CONFUSED - How do I CREATE a MOTHER??

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pftek

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I planted about 15 plants. I want 3-4 viable MOTHERS from this. How do I create a mother from SEEDS????

My problem is that I do NOT know whether a plant is MALE or FEMALE.
 
Thestinker said:
check the faqs thier helpfull for these type of things
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either when a plant reaches it's maturity it will show sex you can flower early and it will show sex what seems to be earlier. you can clone your plants and put the clone in the flower room to dicover it's mothers sex you are going to need to reach out more and more as you go along i can't give you everything just a phew pointers the rest is up to you.
 
after you have figured out the sex of your plant you just keep that plant under 18/6 lights or 24/7.. the latter is the way I do it and it works well....
 
biggun said:
after you have figured out the sex of your plant you just keep that plant under 18/6 lights or 24/7.. the latter is the way I do it and it works well....
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This is the correct answer. Though, to avoid confusion he meant 24 hours a day by 24/7. I just thought I would clear that up because he phrased 18/6 in the same way he meant 24 hours 7 days a week.
 
biggun said:
after you have figured out the sex of your plant you just keep that plant under 18/6 lights or 24/7.. the latter is the way I do it and it works well....
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So i was thinking of vegetating it for 3 weeks then forcing it to flower and show it's sex then back to vegetating?
 
thats acualy hard on the plant, u should do wat in doing in my hydro grow (in my signature) im gunna row it out il i can clone it, take a clone, root it and flower that (wen rooted) and c wat sex it is. check out my sig, its gunna b a feild of green grow.
 
If you veg a plant for approx 4 weeks(5 weeks max, if they're growing slowly) they will show their preflowers, and can be sexed without any change in lighting. Then you choose a plant with the most vigorous growth, and overall characteristics that you'd like to save. Keep that one for a mother, or clone it and keep one of those for a mother.
 
pftek said:
So i was thinking of vegetating it for 3 weeks then forcing it to flower and show it's sex then back to vegetating?
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That'll work, but like fuzzybuddy said, it's hard on the plant(stresses it), and wastes alot of time. It'll take about 3 weeks to do the presexing process, maybe a little more. You're better off to wait til the 4th week of veg, take some nice clear pics of the upper internodes, and let us sex 'em for ya, with 100% accuracy. :wink:
 
jawbrodt said:
That'll work, but like fuzzybuddy said, it's hard on the plant(stresses it), and wastes alot of time. It'll take about 3 weeks to do the presexing process, maybe a little more. You're better off to wait til the 4th week of veg, take some nice clear pics of the upper internodes, and let us sex 'em for ya, with 100% accuracy. :wink:
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i thought preflowers was not very accurate?
 
pftek said:
I planted about 15 plants. I want 3-4 viable MOTHERS from this. How do I create a mother from SEEDS????

My problem is that I do NOT know whether a plant is MALE or FEMALE.
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the way alot of growers do it is label your pots then take cuttings label the cuttings.then flower the cuttings after they root . after you sex them kill all the males. then keep the best females with the traits you want then keep her on a 18/6 light cycle. take clones from her as needed. you can root clones and keep your mother plants in the same grow area.
 
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dew-b said:
the way alot of growers do it is label your pots then take cuttings label the cuttings.then flower the cuttings after they root . after you sex them kill all the males. then keep the best females with the traits you want then keep her on a 18/6 light cycle. take clones from her as needed. you can root clones and keep your mother plants in the same grow area.
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that's how i hear a lot of people are doign. why aren't these people doing preflowers as I'd assume this would be MUCH easier??? there has to be a reason why?
 
The reason, is because it takes like 3 weeks to do it, and stresses the plants. Like i said, veg them to 4 weeks, and then they are sexable by looking at the upper internodes, and don't require any lighting changes to do it. That's the fastest and easist way to do it, trust me. :)
 
I remember seeing those boobs on my way to Mexico. Some where near San Ysidro, no? Anyways, the takeing cutting then sexing them. Thats the smartest and most effiecent way to take clones from non feminized seedlings.
 
i like to force mine to flower, then reveg them... i know this is hard on the plant and kills a few weeks BUT
the revegging creates some crazy branching and growth, ideal for a mother when theres a shitload of branches to clone....
 
jawbrodt said:
The reason, is because it takes like 3 weeks to do it, and stresses the plants. Like i said, veg them to 4 weeks, and then they are sexable by looking at the upper internodes, and don't require any lighting changes to do it. That's the fastest and easist way to do it, trust me. :)
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i trust you. i'll come to you in 4 weeks, bro ;).
 
grow em til they are a month or so take a clone grow it for two weeks after it roots put that clone on a 12 /12 cycle and watch it to see if it gets flowers or balls this will take two-3 weeks as well..

100% accurate 100% of the time ... and weeds out most genetic herms

good luck
 
I forgot this label each clone so you know where it came from..

keep the females that you have as mothers on 18/6 light dark cycle and roll with it..

kill all males.


flower out your test clones and smoke em
 
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