First time grower...are they female or male?

[NzPoThEaD]

Hey,

this is me and my fiances first time growing we have a hydro system and they are going well but how far along can we tell if they are female or not? there are 6 plants. and how do you work out which ones are male? at the moment they are only about 5 weeks old and about 20 centimetres high.
any advise appreciated

cheers:hippy:

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

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[spongebobsmokepants]

You made no mention of light cycle change. after changing to 12/12 it will be 7 to 10 days before you can tell.

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

yea jump off, sponge

[spongebobsmokepants]

What does jump off mean? :smokin:

[NzPoThEaD]

we were told to start them as 12/12 but now that i've researched a bit more into it maybe we shudve started 18/6. what do you think? but they are growing really well so far the leaves are about 10-15cm long. i think it might be a little early to tell and i'm just being impatient.

[whatsthatsmell]

If you grew them from seed you need to wait until the internodes are not across from each other before you send you plant into flower which would be the 12/12 cycle. This can take anywhere from 1.5 -2 months, most people veg thier plants for close to two months before sending a plant from seed to flower.


You really should read up more on this before jumping in. Take a look at stinkyattic's sig, she has some great links for newbies for all stages and you will be able to learn at the sametime.

[deadhead65]

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Is it always as cut and dry as the picture you show or does the female sometimes have ball like things before the pistils come out?

[klondike_bar]

thT Picture is a great demonstartion of what the sexual parts will look like DURING FLOWERING

the females are easy, theres bigwhite hairs. if they aint there during flowring, think twice.

males show a bit later, but theyll become obvious after a few ays of first appearing