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What's The Difference Between F1, F2, and F3 Weed Strain Seeds?

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 Germinate Marijuana Seeds? Germinating Cannabis Seed

Germinating Marijuana Seeds Best Way to Germinate Marijuana Seeds There are several ways to germinate your seeds once you have them. The rockwool SBS propagation tray is the best way to germinate your seeds since it guarantees that almost all the seeds will sprout. This method is also the most expensive since you will need to purchase the equipment. Other Ways to Germinate Marijuana Seeds Other, cheaper ways, to germinate pot seeds include the seed soil propagation method. Germinating marijuana seeds using the seed soil propagation method involves placing the cannabis seed directly in the soil to germinate it. Another alternative to using the more expensive rockwool SBS propagation tray method to germinate marijuana seeds is for cannabis growers to use the seed towel propagation method.  Using the seed towel propagation method for germinating marijuana seeds, cannabis seeds are placed on wet paper towels to germinate. These methods although less expensive than the rockwool SBS pro

Colorado Marijuana Dispensaries Map