What Are Feminized Marijuana Seeds?

Every internet site that legally sells marijuana seeds offers a curious option to buy so called feminized seeds, typically at 2 or three times the price for a similar quantity of normal seeds. But what are feminized marijuana seeds? And why do folks buy them if they cost much more?

What are they?

Marijuana plants are either masculine or feminine - the male produces flowers that fertilize the female plant, which develops buds and seeds. The standard pack of cheap marijuana seeds will produce a mix of masculine and feminine plants in a roughly 50/50 ratio.

Feminized marijuana seeds are produced by cloning and "shocking" female plants by spraying them with a silver solution. This forestalls them from developing as males. The seeds from plants that have been treated in this way will only produce female plants - thus they're called feminized marijuana seeds.

Why do people buy them?

There are number of reasons why many experienced growers decide to buy feminized marijuana seeds. Most male plants have awfully low levels of THC, so they can not be harvested for marijuana. Furthermore, if a crop has a mix of sexes it is necessary to identify and separate the male plants as quickly as possible to be certain they don't fertilize the females - unfertilized female plants produce bigger, riper buds, while fertilized females produce smaller buds that are full of marijuana seeds. Good growing can still be done with normal seeds and mixed sex plants, but it can take a ton more effort, and yields can vary significantly.

Feminized marijuana seeds will produce all female plants. This saves this bother of identifying and separating the male plants in a crop before they can fertilize the females, and it also means that out of a pack of ten seeds it is feasible to produce ten plants that can be harvested for marijuana rather than ( roughly ) 5 plants. Most growers will naturally have a prohibited limited amount of space, and a guaranteed all female crop can help to make the maximum of a smaller growing space.

Of course, growers want to produce more plants without needing to regularly buy marijuana seeds, but it is possible to do this without breeding plants - more experienced growers prefer to clone their plants by taking a good cutting from a grown up plant and then replanting it. Not only does this let them maintain unfertilized females and maintain a high yield from all their plants, the clone will maintain all the features of its "parent", suggesting the highest quality plants can be reproduced precisely.

They cost buyers more. Inexpensive marijuana seeds can be produced awfully simply, but it takes some heavy time and effort to produce feminized marijuana seeds. Since these seeds produce more valuable plants, they're accordingly costlier. But they remain popular amongst growers. They save growers the difficulty of identifying and separating the male plants, and also give a guaranteed female from every marijuana seed that's purchased, leading to more buds and higher yields.