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While many seedbanks only carry feminized seeds, Sensi Seeds continues to produce and stock regular seeds. For those unfamiliar, regular seeds grow into plants that are theoreticlly 50% male and 50% female.

This means that growers will need to identify and get rid of the male plants, or they will end up with fewer buds. This extra work can be an inconvenience, but it is worth it for the benefits regular seeds provide.

Stable Genetics

As the name suggests, regular seeds produce both male and female plants. This means extra care is required to avoid unwanted pollination, which could cut your harvest by 80-90%.

In contrast, feminized seeds are guaranteed to produce only female plants. This saves growers time and money on a massive scale.

To create a feminized strain, breeders first produce a stable mother plant by selecting healthy specimens that display desirable traits. These are then crossed with other healthy strains to produce hybrid offspring. Over a number of generations, this process is repeated until the desired trait has been stabilised. This can be done through back crossing, which essentially fixes the genetics of an existing parent line to ensure that all offspring will express the same desired characteristics. The process is very similar to that used to stabilise human DNA. This ensures that offspring will express certain traits with a high degree of predictability. This enables researchers to work with genetics that may not otherwise be available.

Unaltered Genetics

Choosing the right type of seeds depends on cultivation goals and personal preferences. Many growers prefer the simplicity and predictability of autoflower or feminized seeds, but others want to experiment with breeding and guaranteed rigorous growth. Regular photoperiod cannabis seeds allow for more natural genetics as they haven’t been altered.

Our collection of regular seed contains high-quality, original 1980’s strains. These regular seeds were bred before feminized seed was invented, and produce approximately 50% male and female plants. This is ideal for growers looking to experiment with cross-breeding or back crossing. Since they don’t undergo any chemical or genetic tampering, they retain a stronger likeness to their parents and offer more stability than feminized varieties. They are also cheaper to buy and require less space in your grow tent as you don’t have to waste valuable space culling males. However, they will require a certain amount of time and effort in identification and separation of males from female plants.

Unaltered Cultivars

Using regular seeds gives growers the opportunity to work with the genetics that they want to preserve and cultivate. They can create a cultivar of their own through crossbreeding, retaining the flavour, potency and terpene profiles that they like best.

Theoretically, a batch of regular seeds will produce an even balance between male and female plants. In reality, this isn’t always the case, with some batches producing 50% male plants and others a lower proportion.

This doesn’t mean that growers can’t select a few of the strongest female plants and use them as ‘mothers’ to create clones that will retain their robust characteristics. This is a popular cultivation method that allows growers to reproduce their favourite plant and preserve their genetics.

It also avoids wasting growing space and nutrients by having to remove the male plants. This is an especially valuable asset for those who are working with limited growing spaces or are legally capped at a set number of cannabis plants.

Cheaper

If you’re looking for cheap cannabis seeds, then the selection at Seed City is worth checking out. This online seed bank has a ton of options, including the classic strains and rare varieties. Plus, the site offers a ton of sales and discounts, including BOGO deals.

Herbies Seeds also has a ton of cheap marijuana seeds to choose from. This company has a ton of different options, including high THC and low CBD strains. In addition, Herbies has a ton of mixed seed packs that give you a great deal on quality marijuana seeds.

For example, you can get a pack of 5 Rocket exclusives for just $25. Other options include 5 feminized or photoperiod seeds for $50 and 10 feminized or regular seeds for $75. These options are excellent for any grower. They’re the perfect way to try a lot of different strains and find your favorites. The price of weed seeds can fluctuate depending on supply and demand.

Seeds are the primary means by which most angiosperm (flowering) plants disseminate their offspring. They contain a reserve supply of food that gives the new plant an excellent start in life.

While extensive studies of “model” plants like Arabidopsis have revealed many genes involved in ovule and seed development, much remains unknown about the genetic control of seed structure and growth in non-model plant groups.

Definition

A seed is a mature fertilized plant ovule with an embryo enclosed in a protective seed coat. It is the principal means by which angiosperm plants disseminate offspring. Seeds are also the source of many important crops, such as grains and legumes, which provide food for people and animals. Seeds are also the source of cooking oils and spices, and they are an important source of protein in diets.

Other meanings:

[1]in the field of botany, agriculture and horticulture, a vegetative or reproductive plant part that contains an embryo under a dormant state and can develop into a new plant if it is sown. This term is sometimes used more generally to describe any living organ of a crop in rudimentary form that is used for propagation.

In the verb senses, seed is often used figuratively to mean the starting point for something: The idea was seeded in my mind by an article I read. It is also used to arrange the drawings for positions in a tournament so that superior players or teams will not meet in early rounds of play: to seed (a tournament).

Functions

Seeds serve several functions for the plants that produce them. Key among them are nourishment of the embryo, dispersal to a new location and dormancy during unfavorable conditions.

Most seeds have a protective outer covering known as a seed coat. This can be as thin as a coconut shell or very hard like that of a pine tree. It also has an opening called the micropyle or hilum and a ridge or groove on its surface called the raphe.

The raphe provides a way for water to enter the seed during germination. The permeability of the seed coat and the amount of water available determine how fast the embryo imbibes water and initiates germination.

Physiological dormancy, which is the natural state of most seeds, delays germination until environmental conditions are optimal. This function helps to safeguard the seeds from a catastrophe like cold weather or herbivory that could wipe out all of an embryonic plant population.

Structure

Seeds store the genetic information needed for a plant to grow and produce more seeds. They are protected by a shell or husk and they contain a reserve of food to sustain the embryo until conditions are right for growth (dormancy).

A seed is made up of three parts: an embryo, endosperm, and a seed coat. The embryo is fertilized ovule that has the potential to give rise to a new plant under favorable conditions. The endosperm is a nutritious tissue that is derived from the integument of the ovary or fruit wall. The seed coat is a hard protective covering that can help seeds survive for long periods of time.

The cotyledons, or seed leaves, are attached to the embryonic axis, either one (Monocotyledons) or two in dicots. The area above the point of attachment of the cotyledons is called the epicotyl and ends in an apical meristem, which will become the shoot of the plant upon germination.

Dispersal

Plants need to disperse their seeds so that they do not grow too close and compete for water, light and nutrients. Seeds are dispersed by wind, animals or water.

Many plants produce edible fruits and nuts that act as containers for their seeds. These seeds are then hitchhiked on the backs of birds, mammals and other animals, and are carried to distant locations by the animal’s movements. The seeds have hard coatings that prevent them from being digested, and hooks and barbs which cling to fur or feathers or the hair of animals.

Other seeds are dispersed by wind. Some seeds have wings that allow them to fly, while others are propelled by the force of air currents. For seeds that are wind-dispersed, the distance they travel is influenced by landscape features and weather conditions. Seeds that are dispersed far away from the parent plant have higher germination rates because they do not suffer competition with parents or siblings, avoid exposure to pathogens and predators, and have better opportunities to colonise new habitats.

For a long time regular seeds were the only type of cannabis seeds available. Unlike feminized or autoflowering seeds, regular seeds do not contain any male chromosomes.

When grown, regular seeds have a 50% chance of emerging as either male or female plants. This is how nature intended, and it allows breeders to create new cultivars through cross-pollination.

Breeding

Regular seeds are a must-have for any cannabis breeder. Without them, growers can’t make clones that are true to strain or create a new cultivar. Clones can be a great way to preserve the flavour, morphology, and colour of a specific specimen.

When growing regular seeds, there’s a 50% chance that each plant will be male or female. This is a big reason why many gardeners prefer to plant feminized seeds. They don’t want to deal with the hassle of having to cull male plants at harvest time.

Feminized seed varieties also give rise to more consistent phenotypes. As a result, some growers choose to cross feminized plants with regular seeds to produce stable, uniform crops. This process is called back crossing. It gives rise to a hybrid strain with improved genetics, but it’s important to note that the resulting phenotypes might still vary. This is why many breeders stick to feminized seeds when it comes to commercial cultivation.

Cloning

Cloning regular seeds enables growers to duplicate an exact genetic copy of a particular specimen. This can be helpful if you have a strain that produces the terpenes and flavours that you love or a particular morphology that you admire.

It’s important to note that clones are generally more difficult to take than seedlings. They require a high level of humidity and are best kept in a dome (a plant propagator is the ideal accessory for this purpose).

The good news is that clones will often root well when they’re taken from healthy, mature plants. This means that you can keep the mother plants of your favourite strains and create a continuous harvest of your most potent, flavourful buds. Alternatively, you can buy a pack of feminized seeds and avoid having to deal with male plants altogether. This isn’t an exact science, however, and it is common to find a few male plants in any given batch of seeds.

Pollination

In nature and in plant breeding, seeds can only be produced if pollen from the male anther of one flower is transferred to the stigma of another flower. This transfer is called pollination and it can be facilitated by animals or wind.

The transfer of pollen between flowers takes place when the anther cells of a male flower rub against, drop on, or stick to a “pollinator.” The pollinator then moves from flower to flower, depositing pollen where it can be absorbed by the stigma. Fertilization then occurs, and the ovule develops into a seed capsule.

Growers and breeders interested in crossing regular seeds must carefully separate males from female plants to control the pollination process and ensure that they produce only female seeds. This is often easier said than done, since males mature about two weeks earlier than females. Depending on the growing method used, breeders may collect male pollen and cold-store it before applying it to female plants with a brush or their fingers.

Genetics

Regular seeds are used by growers who wish to cross strains to create new phenotypes. This is because they have both male and female chromosomes (XX) in their genome, whereas feminized seeds have been genetically modified to produce only female plants. When grown from regular seeds, growers can expect to have a 50% female/male ratio of offspring, but this can vary depending on luck and environmental conditions.

Ultimately, while most growers prefer feminized cannabis seeds, there are still a number of advantages to using regular seeds. They offer more genetic diversity, which can be useful for creating new strains with specific traits such as flavour profiles, morphology, or colours. They also allow for cloning, which is vital to the process of growing cannabis, and they are cheaper than feminized seed. However, it is important to keep in mind that regular seeds are not as effective at preventing the growth of male plants, and therefore may require more frequent culling.