Male or Female? 1st outdoor grow week 11

[sexysmoker9]

Started the grow on 4/20, northeast US, started in the earth then moved to pots. I can't tell if i have some nice males or females. miracle grow and Fish fert is all im using along with nice potting soil. Any input would be nice about the sex, let me know what you think of the grow. I will update pictures every other week or so.

[4x5]

they'll show their sex come late august or so. Might think about painting those pots green (to hide them) but otherwise, they look good, keep it up!

[stinkyattic]

If those are getting early and late light it's likely they won't show sex until September when the equinox hits.

[Jerrodg]

Not to be a prick, but isn't this the Indoor growing subsection?

[sexysmoker9]

yes it is i didnt know at first, sry my bad...

[pizza21970]

dick

[GrowinGreen23]

no it's all good a question is a question, you need to wait until the light ycle changes to a 12 hours on 12 off or something very similar to that, and when you get new pics in august (late) early september get some a bit closer so people here can help you out to eh fullest

GG23

[mobay]

shit i posted all my grow in this forum, hydro and soil. i seen where everyone else was and i picked the forum with the most traffic. btw your plants look good. where are they planted so i can get a better look at them lol

[sexysmoker9]

thanks guys, the seeds came from different bags through out the winter time, its a lot of work haulin the water and fertz but i hope the pay off will be rewarding. It looks to me that i have 3 different kinds going becuase 3 look very different. I wish i could make them flower faster but i have to wait untill nature takes its course and let the sun do its thing so the days get shorter. Like i said for every one who is interested i will be posting more pics as i see new development. I have def developed a passion myself for tending to them and making sure they are out of harms way. Any idea how much i could potentialy get if is say 3 of them were female? Should i leave them in the pots or put them in the ground so they can get as big as possible? who ever could answer these questions would be most helpful, this is my first, God Bless...

[GaGrown]

Yeah! Round Sept. they will show their sex.It's got to do with the triggering of the hormone! Light does it. 12hours or less.I got sativa that flowered at 14 hours.Are you in the mountains?

Ga Grown:thumbsup:

[sexysmoker9]

no im not, but i dont get it if they wont flower till sept they will only have about a month to flowe befor it gets way to cold, dont they need more time for the flowering stage, any one know if they look indica or sativa?

[GaGrown]

The leaves have indica likeness,I see sativa as well. Just keep a check on the amount of light per day.How many hours.I'm gonna say that it could possibly start to flower as early as august.If you end up with 3 females you would yeild about 2-4 oz per plant.Being in the mountains? Would be because altitude does wild things.Notice the higher you go the more sparse things seem to get!The air starts to thin the higher you are.Some strains just won't do well! They will grow and produce! But,not to their potential potency.
Keep it up! Your doing GREAT! Grow the hell on!

Ga Grown!

[dryst]

Yeah! Round Sept. they will show their sex.It's got to do with the triggering of the hormone! Light does it. 12hours or less.I got sativa that flowered at 14 hours.Are you in the mountains?

Ga Grown:thumbsup:



so potentionally i could keep the light cycle 18/6 for longer than 2 months and keep it in veg?

[sexysmoker9]

ok, i have 6 plants all together these five are the ones that are doing the best, still just using miracle grow and fish fert. I am thinking about going to foxfarm and then using blooming fert in aug. let me know what you guys think..

[GaGrown]

so potentionally i could keep the light cycle 18/6 for longer than 2 months and keep it in veg?
You can keep it in veg for as long as you want! Years!!!!!!! If you like it? Keep it!

Ga Grown

[GaGrown]

Can I ask you,without sounding crazy? Have you ever grown corn before? The reason I ask,is. Cause at a certain time you should administer ammonium nitrate.As soon as it tassles.So in your case you should wait till it acctually flowers before you start with all the nutes! Esspecially a bloom formula!Outdoors it has just what it needs to be it's best! I assure you!If you have been on a 20-20-20 feeding regular! Then when they flower the won't be lacking in nitrogen! Do your bloom formula 1 time a week,and stop 1 week before harvest.Watering with no nutes till harvest!

Ga Grown

[dryst]

You can keep it in veg for as long as you want! Years!!!!!!! If you like it? Keep it!

Ga Grown


veg state it would just keep getting bigger?...cause id like a mj plant the size of a red wood :-)

[sexysmoker9]

gagrown, i dont live in the mountains so i dont need to worry and i have never grown corn but I understand. my main goal is to get the best max yeild for what i am doing. should i leave them in pots or move them to the earth?

[Methyl3]

gagrown, i dont live in the mountains so i dont need to worry and i have never grown corn but I understand. my main goal is to get the best max yeild for what i am doing. should i leave them in pots or move them to the earth?


In my opinion you should just drop the pots and all in the ground. I don't know where your at or what type of traffic you have there, but those plants look highly visible. I would drop the pots in the ground around an area that has some hiding size. I would then take fish line and encirle the area around the plants so that deer are detered (only takes them one night to much those plants).

Depending on the strain your plants might not be done fast enough (they seem to have some sativa in them. If we have cold snaps early in the fall then depending on the strain and its characteristics, you might just have to go prematurely harvest them. When they flower is predetermined by genetics so it might be near a 12/12 cycle or it might be more like a 13/11 cycle. unless you have grown this strain for awhile you will not be able to determine this.

problems might arise by the fact that you have various strains which might or moght not be suitable for your area.

PS if there is potential traffic in your area I would tie those babis down once they are in the ground. Pot plants are distinct and any hiker or kids just happening to go by might say something or possibly come back and steal them when you have gone through all of the work and they near maturity.

[sexysmoker9]

thanks for the help, i will def put the pots in the ground, right now they are in a spot that gets sun for the full time the sun is out so they get as much sun as it permits. I wanted to keep them in the direct sun for most of the veg growing and then find a spot for super matuirty in the woods where the sun isnt shinnin directly on them so im thinking i may wait until the month of aug to move them into the woods. the seeds are form my area so i know they will do good as far as flowering and photoperiod its not like I got them on an order or from somewhere els are anything. So hope all this hard work pays off and im almost sure they wont get spoted until they mature a little more. Any input about anything would be helpful and anything i can do to get these plants to develop the way they should would be the ultimate goal, in my case.

[sexysmoker9]

ok new updates i dug 6 holes, put the pots in the holes, where they get plenty of sun light still. Now they def will go unnoticed by anyone. The only thing is ***When i went to lift the pots up tons of healthy white roots were comming out of the pots drain holes*** These plants are way healthier than i thought does this mean i should take the plants out of the pots dig bigger holes in the earth and fill with potting soil and put them in the ground or should i just let them be the way they are??? This is crazy!!

[orangeman]

Still looks too early to tell.

[Methyl3]

ok new updates i dug 6 holes, put the pots in the holes, where they get plenty of sun light still. Now they def will go unnoticed by anyone. The only thing is ***When i went to lift the pots up tons of healthy white roots were comming out of the pots drain holes*** These plants are way healthier than i thought does this mean i should take the plants out of the pots dig bigger holes in the earth and fill with potting soil and put them in the ground or should i just let them be the way they are??? This is crazy!!


Whoa ther cowboy/girl. Your first mistake will be moving your plants when they start flowering. You want them to have as MUCH sunlight as possible when flowering. If possible I would keep themright where they are now. If you can't I would immedietly dig them up and move them now to wherever you going to keep them. Keep in mind that these transplants could slow down maturation time, but your in veg now so not as critical. Also, if you waited till flowering to move them the roots will be much bigger and deeper than now and you risk cutting roots. Let the plants stay the way they are since the roots will find their way out if need be. I would also look into tieing those bad boys down (LST). very easy and in my humble opinion increases the amount of pot that you harvest in regards to buds with high trichome content. You effectively expose more of the plant to the direct sunlight and although the final weight number might not be different, the amount of buds that have a higher concentration of trichomes is increased. Hope this helps.

[sexysmoker9]

ok its cowboy for one and i dont know what you mean by tie them down? can you post a pic of this. i moved them to a spot with a little more cover as in lots of vegitative life is around them so they are not as noticeable and put the pots in the ground so know one can see them, they are getting about just as much sunlight as befor. I will update with pics the the am. to show you what I did and how they dont stick out anymore.

[GrowinGreen23]

it's called LSTing take a look in the FAQ section or just search it on here

GG23

[sexysmoker9]

Ok, I would do the LSTing but im not growing from female clones i dont even know what the sex of em are yet.. and i found out that you do LSTing early on, im sure i could but its my 1st grow,thats something ill keep in mind for next time! thanks for the advice. I am going to let nature do its thing and keep them going.
this is the link i found on LSTing
http://www.planetskunk.com/cannabis2335-0-asc-10.html

new pics will be up soon on the new spot..

[sexysmoker9]

ok so they grew a bit from the last time I posted the pics :D leme know what yall think!!! its really amazing how they just sprung up even more!!;)

[sexysmoker9]

more....

[sexysmoker9]

some other shots..

[slowthestone]

mmmmmm.....I so dig the view from above.

But then, I'm a guy, so...yeah. :cool:

[Methyl3]

Ok, I would do the LSTing but im not growing from female clones i dont even know what the sex of em are yet.. and i found out that you do LSTing early on, im sure i could but its my 1st grow,thats something ill keep in mind for next time! thanks for the advice. I am going to let nature do its thing and keep them going.
this is the link i found on LSTing
http://www.planetskunk.com/cannabis2335-0-asc-10.html

new pics will be up soon on the new spot..


You can tie them down at any point in time. Whenever you tie them down, unless ver late, you will be adjusting the tie down anyways. Think of a catapult like they used in ancient times. You tie a string to the main stem (in the middle or towards the top and pull it down till it's bent at like 90 degrees. Just do it slowly and watch the plant as you go and you'll know when to stop. Every week or less you will adjust the string make it shorter or move it further out (Like pitching a tent and getting it taunt) and the plant will grow that way. VERY easy even for a beg and improves stealth a hell of a lot. If your in an area where MJ is not criminalized then there is really no need to worry about it. Good luck and keep posting pics.:thumbsup:

[Binzhoubum]

Lookin' nice... :smokin:

I'll be over in about three months...hehehehe... ;)

[s12fever]

Hey. Looking nice so far. Just a question for personal interest, mate.. How tall is it? I'm guessing 1ft or more?

cheers,s12

[sexysmoker9]

they range from 1.5 to 2 ft. tall and are growing bigger and stronger every week!

[sexysmoker9]

ok so, now on to week 14 and they are lookin HUGE, they are ranging from 2.5 to 3.5 feet tall and i think most are female but im not to sure yet. If any one can tell if they are off the pics leme know.. and one of the plant the leaves are drying up at the ends this may be due toover watering?

[sexysmoker9]

male or female?

[Kaparski]

If those things on the stem and branch have long white things poopin out....you got a female....if they dont develop and grow the white thing, you got a male....

from these visuals im guessing more on the female side, then again im a noob at this

[sexysmoker9]

some of the plants are developing 2 little white hairs at the stalk/branch area, ends of hairs are amber. the others still show nothing its already aug 5th will i know soon if some are males becuase i would like get rid of those so they dont pollinate my females... no point in getting pics yet i guess. whats going onnnn???

[MargaretRiverGrower]

If any of the plants start developing little balls at the joints of the leaves and stems, Get rid of those! Looking nice though.. Where I am the climate is cold and not the best for growing :( i have nearly 200 seedlings but they are slow growers...