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Just as with common flowers or other household plants (roses, pea plants, etc...), Cannabis seed strains can be grown and crossbred. This is usually done for the purpose of developing new breeds with different characteristics such as the size of the plant, yield, taste, effect, bud to leaf ratio, or other specific traits that the grower desires. As this cross breeding continues, the plants end up forming different weed strain seeds, or generations. These are often described as being either F1, F2, or F3. In order to really make some informed seed purchase decisions it is very helpful to understand the differences between these various seed strains. Photo by   Robert Nelson   on   Unsplash F1 Seeds: The First Breeding: An F1 seed variety is created by breeding together two pure strains. For example, a tall plant (represented with two dominant genes, AA) is bred with a small plant (represented by the two small recessive genes, aa). Since the resulting plants will each receive

How to Grow Marijuana in Colorado Growing Marijuana in Colorado Under Colorado state law, medicinal marijuana patients can purchase or grow marijuana for their own personal use as long as they have a valid medical marijuana license, which they've obtained through a doctor’s prescription, or written consent. In general, state laws in Colorado, as one might expect, have in become more lenient to charges involving marijuana. For instance, the punishments for people without a medical marijuana card that are caught with minor amounts of weed and charged with possession has become less severe.  Although licensed marijuana users are permitted by law to grow their own marijuana (with limits) anyone who is not a patient could face a serious fine or imprisonment if they are caught without the proper licensing and charged with marijuana possession, cultivating marijuana, or selling it. How much weed can Colorado medical marijuana patients legally grow? What type of marijuana

How to Start Growing Great Weed Inside When you make the decision to grow marijuana indoors there are a few things that you must consider. Assuming that your seeds are already sprouted here are some important guidelines for keeping your plant healthy during the vegetative and flowering stages and ensuring that you have a bountiful harvest. 8 Tips for Indoor Cannabis Cultivation 1. Pot Quality Cannabis Seeds Before you invest a lot of time and money into growing marijuana plants you should ensure that you choose top quality cannabis seeds to start your indoor growing operation. After all, the end result of your growing operation will depend a lot on the seeds you plant.  Things like genetics, authenticity, shipping and storage conditions, and many other factors are important to the quality of a cannabis seed and, in turn, the outcome and output of your growing operation. For this reason, it's critical that you always do your research, and never use seeds from a source tha