How to tell early stages between male and female ?

bush basher

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i know. wasnt really lookin for a cam just seen the price and thought fook it.

nah mate used to a few years ago not now. lol
 

skunkushybrid

New Member
Yeah, the shoppers :wink: these days are all heroin addicts. They'd grass you up just to get bail off a charge they'd most likely get a fine for. desperation for the next hit and all that.
 

jeffro

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Man, I am having the same dilemna. This is my first time and I really don't want to mess it up, you know? I forced flowering about 4 days ago and one plant is starting to show, but I do not know what I am seeing?! Help?1
 

skunkushybrid

New Member
There's no need to panic... the balls of a male have to congregate quite a lot before they burst.

A female will have a calyx, which looks like a male ball at first, but then two white hairs/pistils will sprout out. The males will just keep growing balls, they usually show up in pairs, lol. No, truthfully they do.

Man, I am having the same dilemna. This is my first time and I really don't want to mess it up, you know? I forced flowering about 4 days ago and one plant is starting to show, but I do not know what I am seeing?! Help?1
 

jeffro

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Someone please help this stoner. I am registered as Jeffro and I have no idea how to ask a question about my plants. Please someone help me?!
Thanks
Jeffro
 

nbgen12

Active Member
so ima try growing around my house... after i germinate the seeds and get the to start growing inside then what do i have to do? b/c i want to grow outside. What is a good amount to go check up on the plant and water it? also what should i do for the soil? this is my first attempt at growing so thats why im asking all this, cuz i dont want to mess up.
 

onep0ket0ke

Active Member
Scratch my last post, for I was misinformed.

The difference in leaves decides the "strain".
Cannabis Indica has fat leaves usually in no more than 5 leaflets
Cannabis Sativa has long slender leaves with up to 9 leaflets

In case anyone every needs to know how to tell the difference between male, female, and hermaphrodite plants.

Female plants, when in late vegetative -pre-flowering stage- will produce pistils.
Male plants, when in the same stage will start to produce a sack that sort of resemble Garbanzo Beans. These open up in flowering and pollinate females causing a female to end THC and bud production and begin seed production.
Hermaphrodite plants, in the same stage will show both sexes and are of very little use to the grower for recreational use.

Males should only be Kept in the wish of creating buds with seeds for reproduction. Otherwise, I recommend cloning cuttings.

Pistils - 2 small white hairs that protrude from the node.

Node - split of a branch from the main stem or where the leaves petiole splits from the branch.

vvv --- Pic of a female in Pre-flowering stage --- vvv


vvv --- Pic of a male plant just starting to show its sex --- vvv


vvv --- Pic of a male plant completely showing its sex --- vvv
 

Beaters

Active Member
Scratch my last post, for I was misinformed.

The difference in leaves decides the "strain".
Cannabis Indica has fat leaves usually in no more than 5 leaflets
Cannabis Sativa has long slender leaves with up to 9 leaflets

In case anyone every needs to know how to tell the difference between male, female, and hermaphrodite plants.

Female plants, when in late vegetative -pre-flowering stage- will produce pistils.
Male plants, when in the same stage will start to produce a sack that sort of resemble Garbanzo Beans. These open up in flowering and pollinate females causing a female to end THC and bud production and begin seed production.
Hermaphrodite plants, in the same stage will show both sexes and are of very little use to the grower for recreational use.

Males should only be Kept in the wish of creating buds with seeds for reproduction. Otherwise, I recommend cloning cuttings.


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Those are some very nice macro pix. Just curious, what kind of camera/lens was used on those males? Those images were better than anything I've yet seen in books.
 

ThaDonNacci

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Congratulations! It's a Bouncing Baby BOY! Those clusters on the top are all balls!
Sucks to go that far and have a beautiful plant turn out to be a male. Happened to me. I kept it in veg in my closet for about 2 1/2 months. It was about three foot tall when I switched it onto 12/12 only to find out that my now 5 foot monster was a male! GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! :cuss:
That was before I knew you could make hash outta the males, so I just upped and tossed him into the river.............
 

iixasheexii

Active Member
Yea I have been growing it for about 3 months and yesterday we killed it. All that hard work for nothingg! I wasnt even going to waste my time making hash because I heard it was rediculously hard to make with male plants.. o well I guess next time I will order female seeds.. Thanks for your help
 

420weedman

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Yea I have been growing it for about 3 months and yesterday we killed it. All that hard work for nothingg! I wasnt even going to waste my time making hash because I heard it was rediculously hard to make with male plants.. o well I guess next time I will order female seeds.. Thanks for your help
you really set your self up for a swift kick in the teeth if you start with less then 3 plants...i started with 13 ... only 3 were female :(
 

Antman

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Just a little "heads up" for everyone that has read some of the misinformation in this thread. You DON'T need to put a plant into flower(turn the lights to 12/12) to tell whether it's male or female. After your plant is vegged to the point that it starts growing in the "alternating internode" pattern(usually around 6 weeks), which means the plant is sexually mature and will produce the best weed it's capable of producing, you will be able to find "pre-flowers" in between the "stipules" and the new growth, at each node. Male and female pre-flowers are a very easy way to determine the sex of your plant without doing anything to your plant or the light cycles. You have a long way to go before you'll be able to tell sex, and NO, you can't change a male plant into a female plant, unless there's some mad scientist out there that knows a way of doing it. I HAVE HEARD some ppl say that putting banana peels in a bag with your seeds will turn them female, BUT I have never tried it and can't say whether it's fact or fiction.
 

william2

Member
i have a plant that has budded a bit early.it is only on its third set of leaves and it already has buds on it.is this normal?bongsmilie
 
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