Gutted. Is it worth keeping my male plants. (all are male)

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BGAL

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Just got back from a weekend with the girlfied. I've been flowering for a week and a bit, looked at my plants and the all have bastard balls:evil:

I'll be moving out in a month or two so no point in starting a new grow. Really gutted at this point.

Anyway, plants are about a foot and a half, growing well and WERE looking sexy. is it worth continuing the grow at all? i know i cant smoke the leaves etc, but will it be worth bothering carrying on to get some butter perhaps?

strain in dynamite.

smells nice at least... :cry:
 
sgtpeppr

sgtpeppr

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I guess that all depends on how much you have.

I wonder if it is at least possible to force hermaphrodite at this point. I think if you stress a plant out at a certain stage you can force a female to get some male properties....why not the other way around. I would think the plant still have the genetic coding of both sexy somewhere in it.

I would take this opportunity to do some experiments.
 
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BGAL

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Two short bushy men with no hair...

Might as well give it a try

I'll under nute, increase temps and stop watering properly. If that doesnt stress them out, i'll shout at the little bastards till they cry.

will update the post in a few weeks.

no money. no smoke. no little white hairy plants to tender over the coming weeks.

Theres nothing to look forward to now. Was hoping to share the crap out of the crop with my new housemates the day we moved in. Make cakes with the girfriend who was as excited as i was. waste of god damn time. not happy. not happy at all.
 
GrnMan

GrnMan

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I feel your pain bro. I found out just the other day that one of my plants was male - shit sucks!

I still have two more to go...

It wasn't really a waste of time, think about it..you got some experience under your belt if you made it this far. You will do better on your next grow.

Remember..the most exciting things is having these babies sprout up and watching them flower. You will be at that first part in no time. ;)
 
mockingbird131313

mockingbird131313

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BGAL said:
Two short bushy men with no hair...

Might as well give it a try

I'll under nute, increase temps and stop watering properly. If that doesnt stress them out, i'll shout at the little bastards till they cry.

will update the post in a few weeks.

no money. no smoke. no little white hairy plants to tender over the coming weeks.

Theres nothing to look forward to now. Was hoping to share the crap out of the crop with my new housemates the day we moved in. Make cakes with the girfriend who was as excited as i was. waste of god damn time. not happy. not happy at all.
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Hope I can help. Light cycles are the biggest stress on plants. Use 24/7 for awhile and then turn the lights off for 48. Then do some 12/12 for awhile. Then start the process over. This will bring the hermies out of the closet, so to speak.
 
babylonburn

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if they have a good resin on fan leaves id keep em and hash or oil,butter,green dragon whatever rocks ure canoe....but u should collect all there pollen individually and label them 1,2,3,4,etc with ure stongest male titled and breed away even with some bagseed im thinkin of makin all the autoflowering strains ii can...lol
 
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BGAL

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Only have time for a quick reply but thanks for the advice.

Have them on 48 hours darkness, will swap to 12/12 tomorrow, no resin on leaves as of yesterday, will be able to look in on them tomorrow and see how they're doing.

Which one would you consider better (for collecting pollen).. i have 2 plants 1 of which started very slowly and at first i had very small leaves and stunted growth. This one never really "complained" , could be left alone for a while and is now quite big and very bushy (with still small leaves).
The other grew big very very quickly but seemed susceptible to environment changes, i.e high temps, yellowing leaves, drinking lots of water, curling. Both at pretty much same stage now.

Which one would you consider better? Hardier or Quick but difficult.

Yeah, i'm a little baked....
 
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BGAL

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I was always under the impression the leaves had to be coated in white crystals before you could make anything with them? currently its just green leaves... do i wait longer or do i try cooking now? flowering for just over 2 weeks.
 
kochab

kochab

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BGAL said:
I was always under the impression the leaves had to be coated in white crystals before you could make anything with them? currently its just green leaves... do i wait longer or do i try cooking now? flowering for just over 2 weeks.
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If they are just bagseed males there is a chance they wont make any visible crystals....
Id say that the best way to try and make them hermie though wouldent be fucking with anything but their light schedules.
run 12/12 as normal except right in the middle of their dark cycle run the light for 2 hours. Gauranteed hermies that way. But really what is the point? the buds will still be heavily seeded, and all the seeds will be hermie seeds.....

go ahead and move and start over id say is the best option....
 
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BGAL

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Have another few weeks then moving to a different part of the country and will start a new grow then (depending on the landlord visits).

The seed is dynamite strain purchased online so not expecting hermi's.

not looking to reproduce the plants, still have 6 seeds left and have just used this as my first grow / practice run / money saver.

So just to clarify, for males at least, are the thc/cannaboids IN the leaves rather than a coating on them? i can upload a photo?

thank you for the advice btw.
 
kochab

kochab

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BGAL said:
Have another few weeks then moving to a different part of the country and will start a new grow then (depending on the landlord visits).

The seed is dynamite strain purchased online so not expecting hermi's.

not looking to reproduce the plants, still have 6 seeds left and have just used this as my first grow / practice run / money saver.

So just to clarify, for males at least, are the thc/cannaboids IN the leaves rather than a coating on them? i can upload a photo?

thank you for the advice btw.
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upload that pic/pics so we can see.
and male plants produce very little thc.
meaning Yes it is in crystals just like the female plants are
there just arent gona be many crystals there
 
kochab

kochab

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this is a googled pic of a female dynamite plant....
not many crystals even for a female so i doubt the male will make much IF ANY thc you can get
 
Erysichthon

Erysichthon

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all males? damn that sucks monkey balls. dont you just hate it when probability just doesnt want to work for ya at all? how many did you have? if you had 5 or more and all were male thats some seriously shitty odds :( just read and saw you had 2, i had 2 of my 3 go male

Ery
 
kochab

kochab

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Erysichthon said:
all males? damn that sucks monkey balls. dont you just hate it when probability just doesnt want to work for ya at all? how many did you have? if you had 5 or more and all were male thats some seriously shitty odds :( just read and saw you had 2, i had 2 of my 3 go male

Ery
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I just had to post to tell you that i LOVE your avatar man. that is the best icon for schwag ever.
ima start calling the schwag dealers around here mr ick. lol
 
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BGAL

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Tis a good avatar i agree. Thank you everyone for the advice and suggestions

Anyway, sorry for the late post, i've been away on business and didnt think it would be a good idea to use the company internet..

The photos of (male) plants are attached. I've made them into butter, all they were doing is getting bigger and getting more balls. Dont know what the butter is like yet, will be making brownies with my other half soon though so will update.


Bit of good news though, i planted a few seeds a couple of weeks into veg of the big ones, and turns out one of them is female! have two sites with white hairs. All is well. :mrgreen:
 

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kochab

kochab

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BGAL said:
Tis a good avatar i agree. Thank you everyone for the advice and suggestions

Anyway, sorry for the late post, i've been away on business and didnt think it would be a good idea to use the company internet..

The photos of (male) plants are attached. I've made them into butter, all they were doing is getting bigger and getting more balls. Dont know what the butter is like yet, will be making brownies with my other half soon though so will update.


Bit of good news though, i planted a few seeds a couple of weeks into veg of the big ones, and turns out one of them is female! have two sites with white hairs. All is well. :mrgreen:
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alas! that is some grat news to hear from ya:blsmoke:
 
Hydrotech364

Hydrotech364

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BGAL said:
Two short bushy men with no hair...

Might as well give it a try

I'll under nute, increase temps and stop watering properly. If that doesnt stress them out, i'll shout at the little bastards till they cry.

will update the post in a few weeks.

no money. no smoke. no little white hairy plants to tender over the coming weeks.

Theres nothing to look forward to now. Was hoping to share the crap out of the crop with my new housemates the day we moved in. Make cakes with the girfriend who was as excited as i was. waste of god damn time. not happy. not happy at all.
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Thats why i always start with at least 5.Ive always come out with at least 2 females,Sometimes 5.Im at starting 10 now some will always die outdoors.So i went to 10.peace
 
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