Male plants produce pollen, which then fertilizes the female plants. In addition, male plants are typically not grown for their buds, as male plant buds produce tiny amounts of active cannabinoids ...

Researchers at the IPK Leibniz Institute have discovered a previously unknown protein that is central to plant reproduction.

Female plants are the ones responsible for producing those dense, trichome-covered flowers. But if a male plant sneaks into your grow undetected, it can release pollen that fertilizes the females ...

Fewer than one in 10 plant species have separate male and female plants, like holly. But in some rare species, being male or female isn’t a fixed thing and plants can change sex during their lifetimes ...

Some plants have such big flowers with pronounced stamen (male) and stigma (female) that the easiest way to hand pollinate is to just grab one of the male flowers, tear off the petals and use the ...

Additionally, roughly 94 percent of plants have both male and female reproductive organs. To avoid self-pollination, individual flowers will often go through a male phase first and then a female ...

Nellie R. Stevens hollies bear both male and female flowers on every plant, so if you have good bee activity while they’re blooming, you should have good fruit counts on every plant.

If male plants are allowed to pollinate the female plant, the female will grow seeds within the buds that you would normally smoke. Every seed will grow into a unique “phenotype” of whatever ...

Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is a dioecious perennial plant. Male plants have a higher yield than female plants; therefore, all-male cultivars are more commonly produced. In contrast ...