Cannabis is a dioecious plant species. Unlike other flowering plants, it produces different males and females. However, cannabis can also be hermaphrodite and produce a single plant with male and female sexual organs. Propagation, Characterization and Optimization of Cannabis Sativa L.
Hermaphrodite marijuana plants develop male and female flowers. While it is a natural characteristic of the cannabis plant, it is an unwanted trait when growing marijuana for consumption, as there is a great chance of obtaining a plant full of seeds, which seriously reduces the quantity and quality of the final product. Because when cannabis plants become “hermaphrodites”, they do it to pollinate themselves. Becoming a hermaphrodite is an evolutionary strategy of cannabis plants, designed to save the species in difficult times, allowing the plant to produce seeds no matter what; even when there are no males around (for example, because the source of 'stress' killed all male plants).
Dioic means that cannabis plants have individualized male or female reproductive organs. In the case of hermaphrodite marijuana, you get a unique plant that has both. Even so, most of the cannabis seeds you can order online are crosses grown for specific traits such as flavor or THC content. When you grow hermaphrodite cannabis or a male cannabis plant, you'll see that it develops faster than a female plant.
When pollen from a male cannabis plant reaches a female cannabis flower, the female flower begins to produce seeds with traits from both plants involved. Cannabis breeders designed these seeds to become an exclusively female crop, eliminating the annoyances of male or hermaphrodite cannabis plants. Cloning is a process that breeders use to make genetic copies of healthy and robust female plants, reducing the guesswork that sometimes accompanies cannabis grown from seeds. If you've grown your fair share of cannabis crops, chances are you've come across hermaphrodite cannabis.
The best thing you can do to ensure that you will grow female cannabis plants is to buy feminized cannabis seeds. During this time, he has developed an advanced knowledge of the science of the endocannabinoid system, the phytochemistry of cannabis and cultivation techniques.
