Regular seed is a type of cannabis that produces both male and female plants. It’s not ideal for novice growers because it can produce up to 50% of male plants, resulting in lower yields.
However, it offers many advantages to discerning cultivators. Whether you are looking for extreme potency, a specific flavour profile or certain colours, regular seeds can help you achieve your goals.
1. They are cheaper
Regular seeds are a good option for beginners who want to try their hand at breeding. However, if you haven’t yet mastered the art of growing, your first attempts at breeding might be hit or miss, resulting in wasted space, light and nutrients.
Another advantage of regular seeds is that they can be sexed, which will save you time and effort by eliminating the need to remove 40% of your plants after sexing them. However, this may still result in a reduced yield. For this reason, many growers prefer to grow feminized seeds. This allows them to practice the art of cultivation, ultimately making them better at it. They can then apply their skills to breeding their own strains of cannabis. These strains can be sold or given away as clones.
2. They are more stable
Regular seeds produce both male and female plants that can be smokable, but they’re also good for growers who want to breed their own strains. Cannabis breeding is a time-consuming process, but one that can be done by experienced growers or even home growers with a bit of experience.
Regular plants go through a much less traumatic genetic tampering than feminized ones, so they are far more likely to produce robust descendants. This is why many growers choose to use regular seed for their breeding projects.
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3. They are easier to breed
If you are a cannabis grower who wishes to create clones of certain cultivars, regular seeds provide the best way to do it. It’s possible to produce a wide variety of hermaphrodites with feminized seed, but breeding with regulars ensures that the resulting plants are the most stable and have stronger genetics.
When you grow regular cannabis seeds, they operate just as nature intended, and have a 50% chance of emerging as either male or female plants. For serious breeders, this is perfect because it allows them to produce a variety of hermaphrodites to test out various traits and qualities. For example, many landrace strains are bred using regular seeds. They are considered more authentic because they haven’t been tampered with in any way.
4. They are more resistant to pests
Despite the excellent feminized seeds on offer, many cultivators choose to go with regular seed. This is due to a number of reasons.
Cultivators who choose regular seed often grow multiple clones of their favourite strains, allowing them to explore different phenotypes of their chosen cultivar. This is a great way for beginner growers to learn and perfect their cultivation skills without investing a lot of time and money into their growing environment.
As regular seed can produce male cannabis plants as well as females, it is important for growers to separate the two and cull any male plant early on in the growing process. This prevents pollen from being released and contaminating the female cannabis plants. This can reduce the yield of a grow.
5. They are more resistant to diseases
Regular seed is often a good choice for growers who want to cultivate and produce their own seeds for the next harvest. This is important for many amateur growers who may not have the funds or resources to purchase feminized seeds.
Regular seeds will produce both male and female plants. When you plant these seeds it is important to monitor the sex of your plants throughout the growing process, so that you can make sure that all your plants are female.
Regular seeds are also usually more resistant to diseases than other types of seed. However, it is important to note that disease resistance traits do not transfer between different varieties. It is recommended that you retest disease resistance traits when selecting new varieties to propagate.
