Spot the Difference Between Male, Female and Hermaphrodite Cannabis Plants



Can you tell the difference between a male, female and hermaphroditic cannabis plant? Male cannabis plants are about as useful …

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  1. You may want to take this down. A REAL grower can tell the difference in veg stage. Males grow directly up, thicker stalks, taller and have a straight stalk. Females however grow slower AND have curves regardless the direction of the light source. Next time you drop a pack of regular seeds, drop 4-5. Once they hit week 4-6, you will notice that some of the plants are completely straight, and some are curvy. Throw away the straight ones, flower the curvy ones.

  2. They can Herm because the seeds are inbred F1s. If you eventually kept breeding them out past F3 then all the Hermies would disappear. Those F4's will not produce as much yield as a F1 will though. That is why we use F1 seeds mainly. Also because having some Hermies can help save a Strain if the Male & Female Parent Plants no longer exist.
    I believe that's the case anyway. Someone correct me if I am wrong please, I am always willing to learn more.

  3. I was under the impression that an all female field will produce infertile seeds. If this is true, and the male plant is necessary to produce fertile seeds in the female buds then eliminating the males will produce a crop that can't be replanted. Seeds would need to be purchased yearly

  4. This is an interesting video. But just because you purchase feminized seeds does not guarantee a female every time. In fact feminizeds seeds are created by chemical that causes select branches to hermaphrodite and their pollen is used to pollenate other 100% females. This still provides the genetic opportunities to have a full hermaphrodite from sees

  5. To ensure all my seeds were female, I always shocked the flowering plants with a light change sometime around half way through the cycle. Worked every time without fail, and ensured only a few seeds rather than too many.

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