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How to determine the gender of cannabis
20/02/2021 | BlueMMagic
Why determine the gender of cannabis
Feminized seed producers claim that you get up to 99% of females in the seed. While in regular seeds, the number of females is never fully known. You can find out the percentage of males and females already by examining the shrubs.
Before we learn how to determine the gender of a cannabis, let's figure out why the grower needs it at all.
The fact is that large resinous buds (what cannabis is cultivated for) grow only on females. The male shrub cannot boast of inflorescences that produce aromatic resin. Instead, a kind of pollen bags form on the branches of the plant.
A cannabis grower does not remove male livestock out of harm. This is due to the fact that pollination is strictly prohibited for females. This process will lead to the formation and development of seeds in the female body. This in turn reduces the quality of the buds. It is not for nothing that seedless inflorescences are considered the highest quality product - they contain the maximum percentage of THC. This stuff meets the declared characteristics of the variety.
How to determine the gender of marijuana
The main distinguishing feature of the male is the high growth of the plant. This is due to the process of pollination, because the higher the individual, the easier it will be for her to pollinate female Christmas trees.
The leaf mass on the female shrub is more knocked down and thicker. The shrub looks more compact and neat.
The one hundred percent way to determine who is in front of you is to identify the pre-color. The pre-blossom is one of the sexual characteristics of the culture, which appears in females at the sixth week of vegetative development. On the male shrub, this formation can be seen somewhat earlier.
The pre-blossom, or as it is also called - the calyx, often hides between the nodes closer to the top of the shrub. However, it happens that it can be found on a random lower branch. The cups of female shrubs are pear-shaped and equipped with a pair of hairs, while more rounded organs develop on males. The closer the moment of ripening, the easier it is to identify the male pre-color - it takes on a characteristic shape, becoming like a banana and changes color to more yellow.
It is important to identify the male calyx in a timely manner and remove it urgently, preventing pollination of the female culture.
In addition, it is not uncommon for hermaphrodites to appear on the plantation. These shrubs may initially appear to you as females. However, if you look closely, during flowering, elongated yellowish male cups may appear near typically female pears. They are also dangerous in the form of pollen, which can pollinate female shrubs.
How to determine the gender of marijuana by seed
Some budding growers ask this question in hopes of getting a universal secret. Unfortunately, this practice is not possible - there is no way to determine the sex of a future plant simply by looking at the seed.
According to experienced cannabis growers, such unfavorable conditions as regular stress, sudden temperature changes, extreme cultivation conditions, and a lack of organo-mineral fertilizers can lead to the fact that the number of males will prevail among the livestock.
Feminized seed producers claim that you get up to 99% of females in the seed. While in regular seeds, the number of females is never fully known. You can find out the percentage of males and females already by examining the shrubs.
Before we learn how to determine the gender of a cannabis, let's figure out why the grower needs it at all.
The fact is that large resinous buds (what cannabis is cultivated for) grow only on females. The male shrub cannot boast of inflorescences that produce aromatic resin. Instead, a kind of pollen bags form on the branches of the plant.
A cannabis grower does not remove male livestock out of harm. This is due to the fact that pollination is strictly prohibited for females. This process will lead to the formation and development of seeds in the female body. This in turn reduces the quality of the buds. It is not for nothing that seedless inflorescences are considered the highest quality product - they contain the maximum percentage of THC. This stuff meets the declared characteristics of the variety.
How to determine the gender of marijuana
The main distinguishing feature of the male is the high growth of the plant. This is due to the process of pollination, because the higher the individual, the easier it will be for her to pollinate female Christmas trees.
The leaf mass on the female shrub is more knocked down and thicker. The shrub looks more compact and neat.
The one hundred percent way to determine who is in front of you is to identify the pre-color. The pre-blossom is one of the sexual characteristics of the culture, which appears in females at the sixth week of vegetative development. On the male shrub, this formation can be seen somewhat earlier.
The pre-blossom, or as it is also called - the calyx, often hides between the nodes closer to the top of the shrub. However, it happens that it can be found on a random lower branch. The cups of female shrubs are pear-shaped and equipped with a pair of hairs, while more rounded organs develop on males. The closer the moment of ripening, the easier it is to identify the male pre-color - it takes on a characteristic shape, becoming like a banana and changes color to more yellow.
It is important to identify the male calyx in a timely manner and remove it urgently, preventing pollination of the female culture.
In addition, it is not uncommon for hermaphrodites to appear on the plantation. These shrubs may initially appear to you as females. However, if you look closely, during flowering, elongated yellowish male cups may appear near typically female pears. They are also dangerous in the form of pollen, which can pollinate female shrubs.
How to determine the gender of marijuana by seed
Some budding growers ask this question in hopes of getting a universal secret. Unfortunately, this practice is not possible - there is no way to determine the sex of a future plant simply by looking at the seed.
According to experienced cannabis growers, such unfavorable conditions as regular stress, sudden temperature changes, extreme cultivation conditions, and a lack of organo-mineral fertilizers can lead to the fact that the number of males will prevail among the livestock.
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