Have you been thinking about whether to cultivate or not for a long time? You don’t know if it’s really worth it? Afraid of wasting the crop? What cultivation system do I use? What kind of seed is better?
Feminized or autoflowering?
For an optimal crop we must study all these possibilities well. The best option for your grow is the one that suits your growing conditions, such as climate, space and goals.
In this article we will clarify which option is best for your crop and the differences between feminized marijuana seeds and autoflowering seeds.
OUTDOOR MARIJUANA SEEDS
In outdoor cultivation you can plant feminized or autoflowering marijuana seeds, we explain the differences:
Outdoor Feminized Seeds
Feminized seeds have a less flexible calendar, they are governed by photoperiod, therefore, there is a maximum time to plant them (generally in the northern hemisphere it usually varies between March and June) and also to harvest (generally in September-October).
Its size is very variable, its vegetative period is linked to sun exposure, while the days are longer the plant will grow. The longer the time you spend in the vegetative period, the larger your plant will grow. We would have the ability to shape the plant through pruning.
Another difference between these two types of marijuana seeds is that the feminized ones will give you a greater production of buds than the autoflowering ones.
They have much better quality, despite the fact that in recent years the quality of autoflowering or automatic plants has improved a lot, the buds of a feminized plant will reach higher levels than those of autoflowering plants in terms of flavor and density.
Outdoor Autoflowering Seeds
The calendar of autoflowering seeds is very flexible, since it does not depend on the photoperiod to flower, you can make several harvests in the same place and season throughout March-October.
Another great benefit is that they put thieves off the scent. Normally the harvest time is in the months of September-October, that is when the thieves start moving to steal plants full of buds.
By having a flexible calendar autoflowering allows you to harvest in months that robberies are less frequent.
Programmable harvest: autoflowering cycles are fixed, that is, since they do not depend on light cycles to carry out their vital development, you can calculate when your harvest will be ready. This time usually varies between 60 and 70 days, depending on the variety of the seed. With this information you can know in advance when you will have your harvest already harvested.
Light pollution can be a problem for marijuana plants. In feminized plants, 12 hours of darkness are needed and with streetlights and other lights it can be affected. In the case of autoflowering seeds, that light does not matter.
Main characteristics autoflowering seeds
In addition to the differences that we have already explained to you, autoflowering seeds are characterized by:
- Speed: the cycles of automatic marijuana plants are clearly shorter than those of feminized ones. It has a lower risk of pests, since its life cycle is shorter.
- Taste: As a general rule, autoflowers produce more leaf matter in the buds than feminized ones, this makes the taste of autos a little worse.
- Pruning: It is not recommended to apply any pruning technique with autoflowering plants, as there is no time for the plant to recover and pruning loses all meaning.
- Initial mistakes: Although autoflowering or automatic plants are generally a good option for beginner growers, they have a small drawback: a mistake is expensive. Since the cycle of this type of plants is very short, there is no time for them to recover. So if you make a beginner’s mistake and your plant gets stuck, it will most likely reflect on your harvest.
INDOOR CANNABIS SEEDS
If what you want is to grow indoors, we explain the main differences between the types of cannabis seeds that we have at Madame Grow…
Indoor Feminized Seeds
Main characteristics of feminized indoor marijuana seeds:
Variable and programmable cycles: feminized marijuana plants depend on the photoperiod to flower.
In the vegetative phase (in which the plant only grows, it does not flower) cannabis plants should ideally receive 18 hours of light, as long as you keep your crop with 18 hours of light and 6 hours of darkness, the plants will grow without stopping, at the moment After you change the timer that controls your grow lights to 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness, the flowering period will begin.
Possibility of making mother plants: since with the feminized ones you can lengthen the vegetative period as much as you wish, this will allow you to select those plants that due to their characteristics (speed, power, resistance, aroma) are the best and make mother plants to later carry out crops from cuttings.
Autoflowering seeds indoors
Autoflowering seeds in indoor cultivation are characterized by:
- Speed: an advantage of autos compared to feminized ones is that their life cycle is shorter, therefore in a shorter period of time you will already have your harvest.
- Predetermined duration: since autoflowering plants do not depend on the photoperiod to carry out their cycle, once it begins you will know approximately how long it will last.
- Pests: since these types of plants have a shorter lifespan, the risk of a pest infecting them or spreading so much that it becomes fatal is lower.
- Economy: We recommend growing autoflowering marijuana plants in a single photoperiod of 18 hours of light and 6 hours of darkness for maximum yield. This, although it results in an increase in productivity, also means a higher cost in the electricity bill.
It is not necessary to prune this type of seeds, it can have negative effects.
In both types of marijuana seeds you must feed your plant well, with Madamegrow’s 100% organic fertilizers, you will have all phases of cultivation with the best nutrients for cannabis on the market, you will obtain incredible results in your 420.
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