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What are the Best Ways to Feminize Marijuana Seeds?

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Feminization is the method to ensure that marijuana seeds are guaranteed to be female which is the sex of the plant that produces bud which naturally contains more Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) than male plants. 

Male marijuana plants will naturally fertilize the female but can significantly reduce your harvest by resulting in almost 70% male plants aside from the male plants having lesser THC. This will also accidentally fertilize the female plants which will greatly reduce their production resin that contains THC. Only the unfertilized flowers contain the most THC in a marijuana plant. 

Here are the best ways to feminize Marijuana seeds which will inevitably ensure increase harvest when done properly. All of these methods will produce feminized seeds within 3-6 weeks.

The Silver Thiosulfate Method

Silver Thiosulfate Solution method or STS is one of the most common methods of feminizing marijuana seeds. 

The Silver Thiosulfate method is done by preparing a solution made by combining two water solutions, one containing silver nitrate and the other containing sodium thiosulfate. To make a 0.02% silver nitrate solution, add 0.1 gram of silver nitrate in 0.5 liters of distilled water. Add 2.5 Grams of Sodium Thiosulfate Anhydrous or 3.9 grams of Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate to 0.5 liters of distilled water. By mixing these two solutions, you will get a silver thiosulfate solution. Separately, these two chemicals could last up to 6 months but once mixed, the solution will only last for a month. 

Silver thiosulfate could also be purchased as salt in granular form which could be dissolved in water. It is important that the solution is diluted into the distilled water properly, otherwise, it will burn the plants. If plants show any sign of burning, further dilution must be done. Keep the solution off your skin and always wear protective gear such as gloves, masks, and goggles. Although not known for toxicity, Silver Thiosulfate is an irritant.

Apply the Silver Thiosulfate solution by spraying it on the marijuana plant once every five days for thirty days. Saturate the area between the main stem and the branches which are called nodes with. Do not spray the roots.  

Spray STS to the plant only after turning off the lights and run the lights in a 12-hour flowering cycle. Silver Thiosulfate is very sensitive to light so be careful of light leaks after spraying the plants. Light leaks are known to cause plants to have hermaphrodite traits or having male and female traits that would definitely pass on to the next generation of marijuana plants. 

This solution will result in hormonal response to stress found in the marijuana plant which will trigger a gender change. Silver Thiosulfate stops the production of ethylene and male flower growth will become apparent in a couple of weeks and ripen a few weeks later. Reversing a female plant with STS will produce stable feminized pollen. The leaves will droop for a day or more after spraying but will soon resume turgidity during the process. 

 

Spray only one plant from the bunch of the same strain and batch after isolating it from the rest. Allow the plant to dry during the gender change process. If the pollen sacs become visible carefully return it to the same batch where it came from where while making sure that it is set amidst the other female plants. Having it in their midst will pollinate the female plants around it. 

The Colloidal Silver Method

The colloidal silver method also incorporates spraying the marijuana plant with a chemical solution. For this method, you will need a very small amount of colloidal silver or simply pure silver in distilled water. Colloidal silver solution is also available for purchase online. 

You may create your own colloidal silver solution yourself. You will need a 9-volt battery, a connector, 2 alligator clips, a silver coin or jewelry and a tub of distilled water. 

You need to connect 2 alligator clips to a 9-volt battery through a connector in its each of its red and black wires. Connect the alligator clips to a silver coin or jewelry and let the silver touch the distilled water but not the alligator clips. This will cause the silver ions to float on the distilled water. It is advised to leave this for seven hours, no more no less, or there will be much less ion or too much particle buildup in your water. Some growers even claim that the colloidal silver solutions prepared this way is more potent than the commercial variety. 

Once ready, apply this mixture by spray onto the female plants while they are flowering. Spray them every day, once or twice, which will take less than two weeks or 10-18 days, depending on the different varieties of plants and their growing conditions. 

The silver ion inhibits the ethylene production needed by the plant to produce female flowers just like the silver thiosulfate method. This process will force the plants to form pollen sacs instead which are seen in male plants. This pollen contains female genetic material making it highly probable that the seed the plant produces will be female. 

Because female plants have zero male chromosomes, the pollen produced is female. After all these, you may proceed to normally fertilize your plant. Once male sacs developed, it will take some time for it to open and produce yellowish pollen which will take 2-3 weeks. You may manually harvest the pollen from sacs that do not open naturally by breaking it open and collecting it for pollinating the female plants or for storage. 

It is important to note however to not consume any part of the plant that was sprayed with the colloidal silver solution.

The Rodelization Method

The third method, the Rodelization method involves the natural response of female plants when they are under stress. Female plants experience stress, by being unable to sustain life by being pulled off the roots and not having enough water or sunlight. Rodelization is a totally natural process of feminizing marijuana seeds without the use of chemicals but could be quite risky of not entirely pollination the female plants. But despite the risk of some seeds not really getting feminized, this method is preferred by organic growers who wish to naturally feminize their seed without chemicals. 

The goal of Rodelization is to make the flowering plant remain in its flowering phase longer than the normal. In Rodelization, the plant is allowed to grow 10-14 days more, way past their harvest date.

This stress will trigger a biological response that will make the female plant grow pollen sacs even without any male fertilization in order to continue their breed. Because of this, there is a higher probability that the seed produced is female. This literal ‘panic mode’ makes the plant enter self-pollination mode. 

The flowers are hanged to dry and are being carefully being taken off the drying lines to remove male bananas. Once the male bananas or pollen sacs emerge, you can harvest it naturally and choose which bud and cola that you wish to glaze with this pollen. These male bananas could also be kept in a sealed bag and may remain potent for two months when kept in a fridge. 

Rodelization requires another batch of younger and unpollinated female marijuana plants that are two and a half weeks into flowering. This batch will be pollinated by the male bananas you previously collected. You may pollinate your plants by simply turning the fans on to high mode in order for the pollen to fly around your greenhouse just like nature does.

GENERAL TIPS

In order to maximize yield using any feminization method, one must make sure of the following: 

 

  • Select the best looking female plant for this process to ensure premium genetics.
  • Make sure to separate and isolate the plant once sacs are formed away from flowering plants in order to avoid accidental pollination.
  • Be ready to pollinate any flowering female plant with the feminized pollen once these pollens are developed. You may tap the sacs using smooth surface such as aluminum foil, parchment paper or even a Q-tip in order to expedite the collection of pollen. You may use this pollen right away to pollinate your flowers or keep it in a container inside a freezer. 
  • Be careful in handling chemicals. 
  • Be aware of every factor that will affect your marijuana plants such as lighting, ventilation, unplanned pollination, and others in order to secure a good harvest. 
  • Great care must be taken by choosing the marijuana plants wisely. Female plants should be taken from a single cannabis strain that is almost mature. Avoid any plant that has hermaphrodite traits.

What are the Best Ways to Feminize Marijuana Seeds?

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Feminization is the method to ensure that marijuana seeds are guaranteed to be female which is the sex of the plant that produces bud which naturally contains more Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) than male plants. 

Male marijuana plants will naturally fertilize the female but can significantly reduce your harvest by resulting in almost 70% male plants aside from the male plants having lesser THC. This will also accidentally fertilize the female plants which will greatly reduce their production resin that contains THC. Only the unfertilized flowers contain the most THC in a marijuana plant. 

Here are the best ways to feminize Marijuana seeds which will inevitably ensure increase harvest when done properly. All of these methods will produce feminized seeds within 3-6 weeks.

The Silver Thiosulfate Method

Silver Thiosulfate Solution method or STS is one of the most common methods of feminizing marijuana seeds. 

The Silver Thiosulfate method is done by preparing a solution made by combining two water solutions, one containing silver nitrate and the other containing sodium thiosulfate. To make a 0.02% silver nitrate solution, add 0.1 gram of silver nitrate in 0.5 liters of distilled water. Add 2.5 Grams of Sodium Thiosulfate Anhydrous or 3.9 grams of Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate to 0.5 liters of distilled water. By mixing these two solutions, you will get a silver thiosulfate solution. Separately, these two chemicals could last up to 6 months but once mixed, the solution will only last for a month. 

Silver thiosulfate could also be purchased as salt in granular form which could be dissolved in water. It is important that the solution is diluted into the distilled water properly, otherwise, it will burn the plants. If plants show any sign of burning, further dilution must be done. Keep the solution off your skin and always wear protective gear such as gloves, masks, and goggles. Although not known for toxicity, Silver Thiosulfate is an irritant.

Apply the Silver Thiosulfate solution by spraying it on the marijuana plant once every five days for thirty days. Saturate the area between the main stem and the branches which are called nodes with. Do not spray the roots.  

Spray STS to the plant only after turning off the lights and run the lights in a 12-hour flowering cycle. Silver Thiosulfate is very sensitive to light so be careful of light leaks after spraying the plants. Light leaks are known to cause plants to have hermaphrodite traits or having male and female traits that would definitely pass on to the next generation of marijuana plants. 

This solution will result in hormonal response to stress found in the marijuana plant which will trigger a gender change. Silver Thiosulfate stops the production of ethylene and male flower growth will become apparent in a couple of weeks and ripen a few weeks later. Reversing a female plant with STS will produce stable feminized pollen. The leaves will droop for a day or more after spraying but will soon resume turgidity during the process. 

Spray only one plant from the bunch of the same strain and batch after isolating it from the rest. Allow the plant to dry during the gender change process. If the pollen sacs become visible carefully return it to the same batch where it came from where while making sure that it is set amidst the other female plants. Having it in their midst will pollinate the female plants around it. 

The Colloidal Silver Method

The colloidal silver method also incorporates spraying the marijuana plant with a chemical solution. For this method, you will need a very small amount of colloidal silver or simply pure silver in distilled water. Colloidal silver solution is also available for purchase online. 

You may create your own colloidal silver solution yourself. You will need a 9-volt battery, a connector, 2 alligator clips, a silver coin or jewelry and a tub of distilled water. 

You need to connect 2 alligator clips to a 9-volt battery through a connector in its each of its red and black wires. Connect the alligator clips to a silver coin or jewelry and let the silver touch the distilled water but not the alligator clips. This will cause the silver ions to float on the distilled water. It is advised to leave this for seven hours, no more no less, or there will be much less ion or too much particle buildup in your water. Some growers even claim that the colloidal silver solutions prepared this way is more potent than the commercial variety. 

Once ready, apply this mixture by spray onto the female plants while they are flowering. Spray them every day, once or twice, which will take less than two weeks or 10-18 days, depending on the different varieties of plants and their growing conditions. 

The silver ion inhibits the ethylene production needed by the plant to produce female flowers just like the silver thiosulfate method. This process will force the plants to form pollen sacs instead which are seen in male plants. This pollen contains female genetic material making it highly probable that the seed the plant produces will be female. 

Because female plants have zero male chromosomes, the pollen produced is female. After all these, you may proceed to normally fertilize your plant. Once male sacs developed, it will take some time for it to open and produce yellowish pollen which will take 2-3 weeks. You may manually harvest the pollen from sacs that do not open naturally by breaking it open and collecting it for pollinating the female plants or for storage. 

It is important to note however to not consume any part of the plant that was sprayed with the colloidal silver solution.

The Rodelization Method

The third method, the Rodelization method involves the natural response of female plants when they are under stress. Female plants experience stress, by being unable to sustain life by being pulled off the roots and not having enough water or sunlight. Rodelization is a totally natural process of feminizing marijuana seeds without the use of chemicals but could be quite risky of not entirely pollination the female plants. But despite the risk of some seeds not really getting feminized, this method is preferred by organic growers who wish to naturally feminize their seed without chemicals. 

The goal of Rodelization is to make the flowering plant remain in its flowering phase longer than the normal. In Rodelization, the plant is allowed to grow 10-14 days more, way past their harvest date.

This stress will trigger a biological response that will make the female plant grow pollen sacs even without any male fertilization in order to continue their breed. Because of this, there is a higher probability that the seed produced is female. This literal ‘panic mode’ makes the plant enter self-pollination mode. 

The flowers are hanged to dry and are being carefully being taken off the drying lines to remove male bananas. Once the male bananas or pollen sacs emerge, you can harvest it naturally and choose which bud and cola that you wish to glaze with this pollen. These male bananas could also be kept in a sealed bag and may remain potent for two months when kept in a fridge. 

Rodelization requires another batch of younger and unpollinated female marijuana plants that are two and a half weeks into flowering. This batch will be pollinated by the male bananas you previously collected. You may pollinate your plants by simply turning the fans on to high mode in order for the pollen to fly around your greenhouse just like nature does.

GENERAL TIPS

In order to maximize yield using any feminization method, one must make sure of the following: 

  • Select the best looking female plant for this process to ensure premium genetics.
  • Make sure to separate and isolate the plant once sacs are formed away from flowering plants in order to avoid accidental pollination.
  • Be ready to pollinate any flowering female plant with the feminized pollen once these pollens are developed. You may tap the sacs using smooth surface such as aluminum foil, parchment paper or even a Q-tip in order to expedite the collection of pollen. You may use this pollen right away to pollinate your flowers or keep it in a container inside a freezer. 
  • Be careful in handling chemicals. 
  • Be aware of every factor that will affect your marijuana plants such as lighting, ventilation, unplanned pollination, and others in order to secure a good harvest. 
  • Great care must be taken by choosing the marijuana plants wisely. Female plants should be taken from a single cannabis strain that is almost mature. Avoid any plant that has hermaphrodite traits.

Female Marijuana Plants Turn Hermies: Reasons Behind It

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Cannabis plants naturally produce either male plants that produce pollen or female plants that produce buds but hermaphroditism occurs too. Hermaphroditism occurs when plants both have the characteristics of both male and female plants. Feminized cannabis strains are even observed to be more subjected to hermaphroditism than regular strain ones. 

Hermaphroditism in cannabis plants is either the result of either genetics or the environment.  

GENETIC HERMAPHRODITES

There are certain strains of cannabis that produce more hermaphrodites genetically than the others. Genetically hermaphrodite plants are also called true hermaphrodites because hermaphroditism is in their genes, unlike the environmental hermaphrodites whose hermaphroditism was naturally or artificially induced. A good example of a true hermaphrodite is the Chocolate Thai. 

ENVIRONMENTAL HERMAPHRODITES

Cannabis or marijuana plants are sensitive and some are even more sensitive than the others. That is why cultivators choose to grow them in controlled environments where water, airflow, temperature, sunlight, and other factors are easily controlled and the plants are protected from harsh natural elements. These controlled environments maintain balance in the physical surrounding of the plant that will result in greater yield in the plants’ production of buds and seeds. 

Environmental stresses in cannabis plants could either kill it or turn them into hermaphrodites whenever their internal balance, chemistry, and required nutrients are changed. This is a big concern nowadays due to the popularity of feminized marijuana plants for cultivation. Feminized plants are more at risk of hermaphroditism especially the mother plants, which are kept in a stressed state for a long time by undergoing regular pruning in order to be cloned. 

The male marijuana plant could become female and the female marijuana plant could become hermaphrodite whenever they are subjected to stress. 

A marijuana plant is in stress whenever it is undergoing an event that threatens its survival. Being the off-rooted, dried or sudden change in its environment triggers a hormonal reaction by releasing ethylene. Sometimes this ethylene production gets suppressed and this results in a gender change in a last ditch effort of the plant to propagate its genes. 

This natural reaction of marijuana plants to stress has been taken advantage of by marijuana cultivators with the chemical methods of applying silver thiosulfate or colloidal silver onto the body of a female plant in order for it to become male. Becoming male makes this plant produce pollen instead of buds and since this plant was originally female, there is an absence of the male gene making the seeds 100 percent female that will grow to become female plants. 

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES

There are positive stresses that affect marijuana plants positively which will result in a stronger and healthier plant. However, these environmental stresses affect marijuana plants negatively and may be easily overlooked despite the modern environmental control on most cannabis greenhouses. The following are negative environmental stresses: 

Excessive heat or cold especially the ambient air and water supply.

Interruptions of any kind during the flowering period even by slightly changing the light cycle is stressful to the plants.  

Allowing cannabis plants to flower for too long and harvesting too late. This is the exact phenomenon that is being taken advantage of by the Rodelization method of feminizing cannabis seeds. 

Pruning, root damage, off-rooting, breaking branches and others. Pruning is usually done on mother plants to be cloned. 

Pests and plant diseases. You must be careful in introducing new plants to your greenhouse by having proper quarantine and inspection procedures. 

Too much or too little moisture being provided at any time. This may be the effect of any changes in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning of your crops. 

Pesticides and other toxic chemicals. One must avoid pesticides as much as possible as it affects the quality of the cannabis especially when it is smoked. 

IS HERMAPHRODITISM BAD? 

We all know very well that in marijuana cultivation, it is most ideal to have more female than male plants in a greenhouse and hermaphrodites are definitely not welcome. 

Hermaphrodites often look like a female because they have flowers and will pollinate your female plants without you knowing and the resulting plants will be most likely hermaphrodites too. This unplanned pollination might pollinate your female plants with other than the plant you want that has the characteristics you want. You might as well start from the beginning if you happen you have your female plants pollinated by a plant that does not give a good yield of plants that will have almost useless seeds. 

If ever you discover a hermaphrodite cannabis plant and they have turned into hermaphrodites near the end of their flowering cycle, you may still harvest as much of the cannabis as possible. 

PREVENTION OF HERMAPHRODITISM

  1.   The first thing that you could do is to maintain the best environment for your plants and be ready for any contingencies such as power outages or equipment malfunction in the ventilation and others. 
  2.   Ensure water quality and sufficient nutrients for the plants. 
  3.   Maintain hygienic conditions to avoid plant diseases.
  4.   Select strains or species that are not naturally prone to producing true hermaphrodites.
  5.   Inspect your plants carefully as you may unknowingly have a hermaphrodite in the midst of your crop. Discard these immediately to protect your crops.

Top 10 Reasons Why you Should Grow Feminized Marijuana Plants

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Feminized plants are getting popular nowadays among growers. There are ways to naturally feminize marijuana plants such as Rodelization and artificial ways by using chemicals where silver thiosulfate and colloidal silver methods are most popular. 

Feminized plants came from feminized seeds which are produced by inducing gender change in a female plant. This gender change is induced by putting the plants into stress that makes it release ethylene. This ethylene release is then suppressed which triggers the female plant to develop pollen sac which contains pollen that has 100 percent female traits that will result in 100 percent female seeds that will grow into female plants. 

So you may be asking yourself now, why to get into trouble of getting feminized seeds or growing feminized plants instead of the regular variety. Here are the top ten reasons you should grow feminized plants. 

  1. Ideal cultivation ratio: Cultivators know that it is most productive to have more female plants in a cannabis greenhouse because a single male plant could pollinate dozens of female plants in any given time. 

 

  1. Cultivation efficiency: Upon finding out that their seeds matured into male plants, most cultivators end up frustrated in removing all the male plants which may account into sometimes more than half of their total crops. 

 

  1. Cultivation certainty: Work-related stress is one of the banes of any endeavor including marijuana cultivation. Since it is impossible to tell whether a seed is male or female, feminized seeds simplify the process of ensuring an all-female crop. This simplifies the process by removing the guesswork in your cultivation. 

 

  1. By using feminized marijuana seeds, you are spared the anxiety of waiting for your seeds to mature only to find out the more than half of your crop is male. Sex determination is impossible simply by looking at the seeds. Usually, it is revealed only in the when the plant is between the transition from vegetative to flowering states, when the pre-flowers start to form. These tiny undergrowths develop into the reproductive organs of the plant. By using a magnifying glass, you’d see the male pre-flowers look like balls while the females form calyxes that are pear-shaped. 

Knowing them will help you identify the male plants and you can remove the males immediately but it is surely most helpful when you don’t have to remove any plant at all by knowing that they are all females. 

  1. Less wasted space: Your cultivation may have little space, to begin with, due to budget constraints. You may have opted to have a smaller space because you could not afford to temperature control any larger area. Having male plants unknowingly since they have not matured yet take up space that you could have used when you were sure from the beginning that your plants were female. 

Less wasted capital: We have mentioned stress, time and space being spent or even wasted by not knowing that your crops were male and you were totally clueless.  This is wasted capital. Imagine all the electricity spent every day those male plants were watered and air-conditioned. Imagine all that money that you spent on half your crop that you’re about to throw away because that half turned out to be male. That’s a lot of money you could have spent somewhere else. 

  1. Female buds have higher THC and CBD:  Feminization is the method to ensure that marijuana seeds are guaranteed to be female which is the sex of the plant that produces bud which naturally contains more Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). THC is only found in the female buds. THC is an active ingredient and was approved as a botanical drug in the United Kingdom in 2010 as a mouth spray for people with multiple sclerosis to alleviate neuropathic pain, spasticity, overactive bladder, and other symptoms. Nabiximols (as Sativex) another drug derived from marijuana is available as a prescription drug in Canada. 

Cannabidiol (CBD), another chemical found in the marijuana bud is now being used as an alternative medicine for the alleviation of symptoms of epilepsy and is the subject of clinical researches as a cure for anxiety, cognition, movement disorders, and pain.

  1. Avoid accidental pollination: No matter how careful you are in inspecting your crop, a male plant or even a hermaphrodite may find its way in the midst of your crop accidentally pollinating the female plants which will greatly reduce their production of the bud that contains THC. Only the unfertilized flowers contain the most THC in a marijuana plant. Male and hermaphrodite plants do not produce buds.

When unchecked, a male pollen sac may burst fully and it will pollinate not one, but all of your female plants. When the bud become flowers after pollination, this flower becomes unusable for recreational use or medicinal purposes because it will eventually produce seeds. Seeds are of no use except to use for your next batch of crops.  

  1. Better sales and service to mankind: Marijuana or cannabis is being sold for its recreational and medical use. Every day, people with seizures or chronic pain benefit from the natural remedy found in the THC and CBD in the marijuana buds. More female plants in your crops mean more buds that would not only be sold but would also be of good service to mankind.

 

  1. Mother plants: When you find one specific plant that has the right traits that you like, you make sure that these characteristics get passed on to future plants. Mother plants are female plants that you clone and so it produces plants with the same characteristics that it has. By having feminized plants, you have a chance to look for a plant that you like to do cross-breeding with to develop new strains with good female genetics.

 

  1. Produce more plants: Not only does female plants produce the healing buds for recreation and medicinal use, but they also produce seeds of the generation of plants once pollinated. If you happen to have a cannabis strain that you really liked to grow and is very compatible with your cultivation facilities, these seeds will be very useful in the future. 

CONCLUSION

All these ten reasons all play to your advantage as a marijuana cultivator who is interested in naturally increasing yield or profit by taking advantage of nature’s design of the marijuana plant’s gender and genetic traits. 

All About Autoflowers: A Definitive Guide

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Autoflowering strains have been gaining popularity among the cannabis community. These seeds take half the time it takes for regular ones to grow into a bud producing plant. 

What makes an autoflower seed different from regular ones? We answer that question with our definitive guide on autoflower plants. 

 Where Automatic Cannabis Plants Come From

Automatic plants have the ruderalis plant genetic. The name comes from the word ruderal, which means a plant that can grow in areas that no other plant can thrive in.  Ruderalis plant has adapted to the hazardous environment in the northern regions of Asia by shortening their growth cycle. This allows the plants to live long enough to produce offsprings. 

The original plants have little to no THC content, or their flowers barely have the same effects as dried bud strains. However, breeders see the beneficial traits of the ruderalis plant. They crossed the plant with different sativa and indica strains to create an autoflower plant that produces high-inducing buds. 

Automatic Cannabis Traits

The standout feature of cannabis plants with the ruderalis genetic is its automatic nature. Regular marijuana strains are dependent on the light cycle of the sun. When the daylight hours shorten around autumn, it sends a signal to the marijuana plants to start production of their buds. Indoor cultivators need to match the lighting of their garden with the sunlight schedule to have their cannabis plants flower at the right time. 

Auto cannabis strains will enter the flowering phase of its growth cycle regardless of the light cycle. Even if it is under 24 hours of daylight, auto plants will follow its own schedule in producing buds. This trait allows indoor cultivators to provide the plant with as much light as possible to produce quality yields. 

Another popular trait of automatic plants is its short growth cycle. The average time it takes for an autoflower seed to turn into a bud producing plant is around eight to 12 weeks. This is half the average time for a photoperiod seed to grow into a mature plant. 

The short growth cycle is great for creating a new type of marijuana plant from two different automatic strain. The process involves generating several generations of seeds until one of them obtains the trait that you want. Creating a new strain out of two photoperiod strains can take years because you need to wait for one generation to mature and produce their own offspring. Autoflower plants halve the processing time thanks to its fast growth cycle. 

The third trait of all automatic cannabis plants is its short nature. Nearly every auto plant grow less than 4 feet high. This is great for indoor cultivation since the plant can fit into compact spaces such as grow cabinets or tents. These spaces allow you to control the auto cannabis plant’s environment and lighting at a fraction of the cost that it takes for cultivating sativa strains. 

The compact size of the plant can also benefit you if you grow them outdoors. Their size allows you to hide the plants from anyone sight. This can help you avoid unwanted attention to your home, including criminals looking for unguarded marijuana plants. 

Growing Autoflowering Plants

Cultivating autoflowering plants requires the same kind of care that you give to the regular cannabis plant. Auto plants can grow their best when you plant them on a suitable medium with the proper aeration or air ventilation. Ventilation is needed within a medium to transport oxygen and other gasses to the roots. It also allows for the drainage of excess water within the medium to prevent waterlogged roots. 

Autoflowering plants also need the three basic nutrients that cannabis plants need for their growth cycle. This includes nitrogen, which is important for the plant’s development of its branches and leaves. Without nitrogen, it will lack the structure to grow colas where the plant produces its buds. 

In addition, automatic plants need phosphorus and potassium for various biological functions. This includes the production of their flower. 

There are limitations that come with cultivating autoflowering plants. This includes cloning automatic plants since this involves taking a significant portion that will grow into a secondary plant. 

As the name suggests, clones allow you to double your yield by having another plant grow and enter the flowering phase as the mother plant. You bypass the germination and seedling phase with a cloned plant. 

Cloning is a stressful experience for any plant. This is not a problem with regular cannabis plant since they have plenty of time to recover from having a large branch taken from them. On the other hand, autoflower plants do not have the luxury of time. You run the risk of your autoflower plants to become undeveloped as they enter the flowering phase, which results in low yields. 

You now have a good grasp on the traits of autoflower plants that makes them different from regular marijuana strains. Regardless of which type of seeds to cultivate, they still provide the same beneficial buds. Autoflower seeds are a great way for beginners to try their hand at producing their own strain at home. 

As Francis Young said in a 1988 ruling “According to medicine, cannabis is much safer than certain foods we consume. It is definitely safer than eating more than 10 uncooked potatoes due to its toxic components. Cannabis provides a natural treatment for many medical conditions.” Growing automatic seeds can help you produce your own natural treatment. 

How to Grow Autoflowering Weed Outdoors?

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Autoflowers make it easy for anyone to cultivate marijuana at home. These strains have a compact size and a short growth cycle. 

While auto cannabis plants are suitable for indoor gardens, certain strains thrive outdoors. To help you maximize the yield potential of your auto seeds, here is a guide on how to grow autoflowering weed outdoors. 

Choose the Right Strain

The first step in cultivating auto marijuana plants outdoors is to find a good strain that thrives in the environment. These strains usually have better yields when they grow under the natural sun. 

One good example is the Cheese Autoflowering strain. The buds emit a pungent and mouthwatering aroma that hits you with a sedative high. The plant can give you up to 135 grams per plant when you harvest it outdoors. Indoor cultivation of the strain will only get you up to 60 grams. 

Build a Greenhouse

The greenhouse is one of the keys to how to grow autoflowering weed outdoors and achieve better yield rates. This structure can maintain a warm temperature to your plants throughout the day. Autoflowers thrive in warm areas, which is why they are suitable for indoor gardens. 

Another advantage of a greenhouse is protection against the elements. Heavy rain can be dangerous to your plants since it can waterlog its roots or flush away nearly all of the soil’s nutrients. There is also the danger of creatures that can directly harm your plants. The structure protects your auto strain from these dangers. 

Take note that a greenhouse does not have to cost a fortune to build. You can use inexpensive materials such as wood and plastic to create the frame as well as panels for the structure. If you believe the size of a greenhouse might catch the wrong kind of attention, you can build a compact version that is suitable for auto plants. 

If you do decide to create a greenhouse, you need to make sure it has good ventilation. This structure tends to create a very hot environment that is dangerous for your auto plants. Consider adding a sealable panel that you can easily close or open. If the interior of the greenhouse is still reaching high temperatures, consider installing a fan or exhaust to draw in some cool air into the inner space. 

Use a Suitable Container

Placing your auto cannabis plants in a container is a good idea than directly planting them on the earth. The container allows you to move the plants when needed, such as temporarily hiding them indoors if the neighboring houses are expecting multiple guests. 

You have plenty of containers to choose from for your cannabis plants. The most common of which are the traditional pots that often made of ceramic. This type of container is great for keeping the soil moist for a long time, but they have a poor water drainage rate that you run the risk of drowning the roots of your plant. 

Other options include an air pot, a plastic container with a series of holes on the side and bottom. This container allows any excess water to find its way out of the medium. It also provides the soil with a good air circulation that benefits the roots of your plant. However, air pots can quickly dry out the soil because of its poor water retention rate. 

Mix Compost and Conditioner to Soil Medium

Since you are growing auto plants outdoors, potting soil is an appropriate medium for them. Potting soil provides your plants with adequate air circulation and water retention rate. You can boost the soil by using compost and conditioner in order to maximize the yield rates of your cannabis plant. 

Compost consists of organic materials such as food waste that decomposes over time. Decomposed food will release various nutrients to the soil. This includes nitrogen, an important nutrient to any plant that helps in the development of its stalks and leaves. With compost in your soil, you do not have to worry about adding fertilizer to your plant during their vegetative phase. 

Conditioners such as vermiculite and perlite are hard particles that enhance the aeration of the soil. This allows your roots to receive more oxygen and for the soil to drain excess water. In addition, conditioners improve the pH value of the soil if you mix it with compost. 

A good mix ratio would consist of 1 part potting soil, compost, and conditioner. Make sure to place the conditioner in a container of water first before mixing it with the soil. 

Be wary of growing a seedling in this kind of soil. The amount of nutrient from the compost can be dangerous for the plant that has yet to develop its roots. A safe way of utilizing the mixed medium to your seedling is to use more potting soil. The soil acts as a barrier to the young plant until it matures to the point that its roots can reach into the nutrient-rich medium. 

This guide will help you gain the highest possible yield rate with your auto plants as they grow outdoors. These yields let you find an escape from everyday fatigue. As Kid Cudi puts it “Marijuana is the remedy against the struggle.”

10 Tips to Buy Marijuana Seeds Online Legally?

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Everyone has an opportunity to buy their cannabis seeds online. Seed bank sites give you a large selection strains at an affordable price than physical stores. You can also enjoy other perks such as having the seeds delivered to your home and participating in online promotions. 

While buying marijuana seeds online is legal and convenient, it can lead to dangers such as criminals stealing your money. To help you avoid these risks, here are some tips on purchasing seeds online. 

 

  • Use a Seed Bank Directory Site

 

The first step in buying seeds online is to find a legitimate seed bank. One means of finding them is to go through directory sites. Unlike looking up any online seller of seeds through a search engine site, directories can give you info on the seller. This includes the seeds and strains they offer. 

Other useful features of directory sites are customer reviews or feedbacks of seed banks. This will help you find a trustworthy online seller that can offer you quality seeds. 

 

  • Avoid Seed Bank links on Emails 

 

Be wary of any email newsletter or ads for seed banks. While this may seem like a convenient means for you since you are looking for a place to buy cannabis seeds, this type of email can be risky. 

Directory sites and even search engines can warn you of any suspicious sites. This can be either customer feedback or a system warning respectively. On the other hand, fraudulent emails can reach your main inbox that contains links to phishing websites. 

While most emails may have a spam function that sends suspicious emails to a specific folder automatically, the system might not work immediately. People need to report the email or mark it spam before the system can determine that the sender is delivering questionable emails. 

 

  • Look for Discreet Shipping

 

You want to make sure that the packaging will not indicate that you are cultivating marijuana plants at home. This is possible if the seed bank is offering discreet shipping. This service allows you to avoid uncomfortable glances from your neighbors. Discreet packages also prevent thieves from marking your house as a target. 

 

  • Check for Age Verification and ID Requirement

 

Having to verify your age upon entering a seed bank or providing an ID before making a purchase may seem a hassle. However, both of these signs show that you are dealing with a legitimate site. 

The law in most countries that legalized marijuana are lax when it comes to where you can buy your seed. However, nearly all of them are strict when it comes to minors buying any form of cannabis. This is why a majority of seed banks need to know that you are of legal age before you can buy your marijuana seeds. 

 

  • Contact Customer Support

 

Checking with customer support is a good way to know if the site you are buying marijuana seed online is legal. The representative can put your mind at ease by acknowledging that you are not breaking the law when buying their seeds. 

Calling customer support is also great at knowing if a seed bank is legitimate. You want to reach a representative who acts professional and will answer your questions. If you get an automatic machine or no one answers your call, consider looking for another seed bank. 

 

  • Check for the HTTPS Certificate

 

Make sure the seed bank you are visiting has the HTTPS at the address bar and not just HTTP. The S at the end shows that the connection encrypts all of the data that you enter. This prevents nearly any onlookers from reading any of your personal info. 

 

  • Use Cryptocurrencies

 

If you are worried about your privacy or about using your credit card to buy marijuana seeds, another way to buy seeds is to use Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. The digital currency offers a private means of buying anything online. In addition, certain seed banks offer discounts for Bitcoin payment. 

 

  • Provide only the Necessary Info

 

Any online shop only asks you for your name, shipping address, payment info, and proof of legal age. Seed banks will hardly ask for other info such as your social security number or license number. If a site requires you to provide any other personal info apart from the four mentioned above, look for a different shop. 

 

  • Confirm the Seed Bank’s Contact Info

 

If you want to double check on the legitimacy of a seed bank, look for their contact info page. Use the address on the page to confirm if it will give you the same name as the company or headquarters. 

Do not hesitate to call the corporate number on the page as well. Much like customer service, you want someone to answer you with the same kind of courtesy that you can expect from a reputable recipient. Look for another seed bank if no one answers you or if someone tells you that you are calling the wrong numbers. 

 

  • Do not Use Public Networks

 

Free Wi-Fi in a public space can be dangerous. Hacker tends to offer victims of a free connection to the internet. In exchange, they can look at any information you may use when buying seeds from a website. 

Use your mobile network when buying from an online seed bank while away from home. If you need to use a public network, you can utilize a VPN service that can encrypt your connection. This will make it hard for hackers to look at the info you send to a seed bank. 

These tips should help you buy seeds online and be safe from both the law and hackers. Any cannabis seeds will help you build your own marijuana stash. This stash can help you find relief from the real world. As Alex Jones said, “Prescription drugs are lethal while cannabis hardly killed anyone.”

Pros and Cons of Autofloweing Seeds

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Autoflowering seeds are great for beginners because of its fast growth cycle. However, not all cultivators choose to cultivate auto seeds.

There are advantages and disadvantages when it comes to cultivating auto flowers. Let us show you the different pros and cons when it comes to growing autoflowering seeds. This includes autoflower plants flowering early and the difficulty in training the plant. 

Fast Growth Time – Pro

The main selling point of any auto plants is its fast growth time. The average time of auto plants to grow from a seed to harvest ready plant is around eight to 12 weeks only.

Producing your marijuana stash earlier than non-flowering strain is not the only advantage of the plant’s fast growth time. This also means that you will use less electricity and water when taking care of auto plants. Auto plants also do not need as much nutrient or fertilizers as photoperiod plants. You can save money in cultivating autoflower plants instead of regular cannabis. 

Breeding two different autoflower plants are also easy to accomplish because of how fast a seed can grow into a harvest ready plant. Creating a new strain that has the specific trait you want from two parents require plenty of back breeding. This involves breeding the offspring to the parent strain. 

It can take years of photoperiod seed production just to obtain a generation of seed that has all of the traits you want. Fortunately, autoflowering seed halves the time it takes for each new generation of seed to grow and produce pollen or seeds. 

Fast Growth Time – Con

The autoflower plants flowering early is definitely an advantage to most cultivators. For experienced cultivators though, this trait makes the plant hard to train. 

Training cannabis plants involve stressing them to a point that they adapt to the environment. This allows the plant to divert its auxin growth hormone to the side branches. By growing these branches, you create multiple colas that let you maximize the yield rate. Training is given during a plant’s vegetative phase when they are growing and developing their branches. 

Stress is not a problem with regular plants since they have plenty of to grow their branches. However, auto plants do not have the same luxury. The fast growth time gives you a small window of opportunity for the plants to recover from the stress and develop multiple colas. If done incorrectly, training an auto plant can lead to little to no yields. 

Apart from problems with training, fast growth time is the reason why cloning autoflower plants are difficult. Creating a clone involves cutting a significant portion of a plant, which will grow into the same mature plant. Given the short time that both the clone and mother plant has during the vegetative phase, you run the risk of two underdeveloped plants. This results in low-quality yields upon harvest.

Compact Size – Pro

Space can be a luxury for many people when it comes to accommodating marijuana plants. You will need a good portion of a room to cultivate tall sativa plants that tend to grow more than seven feet. With autoflower plants, however, you only need a small grow space to cultivate the plants. 

Nearly every autoflower plant will barely grow past four feet in height. Their compact size allows you to cultivate them in small spaces such as a grow cabinet or even a grow tent. 

The compact size also opens up the possibility of discreet outdoor cultivation. Privacy is always important among breeders in order to avoid any unwanted attention to their home. This includes criminals that are looking to steal marijuana plants. Thanks to the autoflower plant’s compact size, you can grow them in your yard outside of anyone’s view. 

Compact Size – Con

The small size of the autoflower means that it does not have the same number of colas to produce its buds as photoperiod plants. With this in mind, autoflower does not have the same yields as regular cannabis plants. 

On the other hand, the fast growth time of the plant makes up for the lack of yields as regular photoperiod plants due to the size. The plant’s size even allows you to use affordable grow lights to the auto plants a sufficient amount of lighting. 

Automatic Trait – Pro

All automatic plants can enter the flowering phase regardless of the light schedule. Photoperiod plants need to have 12 hours of lighting after going through 16 hours of lighting to enter the flowering stage. This means that indoor cultivators need to make the effort of adjusting their lighting timers to give the photoperiod plants the correct lighting exposure. On the other hand, you do not need to bother with this when cultivating automatic plants. 

Because of the automatic trait, auto cannabis plants can receive more light throughout its flowering stage. This allows the plants to produce quality yields. 

Automatic Trait – Con

Breeders have little control over the vegetative growth of the auto plants because of their nature. This is the same issue as the plant’s fast growth time. You cannot extend the auto plant’s vegetative phase in order to give them time to recover from their training and grow their side branches by manipulating the light schedule. 

You now have a good grasp on the good and bad traits of an autoflowering plant.  Using auto seeds is a great way to produce your own medical stash that can treat common medical issues like insomnia. As Philip Denney would say “Cannabis is a safe and non-toxic alternative to the kind of drugs you find at pharmacies.”

10 Best Cannabis Seeds of All Time

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The cannabis industry is booming becoming it versatile in the field of medicine and even for recreation. All strains may have similarities when it comes to its effects but they are not created equal. There are over a thousand cannabis strains that are divided into categories. In this article, we’ll know more about the top ten cannabis strains and how they contributed to the cannabis evolvement.

1.Northern Lights

This strain is known as the celebrity strain because of its popularity. It has an Afghani descendant that is a Pure Indica. It is favored by novices and beginners because of its resiliency to molds, diesel. Its potency is due to its crystal-like coatings from its heavy resin buds. It has a distinct flavor and aroma of spicy saccharin with hints of pine and citrus.

This is a strain suited to be grown outdoors. It would take at least 6-8 weeks for it to enter the flowering stage. This quality cannabis strain concentrates on the quality rather than the quantity it produces. With just two hits, except that this strain is fast acting. You will feel an instant numbness throughout your body that will give you laziness vibe after a long and tiring day. 

This is a perfect strain for inducing appetite especially for those whose appetite is lost because of anxiety and depression.

  1. White Widow

This Sativa Dominant strain has been around since the early 90s. As its name implies, it has a solid white nug that is enriched with long-stalked trichomes that has a whitish-gray appearance. Its ammonia-like scent gives off an earthy pine aroma when smoked.

This strain is a well-known strain for those who don’t want to indulge for marijuana goodness on a regular basis. It is known as the brainy strain because of its cerebral high that will make you creative and productive. Its THC level between 18-28% is an indication of a high that brings alertness of the mind while still giving you calmness and physical relaxation. A high dosage consumption causes visual distortion.

  1. Durban Poison

This South African bred strain is a pure Sativa making it known to be a powerful strain because of its physical and mental effects. It has a great-tasting and intoxicating well-blended aroma of lemon candy sweetness and spiciness of anise. Its Sativa genetics contributed to its dense-compact structure that has sticky texture trichomes with orange pistils and green leaves

This is a perfect day time strain that brings a clear-headed mind that makes you function creatively in social events. It also has suppressant properties that are an aid in treating migraine, nausea, and depression. 

This strain is one of the Sativa strains that can grow well in outdoor settings. It grows very tall but is easy to manage through the use of some training methods such as the SCROG method.

  1. Blueberry

This Indica dominant hybrid is an awarding winning strain that came from its descendants Afghani and Purple Thai. It is known to be a delectable strain because of its beautiful appearance. It has trichomes covered with golden hairs and buds that has hues of purple and blue. Its sticky buds give off sweet berries and earthy pine smell with mouth-watering blueberry flavors. 

It’s characteristics, potency and remarkable effects are brought by its exotic genetics. Its THC level of 18.20 % is an effective relaxant and stress reliever that provides an uplifting vibe. Its long-lasting high is a great benefit for patients because of its high CBD content making it a powerful treatment for different pain conditions brought by cancer and other mental conditions such as depression and insomnia.

  1. Amnesia Haze

This potent Sativa- Dominant Strain is an award-winning strain for its long-lasting effects. 

Its magnificent characteristics came from its descendants Jamaican Sativa and Afghani Hawaiian, an Indica-dominant. It has a well balanced Indica and Sativa characteristics. It has tightly-packed buds with rust-colored pistil with leaves that have patches of green and yellow hues. It has a unique taste and smell of a combination of lemon tangy, notes of wood and spiciness.

It has a great quality of psychoactive and cerebral high properties making its name misleading. Its high comes up immediately that leads to a sharpening of mental focus and alertness. It is known to be a giggle strain because it will make you socially active with talkativeness and giggling vibes. It also brings up improvement of the mood that is inclined to positiveness. 

This strain is great for activities involving bodily motor skills and mental functioning. Because of its contribution to mental buzz, this strain is a great choice for depression and anxiety.

  1. Girl Scout Cookies

This strain is a cross breed from OG Kush and Durban poison giving it a relatively 60:40 ratio of Sativa and Indica component. The sweet aroma of this fresh strain will definitely hit your olfactory senses. Once smoked, it will show off a dessert-like cedar flavor. It came from medium-sized purple buds that have purple leaves and orange hair trichomes that is pleasant to the eyes.

Its THC, CBD, and CBN level make it a very potent strain for recreational and medical use. It has a long lasting high that is popular among patients to achieve well-being. It treats depression, stress, migraine, and chronic pains. It has munchies effect good for treating lack of appetite. If you want to have an inspiring strain to make your day, this is a go-to train but consumption in large quantities may result in couch look.

  1. Grand Daddy Purple

This strain’s fantastic genetics came from its parents Purple Urkle and Big Bud. This strain is a popular strain known for its photogenic qualities because of its outstanding appearance. It has dense and fuzzy buds that have an indigo and purple hues. Its trichomes are covered with heavy resin and orange hairs. Its taste of rich mixed fruits smooth hashy delivers psychoactive effects that kick in both mind and body.

 Aside from its delivery of relaxation and overwhelming feelings of happiness and euphoria, it is also widely used for its medical uses for pain management such as arthritis, muscle spasm and is also helpful for insomnia, stress, and loss of appetite. It is best to keep this strain indoors to maintain its physical properties through pruning techniques and humidity control.

  1. Super Lemon Haze

This is a bred from Lemon Skunk and  Super Silver Haze making it a Sativa-dominant strain.

As the name implies, it delivers real lemony scents and flavors with notes of sweet-tart and candy taste. This strain is easy to be recognized because of its Christmas tree-like appearance with solid buds and a balanced ratio of leaves. This strain offers a wide array of mind and body effects such as mood elevation, creativity appetite stimulation, and has the capabilities to serve anti-anxiety properties that brings total relaxation. 

Growing this strain may not need a lot of attention during the seedling to the vegetative stage but it needs much attention on the flowering stage because it is where its potency is well flourished.

  1. Afghani

This strain got its sturdiness from its Landrace strain origin. It has a well-balanced natural selection and human cultivation properties. It consists of pale green medium-sized buds with an orangey thick coating of trichomes. 

This strain has a distinct and famous taste and the smell of diesel-like and citrusy aroma. It can be grown indoors or outdoors depending on the climate. It can grow short but bushy with a height ranging from 2-4 feet.

Its harsh and thick smoke delivers goodness to recreational users that can stimulate appetite and give a deep body high relaxation. It can be enjoyed alone because during the few hours of the high sleepiness that leads to couch lock may be experienced. This strain contains sedative properties that are useful to the treatment of PTSD and depression.

  1. Sour Diesel

This strain enjoys its popularity because of its potency, effects and distinct smell. It is a cross breed between two popular and potent strains which are the Northern lights and Skunk #1. It appears to have yellowish green medium-sized buds that have red hairs pistils. The buds have an overpowering aroma similar to gasoline. 

First-time users describe the flavor of this strain unpleasant because its ammonia-like taste that stings. Its pungent taste and smell quickly provide a pleasant character.

It’s intense cerebral high is a great help for those who have mood disorders. It stimulates cerebral functioning that gives off the feeling of relaxation and euphoria. Moderate levels of consumption also lead you to have associative and creative thinking, however, a higher dosage may give you the “out of control” feelings and altered mental state.

Choosing a strain that is perfectly suited to your needs is quite challenging especially that cannabis industry offers a lot. With the advancement of technology, it is now easier to track and trace different type of strains with their unique characteristics that match your lifestyle.

Crossing Autoflower with Regular Strains

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Breeding strains is not an overnight process, it is a long journey with no guarantee of success. As a cannabis cultivator, you must be able to know the traits of a strain that you are looking for, what undesirable traits that you would want to eliminate, and what traits have not been expressed in any cannabis strain you are searching for. 

 

Benefits of Crossbreeding Auto-flowering Seeds and Regular Seeds

 

  • Autoflowering strains tend to have characteristics that are dominance and recessiveness so when it is paired to a regular strain these characteristics are carried to their offspring.

 

  • Cross-breeding has potentials of bringing new contributions to the cannabis market and there is a possibility to create strains that have better qualities than the available strains today.

 

  • It purifies, strengthens, and enhances the basic characteristics of a strain such as the number of yields, aroma, potency, and other physical attributes.

 

  • When you breed from an auto-flowering seed, you don’t have to change the light cycle allowing you to conserve energy. 

 

  • Cross breeding Autoflowering seeds and regular seeds is an innovation of cannabis advancement that aims to manipulate the different traits and characteristics of these seeds to come up with a more desirable seed.

 

  • It increases certain components that have been proven useful in everyday living such as cannabinoids CBD in the medical field.

 

  • Crossing aims to create new strains that are suited to different environments that have great adaptability to different conditions.

 

Steps in Crossbreeding Auto-flowering Seeds and a Regular Seeds

 

  1. Choose a regular cannabis strain and your chosen auto-flowering variety. Make sure that one seed is a female and the other is a male seed. It doesn’t matter who supplies the pollen.
  2. After deciding on the strain types that you would want to breed together, separate the female seeds from the male seeds. To avoid having unknown genetics, make sure that no pollen from the male seed makes it to the female seed. 
  3. After separating male from female seeds, wait for the male seeds to pollinate. The pollen sacs should look mature and fully developed. Store these pollen sacs inside a clean ziplock. When you notice that the female seeds show white pistils, it means that it has been also pollinated.
  4. Take the ziplock full of pollinated male seeds and place it over to the stem female seed pistils. Make sure to seal the ziplock and carefully shake the bag to cover other pistils with pollen and wait for 2 hours before removing it.
  5. After 2 hours, you may now remove the seeds from the ziplock and place it in a cool dry place where it can start to form for a few weeks.
  6. It is now starting to plant your newly formed breed of an auto-flowering and regular seed. It is best to keep records of how fast or slow the growth process is, how long is the flowering stage, how fast the buds develop, etc to know how their offspring turned out.

 

Quality Traits To Look For A Strain When Breeding

 

  • Genetics

 This is the starting point that determines the end quality of the combination of 2 or more strains. It is where you can check if the chosen strain has the potential to become a great breeding partner. Genes determine the buds potency, effects, flavor, aroma, physical appearance, etc. 

 

  • Growing pattern

This trait pertains to what kind of yield to expect based on the duration of the growth cycle. It also pertains to your overall observation of the growth of the cannabis plant basing on its height, body structure, and how efficient the cannabis plant during its life cycle. 

 

  • Physical Attributes

This trait pertains to how the cannabinoids THC and CBD level affects the strain potency, aesthetics, color, smell, and effects. When considering this trait in choosing for a good strain to breed make sure to focus on each attribute and how it affects you not just by focusing on one single attribute.

 

  • Durability

It is important to take into consideration that the strain that you are considering has the ability to resist damaging pest and plant diseases that may affect your yield. Durability also pertains to the sturdiness of your cannabis plant to some factors and on how your cannabis strain can withstand cold and hot temperature.

 

  • Productivity

Because of the hard competition in the cannabis market, coming up with a high producing strain is one of the major goals of crossing genes. 

 

Cross breeding an auto-flower seed and a regular seed is a complicated process that needs to be executed properly, It entails lots of experimentation to come up with your desired trait. Breeding strains is not an overnight process, it is a long journey with no guarantee of success. Aside from experience, patience, perseverance and having sensory acuity is the tool.