How To Make Feminized Seeds For Beginners!

Have you ever wondered how people make feminized cannabis seeds and how do they  know that the seeds are feminized? Well let me shed some light on this topic for you. There are many different ways that people can achieve this, but the two methods that I have done is using colloidal silver (my favorite) and the other is Rodelization(Not my favorite). Here in this article I’m going to explain how they make feminized cannabis seeds and why colloidal silver is my favorite technique.

What Are Feminized Seeds

First thing first what are feminized seeds? To better understand this you have to know that cannabis is a dioecious plant. Meaning that there is a female and Male plant.  The female plant is the one that everyone loves with the buds and resin. While the male plant produces very little resin does not have buds and makes the pollen sacks. The way to identify the difference between the two plant is to check for pistils with white hairs or small balls where the nodes are. When cannabis is pollinated with a male and female plant you have a 50/50 chance for a female and a 50/50 Chance for a male plant from the offspring ( seeds ). 
To feminize your seeds you have to take out the male in the equation. Then force the female plant to hermaphrodite. Once you force the female to hermaphrodite and pollinate your plants your offspring (seeds) will not have genes from a male plant. Because the male plant was originally a female. Below I will describe ways to force your plant to hermaphrodite out! 

Rodelization

Rodelization is a technique that stresses the female cannabis plant forcing it to hermaphrodite out. But with this technique it emphasis on the genetics that have hermaphrodite tendencies already in the plant’s lineage. Hence why some strains tend to herm out more often than other strains. There are hundreds of ways to stress the plant out but the most common way is light poisoning. By constantly flipping your plant in and out of the flowering stage you will raise the chances of the plant to herm out. Some growers prefer this method because it’s a natural way to induce hermaphrodites and your not spraying your plants. The only drawback is the success rate could potentially be a lot lower. That is why this method is my least favorite for making feminized seeds. 

Colloidal Silver

Now we have finally made it to my favorite method for making feminized seeds, colloidal silver! “Yay!” Now let me explain what it is, colloidal silver are tiny particles of silver suspended in distilled water. The measurement of the silver particles are by parts per million (PPM). I was always told to use colloidal silver that is at least 30 ppm or over. 

Colloidal silver is fairly easy to make, but since I have not made it yet here’s a link to a website that teaches you how to make it.  ( How to make colloidal silver ) If your like me and do not have the time to make it you can purchase from amazon like I did! ( Buy colloidal silver ) Steps To Making Feminized SeedsHere I’ll explain the 5 steps that I use to make feminized seed.

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Step 1: Picking The Perfect Starting Point

Using colloidal silver as a way to make feminized seeds you need to keep in mind that wherever you spray your plant you shouldn’t smoke. The seeds are good, but it’s highly recommended not to smoke the buds that you sprayed. That being said you’ll need to think twice about spraying your entire plant!     ( When I spray my plants I leave the main cola alone and will only spray 3 to 4  of the smaller branches on the bottom )

Step 2:  Figure Out How To Spray

This may sound simple, but Colloidal silver is actually real silver. Meaning that it is not cheap! If you put it into a massive spray bottle you can find yourself running out well before the balls develop. A beginner mistake that I made was spraying too broadly, it’s alway nice to keep everything exacted . ( When I spray my plants I use a small hair spray bottle) 

Step 3:  Spray Cycles

The First day of flowering is when you would want to spray your plants. You’ll need to spray your plants everyday until you see the balls begin to form! When you spray make sure that you heavily saturate the entire branch you want the balls on. This step usually takes about 3 weeks but some strains it could take longer. ( I spray mines twice a day, once when I wake up and once before I go to sleep until I see the sacks forming )Buy on Amazon click the link or image!

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Step 4:   Inspect Plants

Remember that colloidal silver is a water base substance. You’ll want to make sure that your not growing mold with your plants. If your plants have an infection or disease there is a higher chance that your seeds would be deformed, or when you store your feminized seeds that the mold would transfer to the seeds. When your plant starts to make pollen sacks watch them closely because the sacks are more likely to catch mold than buds.

(What I found that helps prevent this is to defoliate unwanted growth and isolate the branches that you want leaving a gap! )

Notice that the branch is isolated and there is a gap from the rest of the plant. This keeps the colloidal silver off the other branches along with keeping the moisture from the spray away from the rest of the plant. Remember wherever colloidal silver is sprayed you do not want to smoke!

Step 5: Repeat Steps 3 And 4

Each strain flowers and reacts differently. Patience is the key! As long as you stay on top of it you should have feminized seeds in no time! 

Extras

Just to keep in mind when making feminized seeds is that every pair of white hairs would make a seed. If you pollinate your plant properly you should have a minimum of a few hundred seeds to a few thousand seeds. ​

Thank You!