NOOB question?? female or male

[weed is god]

ok im am sorta lost on the female male thing for my plants so i have a couple questions.
what is the diference between them?
do they both produce buds?
how do i tell and how early can i tell which is which??
i would greatly apreciate some advice......

[FireTheft]

this is the best site i've seen to help with this question

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female - can appear to have little balls but the key is that females will have delicate white-ish looking pistils that come out

male - balls, little pods, no hairs.....chop down throw away

only females produce buds that you want to smoke. is there a little thc in males...yea...worth it? NO! chop down throw them away before they pollinate your females.

how early is a matter of genetics, environmental factors, etc. trust me as your plants get older, you can't miss the development of sex. just look closesly

[weed is god]

ok also how many hours should my plants have at the veg stage? 18-6, or should i go straight to 12-12??

[Unknownfigure]

Best method to tell if it's a male or female: If it doesn't have any pods but has small little buds with longer hairs: it's female. Pods: male. You can usually tell the sex about two or three weeks in, if you use a microscope. If you have two grow rooms, you could take a clone from one of your base plants and flower it right away and see if it's a male or female, if you don't want to wait three weeks.

So, I suggest you get a microscope/ magnifying glass.


Edit: Yeah, veg is typically 18/6. Do this until the plants are a third of your desired height. After that, do 12/12, and it should shoot up the rest rather quickly.

[FireTheft]

veg - 18-6 is fine....some do 24 but I dont prefer that.

you dont do 12-12 until they are ready to flower or you feel like flowering.

[Storm Crow]

You were just being too lazy to look for pictures of male and female plants! Heaven knows there are a LOT of pic of female plants, and quite a few of males, on this site. The difference is pretty obvious between the two. Next time do a search! Sorry to be a drag about this. ( I had a bad day today- don't take it personal.)

And incidentally, Weed is not God. Weed is Goddess!- Granny:hippy:

[bongerstonerd00d]

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