Regular seeds: how to increase the chance of female or male plants
Regular seeds can produce both female and male plants. Buds - the main value of growing, give only non-pollinated female bushes. By comparison, “girls” are obtained from feminized grains in at least 96-99 out of 100 cases. Regular seeds are not suitable for commercial growing, and the only positive for hobbyists is the low price. Although even this advantage over fems is doubtful. The price of feminized grains is decreasing, and the choice is growing.
Regular grains are of the greatest value for breeders. Hybrids with their excellent properties are obtained precisely by crossing different male and female plants with the necessary dominant genes. The selection process is laborious, requiring experience and skills. Including the ability to increase the chances of the appearance, if necessary, of female or male plants. This is also useful for amateur growers who cultivate hemp from regulars. Male plants, if the task of selection is not set, should be removed from the plantation when identified. Female bushes must remain unpollinated in order to form false fruits - cones. The sex of the plant is determined before flowering, and the first pre-flowers - signs of sex, appear in "boys" at 1-5 weeks, and in girls - at 6 weeks from the moment of germination.
How to grow female bushes from regular seeds
The formation of sexual characteristics occurs at the stage of vegetation. Therefore, it is important from the first days after germination to minimize stressful situations for the plant:
Provide bright light with a blue spectrum (minimum 70 percent), but daylight hours should not exceed 14 hours;
Maintain humidity in the range of 70-75 percent;
Keep the temperature in the box during the day within 20-25 degrees, and at night reduce to 18-22 degrees.
Jorge Cervantes, author of the famous Grover's Bible, recommends feeding your plants with ethylene. This is a phytohormone that ripe fruits release in the form of gas. Its influence on plants was discovered back in 1901 by the famous botanist Dmitry Nikolaevich Nelyubov. Ethylene contributes to the production of female hormones in cannabis and, thereby, the maturation of females. The highest concentration of this gas is found in bananas, so it is recommended to put several bundles in the cannabis box.
Subject to all the rules for the 6th week after germination, before the transition to the flowering stage, pear-shaped pre-flowers with fine hairs will appear between the 4th and 5th internodes from the base of the bush.
How to get male plants
By analogy with the previous section, stressful situations will increase the likelihood of male bushes from regular grains:
Humidity in the range of 40 to 60 percent;
Lighting should be uniform in the warm and cold spectrum;
Temperature at the level of 25-28 degrees;
Top dressing with potassium in doses more than recommended during the growing season.
With active "sabotage" of the development of the plant, in a few weeks after germination, spherical pre-flowers will appear between the 4th and 5th internodes. They are clustered in several pieces, as they mature, they stretch and turn yellow.
Regular seeds: how to increase the chance of female or male plants