What Are Feminized Marijuana Seeds?

Every internet site that legally sells marijuana seeds offers a curious option to buy so called feminized seeds, usually at two or 3 times the price for a similar quantity of standard seeds. But what are feminized marijuana seeds? And why do folk buy them if they cost much more?

What are they?

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

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

Why do people buy them?

There are variety of reasons why many experienced growers choose to buy feminized marijuana seeds. Most male plants have very low levels of THC, so they can't be harvested for marijuana. Additionally, if a crop has a mix of sexes it is necessary to spot 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 filled with marijuana seeds. Good growing can still be done with ordinary seeds and mixed sex plants, but it can take a ton more effort, and yields can change seriously.

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 suggests that out of a pack of 10 seeds it is feasible to produce ten plants that may be cropped for marijuana rather than ( on average ) five plants. Most growers will naturally have a small amount of space, and a warranted all female crop can help to make the maximum of a smaller growing space.

Of course, growers want to produce more plants without having to regularly buy marijuana seeds, but it is possible to do this without breeding plants - more experienced growers like to clone their plants by taking a good cutting from a grown up plant and then replanting it. Not only does this allow them to maintain unfertilized females and maintain a high yield from all their plants, the clone will maintain all the characteristics 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 significant time and effort to produce feminized marijuana seeds. Since these seeds produce more valuable plants, they're consequently costlier. But they remain favored amongst growers. They save growers the trouble of identifying and separating the male plants, and also give a warranted female from every marijuana seed that's purchased, leading to more buds and higher yields.