How to Choose the Best Cannabis Seeds
When it comes to growing marijuana, having the right cannabis seeds is absolutely imperative. Indeed, the seed will have a significant impact on the final quality of your cannabis harvest, so it’s important to spend time checking your seed strains before purchase. Fortunately, if this is something that’s left you scratching your head, our team is on hand to help. SO, without further ado, let’s take a look at how to choose the best cannabis seeds to help you decide on the ideal options for your next growing project.
How to Start
First of all, it’s important you start in the right place for buying cannabis seeds. Indeed, we can’t consider how to choose the best cannabis seeds without first ensuring that you’ve picked the right cannabis seed bank. There are a plethora of cannabis seed banks around nowadays, and these will offer different pros and cons. So, before you even start looking at different cannabis seeds and cannabis strains, make sure you’ve picked a seed bank that’s got a good reputation. From your chosen seed bank, you should look for the following:
- Good customer service support
- High quality cannabis seeds with 90% plus germination rates
- Fair prices on seed purchases and deliveries
- Rapid shipping and delivery times
These are just a few of the things that you should consider when looking for the best cannabis seed bank. Always make sure you choose a team with a good reputation for providing high-quality seeds; this will get you set in the right way.
Signs of Healthy Cannabis Seeds
When choosing cannabis seeds, you should always opt for seeds that have a dark, black, or tanned color ideally. These seeds are likely to be healthier than seeds which are pale in color or light green; so, this is something important to consider. Furthermore, always make sure your chosen cannabis seeds have a hard, firm shell and are not soft. Soft-shelled seeds are again not likely to be healthy plants, and so you should strive to pick seeds that have a strong shell instead if this is possible.
Choosing the Right Strains
Now that we’ve clarified how to choose a good seed bank and what to look for from healthy cannabis seeds, we need to think about the strains you’ll be choosing. Indeed, choosing the right strain is an absolutely pivotal part of learning how to choose the best cannabis seeds. Different strains will have very different features from one another, and this can have a drastic impact on your overall success with and enjoyment of the strain.
Consider Feminized and Autoflowering Strains For Ease
If it’s an easy life you want with a reliable harvest, then feminized and autoflowering cannabis strains are likely to be the best choice for you. Indeed, these strains are beneficial as they increase the odds of successful flowering. Feminized strains are selected so that every seed you receive is female (although mistakes do occasionally happen). Since only female cannabis seeds will produce buds, this is an important selection. Furthermore, autoflowering seeds take the hassle out of getting your cannabis buds to flower, making them much simpler to grow than their standard counterparts in many cases.
Getting the Strain Right
Getting the strain right can seem like a bit of a headache, but fortunately, it doesn’t need to be hugely difficult. There are a few factors you should consider as part of this decision.
Get the Right Type
First of all, when deciding on the right type of strain, you should consider whether you want a Sativa, Indica, or hybrid cannabis variety. Generally speaking, Sativa strains are tall, thin, and slower maturing, but provide higher yields and offer a creative, energizing high. Meanwhile, Indica strains mature more quickly and provide a short, bushy plant, with slightly lower yields and producing a relaxing high. Finally, hybrid strains are produced by crossing Sativa and Indica strains, and so can offer the best of both worlds; usually, they will be dominant in either Sativa or Indica, and their traits will usually be representative of such.
Consider Each Strain’s Traits
Once you’ve chosen whether you want an Indica, Sativa, or hybrid variety, you should think about the specific traits you’re looking for in a cannabis strain. Do you want high yields? A particular flavor? Easy to grow? Specific effects? High CBD for medicinal use?
Considering all of these will help you narrow down your selection to a smaller number of strains, which can help you choose an ideal strain that offers everything you’ve been looking for from your cannabis seeds.
Final Thoughts
Growing cannabis seeds doesn’t need to be difficult, but it’s imperative that you choose the right strains from the right seed bank. Hopefully, our short guide on how to choose the best cannabis seeds will have helped to give you some ideas about where to start your search. Remember, there are thousands of cannabis strains on the market. So, there’s sure to be one that meets your unique needs!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
