Regular cannabis seeds.

Filters we used, and why

• Regular: male and female plants from the same pack, as nature makes them. Who regular seeds are for.

Who still grows regular seeds

If feminized seeds give you nearly all female plants, why would anyone buy regular seeds? Because some growers want the males, or want the full range of plants a strain can produce.

• Making your own seeds. You need a male to pollinate a female. Regular seeds give you both.
• Keeping a mother plant. From a pack of regular seeds you grow several females, pick the best one and keep it as a mother for cuttings.
• Finding a standout plant. Plants from one pack differ. A bigger pack of regular seeds gives you more plants to choose from.
• Preserving a classic. Many older strains are mainly sold as regular seeds.

Regular compared with feminized

	Regular	Feminized
Female plants	About half	Nearly all
Males	About half, removed or used for breeding	Rare
Price per seed	Usually lower	Usually higher
Good for	Seeds, mother plants, selecting	Harvesting buds
Common flowering type	Mostly photoperiod	Photoperiod and autoflower

Comparing prices fairly

A regular seed often costs less than a feminized one. But only about half your seeds become females, so the price per female plant is roughly double the seed price. When you compare, multiply the regular price per seed by two before you hold it against a feminized seed. Comparing prices fairly.

Pack size matters too. Regular seeds are often sold in packs of 10 or more, because you need enough plants to find good females and a male. On buxbeans, small packs (under 10) and large packs (10 to 25) show by default. See price per seed.

Growing regular seeds

Some growers also find regular plants more varied from seed to seed. That's a drawback if you want uniform plants, and an advantage if you're looking for one special plant.

Telling males from females

The sex shows when the plant starts to flower. Males grow small round sacs that hang from the joints of the stem; females grow white hairs from small teardrop-shaped calyxes. Check every day once flowering starts: an open male sac releases pollen within days.

Plan for more plants

Start more seeds than you want plants. If you want four females, start eight to ten regular seeds, then remove or separate the males. Leave room in your tent for that first, crowded stage.

Photoperiod or autoflower

Most regular seeds are photoperiods. That suits breeding and mother plants: you control when the plant flowers, and a mother plant needs to stay in the growing stage for months. Regular autoflowers exist but are rare. Not sure which suits you? Autoflower or photoperiod.

Make it yours

• Regular photoperiods: most regular seeds are photoperiods, the usual choice for making seeds.
• Regular autoflowers: rare, but they exist.

Good to know

A regular seed is often cheaper than a feminized one, but about half become males. Comparing prices fairly.

The list is sorted by price per seed, cheapest first, from shops that ship to you and have it in stock. Nobody can pay us for a better spot. How the list is sorted.