From what I understand, If the plant is stressed out (by wierd light pattern or heat or chemically). That is what a female seed is from it is trying to save itself for next year. However the balls contain pollen not seeds , flowers contain seeds, pistils or hairs turn red and fall out, seed forms. You can collect those balls and polinate just a few flowers with them to make female seeds. I'm in the middle of 6 weeks 12/12 too. If you don't want any seeds remove them before they open. Hope this helps.