Month: July 2023

Many factors can determine whether a cultivator chooses to grow regular or feminized seeds. This can range from cultivation experience to their primary goal for the harvest.

Regular seeds produce a mixture of male and female plants. This makes them ideal for breeding. They also grow on a photoperiod schedule and are perfect for taking cuttings or making clones.

Stability

A lot of growers who are into breeding find that they get far better results with regular seed, and clones made from it. This is because feminized seeds undergo significant genetic tampering, which means that they only have a 50/50 chance of producing flowering female plants or male plants.

Male cannabis plants are incredibly valuable to breeders, as they produce pollen that is essential for the creation of new seeds. However, cultivating a large number of males can be an enormous hassle for growers, especially if they are working in a small space.

With regular seed, this problem is eliminated. This way, the gardener only needs to eliminate male plants (and any potential hermaphrodites) as they come to fruition. This allows the grower to focus on growing a larger harvest of top-quality buds. This is why many of our customers opt for regular seeds over feminized varieties.

Cheaper

Cultivators who want to grow a variety of strains or create their own cultivars will often choose regular seeds. This is because regular seed operates the way nature intended, with a 50% chance of emerging as male or female cannabis plants. Male plants are essential for creating new cultivars as they provide pollen that can be used in breeding to produce clones of the desired phenotype.

Feminized seeds operate much differently than their regular counterparts and as such, have a few disadvantages for growers. Feminized seed can be expensive and if you’re a grower that is looking to save money, then buying regular seeds may be more appropriate.

Although feminized seed can provide growers with a safer and easier experience, it can also discourage growers from exploring their own creations. This is why many growers still opt for regular seeds and Herbies’ collection of cheap seeds is a testament to this. However, affordable doesn’t always mean low quality as Herbies offers some of the best and cheapest seeds on the market.

Easier to Breed

Breeding regular seeds allows growers and breeders to experiment with different genetic combinations. The offspring of two strains can produce a whole host of unique phenotypes. These phenotypes differ in appearance, aroma, flavour and effects. This genetic variability can add a lot of excitement and creativity to the cultivation process.

If you have a favourite weed strain, growing regular seeds allows you to create your very own cultivar. You can cross the bud-capable female specimens with your own male plants to create offspring that displays the best characteristics of both parent strains.

This type of breeding also makes it possible to create clones from your favourite strain. These clones can be used to duplicate the terpene profile, flavour and colour of a specific specimen. This can be a fantastic option for those who are looking to recreate a classic, pre-90s heritage strain that never made it to the feminized market. The clones can be transplanted to a new plant and continue producing female specimens.

Genetics

In a world where many of us are trying to avoid the use of any unnecessary chemicals, especially those involved in seed production, regular seeds offer peace of mind. Feminized seeds are produced by spraying female plants with some fairly unsettlingly-sounding chemicals (usually colloidal silver) that trick them into producing male pollen sacs.

Regular seeds on the other hand, produce 50% male and 50% female plants. They are the perfect choice for growers who are looking to breed their own strains. This can be for any number of reasons; whether it’s to increase potency, flavour profile, yield or resistance to stress.

SSSC has a great selection of regular genetics including some excellent original 1980’s classics like Creamy Kees and Karel’s Old School Haze. If you’re looking to create your own hybrids and crosses then a good choice would be a SSSC regular photo-dependent cannabis seed. These will give you the best chance of creating some truly special phenotypes.

Cannabis seeds can vary in size, shape and color. However, it’s important to remember that the appearance of a seed does not necessarily indicate its quality.

Normally, seeds are produced when a female plant fertilizes itself with male pollen. This can be a complicated process, so many growers choose to work with feminized seeds.

Feminized

The main advantage of feminized cannabis seeds is that they produce female plants 80-90% of the time, which means you won’t have to spend as much time weeding out male plants from your crop. Feminized cannabis seeds also tend to produce higher yields and have stronger potency than regular or auto-flowering strains.

Feminized seeds have been genetically manipulated to ensure that the crops will be composed of female plants only. This is because the seeds do not contain male chromosomes, which are necessary to pollinate a plant and produce the desired high from tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

Growers love feminized cannabis seeds because they offer the convenience of getting more buds with less effort. They’re especially good for beginner growers because they make it easy to get high-quality flowers without worrying about removing male plants or risking contamination from male pollen. Blue Cookies is an excellent example of a feminized strain that’s both easy to grow and produces resinous buds with great flavor.

Regular

Regular seeds can be used to breed other strains and are often recommended for experienced growers. Because they produce both male and female plants, these seeds will provide more than one harvest and can be used for cloning. This is the most common use of cannabis seeds, and it’s why many people choose them over feminized seeds.

Herbies Seeds is a well-known seed bank that offers a variety of popular strains, including some rare strains. The company also has a good selection of high CBD strains, which are ideal for those suffering from pain and anxiety. The seed bank’s cheap pricing and big promotions make it an excellent choice for any grower.

The company’s website has detailed information about each strain and is easy to navigate. It also provides helpful tips for growing marijuana indoors and outdoors. Its customer support is available via email and toll-free phone. The company has a wide range of payment options, including Bitcoin payments.

Autoflowering

Autoflowering cannabis seeds are ideal for those who want to get growing quickly. This is because they can be started in early spring and will flower during the longest days of summer. This allows them to make the most of high quality light and produce big yields.

These plants are also forgiving of mistakes and acclimate well to colder climates. They are also resistant to common pests and diseases. They are not as potent as regular varieties, however.

There are several strains that have been bred as autoflowering marijuana, including the popular Gorilla Glue #4. This is a highly-recommended indica-dominant strain that is known for its THC levels and easy growth. Other autoflowering options include Tangerine and Banana Kush.

Photoperiod

Cannabis seeds that are photoperiod will stay in the vegetative stage until a certain amount of hours of darkness passes during a 24-hour period. This triggers the flowering phase. The plant will then produce flowers that contain THC and other beneficial chemicals. These plants are usually sown in May for harvest in the fall.

The seed will take a week or so to germinate. Until then, keep the soil moist but not overly wet or your seedling could die.

Once the seedling is established, low-stress training can be used to promote larger harvests. Topping and snipping will encourage your plant to develop more main colas, while twisting the plant slightly until you feel a snap will signal the plant to beef up its stem strength. Low-stress training should only be performed on healthy crops. A weakened plant will have difficulty recovering from the stress of these techniques.

In this age of feminized seeds, regular seed has become cannabis’ forgotten seed. Unlike feminized seeds that only produce female plants, regular seeds have a 50% chance of emerging as either male or female.

Some growers choose to use regular seed because it costs less than feminized seeds. However, other factors come into play, like cultivation experience and primary goals for a harvest.

Breeding

The breeding process allows cannabis cultivators to create new seeds. Breeding is a genetic selection between a male and female plant, to produce offspring with desirable traits. Breeding is a key component of the cultivation process and it can have a significant impact on yield, effects and flavour.

The use of regular seed is an essential part of the breeding process, allowing a grower to select and produce F1 hybrids. However, if you want to ensure that those desirable traits are dominant, it is necessary to continue crossbreeding and backcrossing, to produce stable genetics.

Feminised seeds were developed in the 90s as a response to the demand for plants that guarantee the development of female specimens. This eliminates the need to sift through many plants, discarding male specimens, or grow them in a second tent, which is not cost effective and limits the yield per crop. In addition, autoflowering seeds have emerged. These are suitable for less experienced growers as they do not require changing the photoperiod.

Cloning

Cannabis clones are created by taking a piece of a healthy plant (usually the tip or a rootless branch) and growing it in a nutrient-rich growing medium. The clone will then need to be rooted, which is done in water. Once the clone is rooted, it can be transplanted into your garden or grown in a container.

Clones offer an advantage over seeds because they are exact genetic copies of their mother plant. This guarantees that your clones will grow to the same size, taste, and phenotype as their mother. Clones also eliminate the rolling of the dice that occurs with seeds, which produce varying results in terms of cannabinoid and terpene content.

Growing clones is easier than growing from seed. Clones do not need to go through the germination and seedling stages, which can take up to three weeks longer than a rooted vegetative plant. Clones are easy to find if you have a well-connected network of growers, but it can be challenging to purchase them online because of marijuana’s legal status in many countries and the fact that home growers keep a low profile.

Seed Saving

Seed saving is a way for gardeners to keep their favorite plants alive. Gardeners and farmers are reclaiming this ancient tradition of growing and saving their own seeds for their crops, including vegetables and flowers.

It’s important to understand that a plant must grow and mature before the seeds can be saved. If seeds are saved from a mature plant that is not yet genetically stable, the resulting offspring may be different from the parent.

It’s also important to choose easy-to-save plants that self-pollinate or don’t require cross-pollination to produce offspring. This will prevent unwanted cross-pollination and make it easier for beginners to start. It is also important to dry seeds out before storing them. This can be done in a number of ways, including using cardboard canisters that are used for certain snack foods, or old pill bottles washed out and dried. Seeds should be stored in a cool, dry place. Ideally, they should be refrigerated.

Genetic Stability

Genetic instability occurs when there is a high frequency of mutations or chromosomal rearrangements in a cellular lineage. It can cause a variety of pathological disorders including cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as myotonic dystrophy. There are two types of elements that contribute to genomic instability: those that act in trans to prevent instability, known as suppressors, and those that function in cis as hotspots for instability, such as fragile sites and highly transcribed DNA sequences.

Inbreeding plants over numerous generations helps breeders achieve stability of desired traits in their seed. They may also back-cross their plant to a previous generation to speed up the stabilisation process.

For transgenes introduced into a plant genome using biotechnology, stability of the inserted gene at the DNA and mRNA level is required as part of the risk assessment carried out by regulatory authorities to enable commercial product release. Typically, this is demonstrated by Southern blot analysis (GHB811 cotton and MS11 B. napus).