion of males, they will have difficulty producing healthy and quality pollen, and the crop will be small and inconsistent in size and potency.

With regular cannabis seeds, a cross-pollination process does not occur, and therefore, breeding for feminization is a more difficult process. A cross-pollinated plant will still produce female plants, but these plants will lack the male chromosomes. To compensate for this, breeders will use a selection of male and female plants to form new hybrid strains.

There are some specific guidelines for breeding for feminization with regular seeds. It has been found that the timing and duration of the temperature and light exposure are important for successful breeding. While some experiments with cross-breeding male and females have been successful, most breeders will focus their time on the time between the two days. When plants are younger, cross-pollination can occur without problems, since the pollen from each plant is weak and not strong enough to affect the generation of strong pollen. In mature plants, however, this process of cross-pollination can slow dramatically, and cross-pollination between females can be more frequent than desired.

There are two types of cannabis seeds available, green (irl) seeds or blue (translucent) seeds. Some farmers use only green or translucent seeds, while others will combine both for greater results. While many breeders will leave the gender of the plants to nature, some breeders go against what nature has to offer. By leaving the pollen alone, these farmers can create feminized plants by cross-pollinating with male plants. They then harvest the feminized seeds before it matures and starts producing pollen.

Most feminized cannabis seeds available today are bred for high-equipment high yield crops. The process of cross-pollination in the greenhouse has also resulted in some strains that are highly effective in producing high quantities of high-quality, low-tolerance psychoactive THC (the chemical in marijuana that produces the “high”), but devoid of any CBD (cannabis’ other ingredient, which makes the user feel high). These new strains are called THC-producing strains. However, it should be noted that even though the new elite strain has been bred with minimal environmental stress and with little environmental interaction, some of these strains have been found to have a high tolerance to high levels of CBD, making them very powerful drugs. These strains are also thought to produce schizophrenia-like symptoms.