Pollination process

Pollination often occurs when pollen from the male marijuana plant gets to the female stigmas; the final destination is the pistil where there is fusion with the egg cell of the female plant. After this has taken place, a seed is born. Normally, growers with considerable knowledge prefer making use of sensimilla which is the cannabis plant that lacks seeds and is not pollinated.

The structure of the female flower referred to as the glandular trichome generates resin on the flowers and leaves nearby. It resembles a ball on top of a small neck. If the buds are not treated with care, the trichomes could easily break off.

Older pistils are quite massive in size. Their stigmas are in an unending search of pollen. There is a smaller located beneath the pistil. And it is referred to as the stipule. They are quite profound in pre-flowers. In case there are brown to red hairs emanating from the stigmas, it still plays home to pollen of a male plant.

The stigmas are not able to stand heavy downpours and winds. The stigmas die and the sequence followed is, they become dry and their color turns to red and brown. This is a normal phase of the life of the marijuana plant. When the pistils have developed completely, the stigmas die out and give way for the pistils to fatten and lose their turgidity.

At this point in time, the pistil isn’t in a position to receive pollen any more. It is in the dying phase. Generation of resin can be slowed down or halted completely if this affects majority of the pistils. Once the stigmas and pistils have died, its hair break down quite rapidly as well.

The bottom-line is, if we are attention enough in observing the growth process of pistils, we will note that the bodies have brown hairs as well as white ones on top of sub-units with fresh pistils even during the maturation phase. This is evidence that the pistils lack a systematic and definite maturation schedule. They have different periods of maturation.