Sexing Your Marijuana Plants: Money Making Growing Tip$

Growing Tip: Eradicate Males Before Pollination

   When cultivating your medicinal marijuana plants, it is imperative you identify and remove the male plants from the garden, or your buds will eventually be full of seeds.  A bud that is too seedy can't be smoked - at least not until someone picks all the seeds out first.  Needless to say, this is a frustrating, big pain in the ass and an errant seed will always ruin at least one bowl per session.  Also, seedy bud is less potent because it is not as dense - the female plant diverts her energy away from THC production during pollination.  Finally, no buyer wants to buy pot full of seeds and casings.    

Seedy Pot Brings a Lower Price per Ounce

The bottom line is seedy pot brings a much lower price for the grower.  For example, instead of $200-$250 an ounce, a buyer expects to pay only $40 for an "o" of "Shwag" or "Mexie" weed.  Therefore, a grower or caretaker needs to be careful to identify the difference between a male an female marijuana plant so the male can be eradicated before pollination.  

How to Distinguish Female from Male Plants

Males develop "pre-flowers" that resemble testicles or groups of ball-sacks on the third or forth internode of the main stem (called "primordia").  

Females, incidentally, also develop primordia - but it will resemble a small pod with hairs growing from it.

When you see the male primordia develop, cut the  plant off at the base asap, especially if it is next to a female plant.  [If the plant is isolated, consider harvesting it just for the seed]. To avoid inadvertent pollination, don't shake the male plant around too much upon removal from the garden.

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Pineapple Kush Express

Suddenly Kush is emerging as a favorite staple for pot growers, smokers, and mmj patients in Cali, Colorado, and Canada.

It seems Kush festivals are popping over all over the place. The hottest flavors right now - Pineapple, Strawberry, Purple, and Afghan Kush - are popular not only for their delicious sounding names, but because they are high in potency.  (Plus the Pineapple Express movie helped a little).  

Moreover, like a good Cabernet grape, Kush is a staple that can be mixed with other strains, like White Widow, to create complex flavors and mental effect.

Kush is a hardy strain of Cannabis from the Indica variety.  The name refers to the place the marijuana was first cultivated - in the Hindu-Kush mountains in the Himalayas (over a large geographical are spreading across eight countries).  Kush, not surprisingly, is also a slang term for good, high-grade marijuana.  

In July 2012, Orange County held a Kush expo complete with vendors selling seeds and accessories.  No marijuana was sold during the show.  The first "Kush Cup" was awarded - a prize for the best marijuana at the competition. Surprisingly, the Expo didn't spark much controversy although smoking patios were available to card-carrying medical marijuana patients and the event was held across the street from Disneyland.  

On July 27-29, Vancouver will hand out its own Kush Cup after a three-day judging event which compares the finest strains available from Canada.  There will also be fireworks, glassblowing, cruises, and an ice-cream judging competition.  



Kush Cup Link