Natural Cannabis Seed Breeding
Natural Cannabis Seed Breeding
Natural Cannabis Seed Breeding
Male and Female Plants
Growing both a male and female plants at the same time can allow for the production of seeds.
Male Plants
Male plants typically mature before the female plants to help ensure that pollen will be ready as the females mature
Pollen is wind transferred so often there can be a lot of pollen produced
For indoor operations: The pollen can get into ventilation systems
For outdoor locations: The pollen can travel from one field to another
Female Plants
Pollinating them will cause a shift in the plants energy to seeds
This will reduce the production of cannabinoids and terpenes
Plant Timing
Ensuring both the male and female plants need to be at the same stage of development to help increase the odds of a successful pollination
For indoor applications this can be potential achieved by photoperiod adjustments
Different Strains Can be Bred
Often different strains will be bred together to create a hybrid with the intention to get the best of both original plants in one.
This will result in offspring’s that will have increased variability
This can be many different traits.
Ex. Desired plant morphology and preferred chemical profile
Ex. Autoflowering and preferred chemical profile
Theoretical Does Not Always = Observed
Sometimes you get what you want, other times it does not work out.
Ex. If you have a tall plant with great chemical profile and a plant that is short with poor chemical profile and you cross them you may get.
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Male and Female Plants
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Male Plants
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Female Plants
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Plant Timing
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Different Strains Can be Bred
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https://www.420magazine.com/community/gallery/seed-to-seed.1753914/full
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Theoretical Does not always = observed
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Very nice information about the grow let’s get it Michigan here
When I put a male plant in my grow room to pollinate the females, do I have to worry about pollen being in the room for next grow and clean it intensely or is there nothing to worry after one or two months?
Another great video sir! Thank you
New Jersey in here for Class..
Off topic. The microbes that are cultivated for inoculating plant roots in hydroponic systems. Can they live and thrive if introduced back into a national environment or will they die off after a period of time?
Besides pollen count, is there any genetic advantage of breeding with male plants over fems? Why mess with regular seeds when you can just keep hybrid breeding fems and STS spraying them for fem seeds?
I must say over the years I’ve came across a lot of your videos. U don’t seem like the biggest stoner but you cover some much needed subjects. Good shit brother
Hello, and thanks for the awesome videos. I’ve read from a guy that worked with cannabis in a lab, that the majority of male plants are actually hermaphrodites with a high binary sexual trait expression rate (females in disguise) and only a small portion are true males. Do you know anything about this? I’ve noticed tiny female traits in a plant I was going to use as a pollinator, and now I’m wondering if I should (if this is true) find a true male, or the closest to that.