Need help sexing

So I've seen dozens of photos but I feel like it's contradictory. Some say balls with points like the picture below is a female while some say it's a male. Could I get some advice to definitely determine if a plant is a male? I know that if I see a stem and a ball, that is a sure sign. But for early preflowering, some of my plants currently look like the picture. Females are easily distinguished cause of the white hairs but I'd like to cull the male plants early so I can transplant and make room for the females. Any help would be nice thank you!

Is that a pic of the "flag", or what's behind it?

To me, that pic is not quite a sure enough thing to yank a plant yet. I usually wait until I see a little cluster starting. In that example I would probably wait another week to be sure.

Your trying to sex plants far too early and hence why it is confusing.

That growth looks like a female calyx but only a fool would base any info on early preflowers whereas the smart grower wqits patiently for something more accurate.

A lot of bs gets written on early sexing, everythings gonna look like a ball at this stage so wait for stuff i and others can accurately sex.

Capn-Crunch said:

Is that a pic of the "flag", or what's behind it?

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Whats behind it

Kingrow1 said:

Your trying to sex plants far too early and hence why it is confusing.

That growth looks like a female calyx but only a fool would base any info on early preflowers whereas the smart grower wqits patiently for something more accurate.

A lot of bs gets written on early sexing, everythings gonna look like a ball at this stage so wait for stuff i and others can accurately sex.

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Only reason I'm doing it is to clear up some space. I have a handful of plants that I'm pretty positive are males. I left the females and the unknown ones as they were. For the most part, is a stem + a crab claw/pod a sure sign of male preflower? Kinda looks like a stick with a ball at the end. Another trend that I've realized is that the ones what showed male sex were much bigger then the females... Which was pretty disappointing :')

steveydvee said:

Only reason I'm doing it is to clear up some space. I have a handful of plants that I'm pretty positive are males. I left the females and the unknown ones as they were. For the most part, is a stem + a crab claw/pod a sure sign of male preflower? Kinda looks like a stick with a ball at the end. Another trend that I've realized is that the ones what showed male sex were much bigger then the females... Which was pretty disappointing :')

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A crab clawed stem pod is a localized mutation that seems to happen once in a while as it is a stressfulll time.

Your sexing too early dude and need to wait longer or flower them for real. I am a pro at sexing but this is far out of my realms of skill and cannot accurately sex stuff that isnt 100% perfect without a fair amount of guess work.

I can say female to the plant above but thats guesswork - wait till it has twenty more sacs or calyxs and we could confirm or deny that guess

Kingrow1 said:

A crab clawed stem pod is a localized mutation that seems to happen once in a while as it is a stressfulll time.

Your sexing too early dude and need to wait longer or flower them for real. I am a pro at sexing but this is far out of my realms of skill and cannot accurately sex stuff that isnt 100% perfect without a fair amount of guess work.

I can say female to the plant above but thats guesswork - wait till it has twenty more sacs or calyxs and we could confirm or deny that guess

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Ahh thank you! Is it accurate to say it's a male if I see a small stem protruding with a single ball attached to it near the new growth/node(looks almost like a trichome when magnified). Looks a lot like the mature male pollen sacs but just plenty more smaller. From doing my due diligence it seems like that the case. I've kept all the ones that showed balls but are flush on the internodes showing no stem attached incase it's just a female calyx still in development.

steveydvee said:

Ahh thank you! Is it accurate to say it's a male if I see a small stem protruding with a single ball attached to it near the new growth/node(looks almost like a trichome when magnified). Looks a lot like the mature male pollen sacs but just plenty more smaller. From doing my due diligence it seems like that the case. I've kept all the ones that showed balls but are flush on the internodes showing no stem attached incase it's just a female calyx still in development.

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no its not accurate and you need to WAIT!!!!

Kingrow1 said:

Your trying to sex plants far too early and hence why it is confusing.

That growth looks like a female calyx but only a fool would base any info on early preflowers whereas the smart grower wqits patiently for something more accurate.

A lot of bs gets written on early sexing, everythings gonna look like a ball at this stage so wait for stuff i and others can accurately sex.

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It’s a female preflower in the picture.

Kingrow1 said:

A crab clawed stem pod is a localized mutation that seems to happen once in a while as it is a stressfulll time.

Your sexing too early dude and need to wait longer or flower them for real. I am a pro at sexing but this is far out of my realms of skill and cannot accurately sex stuff that isnt 100% perfect without a fair amount of guess work.

I can say female to the plant above but thats guesswork - wait till it has twenty more sacs or calyxs and we could confirm or deny that guess

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Kingrow1 said:

no its not accurate and you need to WAIT!!!!

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Lmao. You seriously need to give it up.

steveydvee said:

Ahh thank you! Is it accurate to say it's a male if I see a small stem protruding with a single ball attached to it near the new growth/node(looks almost like a trichome when magnified). Looks a lot like the mature male pollen sacs but just plenty more smaller. From doing my due diligence it seems like that the case. I've kept all the ones that showed balls but are flush on the internodes showing no stem attached incase it's just a female calyx still in development.

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Dude don’t listen to Kingrow. He hops on every single post on this subject and gives the worst advice like Males are females. Balls=female. The weirdo couldn’t identify a preflower if his families lives were on the line but continues to play a character where he’s a grow god with unequaled sexing skill. It was funny at first but it’s old now. He’s getting in the way of people’s grows

Looks female to me, a tiny white hair should pop out any time.

Edit: I'd be willing to bet money on it.

Too soon to tell, how long has the plant been on 12/12?

Hugo Phurst said:

Too soon to tell, how long has the plant been on 12/12?

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Too soon for you maybe. Lol

This is the problem also I’m having as a newbie.... damn ultrasounds get me every time... seriously at what age does the sex begin to show.. I’ve got one that’ll be 6 weeks from seed Saturday and I dunno what the hell I'm looking at other than a plant.... It was some baggy beans... I popped it on purpose just for sexing before I screwed up some real cash on beans...but I can say as of now it appears like every auto and fem I’ve grown...I think I see bud sites or preflowers.. something

danjac82 said:

Dude don’t listen to Kingrow. He hops on every single post on this subject and gives the worst advice like Males are females. Balls=female. The weirdo couldn’t identify a preflower if his families lives were on the line but continues to play a character where he’s a grow god with unequaled sexing skill. It was funny at first but it’s old now. He’s getting in the way of people’s grows

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So much bad advice, @Kingrow1 has given correct answer, no matter what the final sex is.
Looks female to me, probably a hermy.

What I meant by my latest post is this... Are these 100% males.

danjac82 said:

It’s a female preflower in the picture.

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I figured so. There are so many misinformation on the net about this topic... I can see night and day the different growth in males and females. The biggest ones are more likely to be male in my case, even bushier and fan leaves way bigger(ofcourse this isn't an 100% indicator when it comes to the many strain types). Sure enough when I check the main stalk of my favorite most vigorous grower the stem with a ball is there. It looks exactly like a developed pollen sack but with just one ball and many times smaller. Also most of the ones showing sex were males due to male preflowers showing earlier then females. I've only had maybe 2 females show pistils compared to the 10 males show stem + ball and the many that hasn't shown sex yet. I'm quite positive that I'm correct on my educated guess. For the most part, a tell-tale for sex seems to be that tiny stem that seperates the ball from the internode. All female preflowers that I have seen that weren't mutated of some sort looks flushed. Even the ones that looks like male parts(if caught quite early into the preflowering stage 4-6 weeks).