The Selection

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[Indoor growing 2]  [The selection]  [Flowering and harvest]  [For lazy bastards]

Cannabis plants are either male or female. The male plants produce pollen which pollenates the flowers of the female plant, which once pollenized, produce seeds. If the female plant isn`t pollenized (if there are no male plants nearby producing pollen), the flower/buds continue to develop and produce THC. Female plants which are not pollenized are referred to as sensemilla (without seeds).

Usually 40-50% of the plants are male.

A female can either generate a large seedless bud, a large bud with a few seeds, or a large bud that is almost totally seeds. The first case is achieved by removing all the male plants before any of their flowers open. The second case occurs when a few male flowers have opened but you remove them before any more open. The third case occurs when you miss-time the flowering of the male. This can be devastating if you have big female plants because you could loose 90% of the smokable herb to seed production. 

The spotting of males is one of the most difficult of things to explain to a person that`s never grown since it really takes careful attention to how the tops of male plants look at this stage of development. Even experienced growers will be unsure at times and will have to wait till the next visit to be sure. When a male enters the stage of flower development, the tips of the branches where a bud would develop will start to grow what looks like a little bud (little balls) but it will have no white hairs coming out of it. Females will have no balls and will have small white hairs.

 

Male is on left with cluster of balls and female is on right with wispy white hairs.
Male              -               Female     

Males are often, but not always, tall with stout stems, sporadic branching, and few leaves. Males are usually harvested except those used for breeding, after their sex has been determined, but before the pollen is shed. When harvesting, especially if close to females, cut the plant off at the base, taking care to shake the male as little as possible. This helps prevent any accidental pollination by an unnoticed, open male flower.

Tip for beginners: Buy feminized seeds! This way you will only get female plants.


 

 

 

Grow Your Own Cannabis: 

Growing Afghan Seeds
Growing AK48 Seeds
Growing Aurora Indica Seeds
Growing B52 Seeds
Growing Big Bud Seeds
Growing Blue Mystic Seeds
Growing Bubblelicious Seeds
Growing California Orange Bud Seeds
Growing Chrystal Seeds
Growing Crystal Seeds
Growing Citral Seeds
Growing Four Way Seeds
Growing Haze Seeds
Growing Haze x Skunk #1 Seeds
Growing Hindu Kush Seeds

Growing Ice Seeds

Growing Indoor Mix Seeds
Growing Jock Horror Seeds
Growing K2 Seeds
Growing Maroc x Afghan Seeds  
Growing Master Kush Seeds

Growing Misty Seeds
Growing Nirvana Special Seeds
Growing Northern Light Seeds
Growing Northern Light x Big Bud Seeds
Growing Northern Light x Haze Seeds
Growing Northern Light x Shiva Seeds
Growing Papaya Seeds

Growing Pure Power Plant Cannabis Seeds
Growing Shiva Seeds
Growing Silver Pearl Seeds
Growing Skunk #1 Seeds
Growing Skunk Red Hair Seeds
Growing Skunk Special Seeds
Growing Snow White Seeds
Growing Super Skunk Seeds
Growing Top 44 Seeds
Growing White Widow Seeds
Growing White Rhino Seeds

 

 

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