A Bit of Sex Education

Hey guys, first time posting, but I've been reading for a long time.

I'm hoping someone can give me a quick sex on this plant. I've got two growing, although I can't recall how long they've been vegetating for. - to be honest I didn't take growing seriously until like three weeks after seedlings. it was at that point that I actually decided to build a growbox and see if I couldn't get a decent plant out of all of this.

But anyway, I've been doing lots and lots of reading about growing, about horticulture in general, and about special needs of our favorite plant, and I think I've got a pretty good understanding of the process. The only thing I can't really tell is the sex of my plants.

I'm doing LST with both plants, but the one in the picture would probably be about 12" tall if it were straight up. The bottom of the stem is around 3/8" thick. This is the first time i've asked a question about growing, most of what I know has been purely through reading other growlogs, and several books worth of information on this site and others.

I've compared them to lots of pictures, and at first I thought they were male, but now i'm starting to think that if they are male, the stamen are in the wrong places. Then again they could be female, and the hairs just haven't come out yet. Or maybe I'm misinterpreting what I'm seeing. After many many pictures I've finally got one that sorta shows what i can see. Both plants show the same little nubs, so I'm certain that they're the same sex, whatever it is. I'm at the point now though, where I just have to choose one, because I only have space to grow out one plant. I've got a rubbermaid tub setup similar to Bodom Children Of .

Honestly, I've stressed the hell out of these plants. I'm certain, that at the very least they'll be hermies. If they're hermies, I'll still want to grow them out anyway, so I understand the lifecycle of the plant better, but if they're just males, then I'll probably start over.

Any help you can provide would be great. Thanks!

Can you get us a clearer pic hon?

honestly, no. At least, not at the moment. Unless someone can send me a jeweler's loupe. I took about thirty pictures on my digital camera with every setting i could change to try to get a clear shot. that's the best i could do.

I think maybe i'll try to rig up something with a magnifying glass, but so far this is all I can provide, sorry.

IA....I can't tell from those pics really. I would hold off throwing anything out until a hair reveals itself....If they are female, it will be any day by the looks of it.

I use a plastic magnifying 'glass'
:jointsmile: Bree

Alright, I think I did better this time. I butchered a disposable camera, and taped the lens in front of the lens of my digital camera. this is the best I'm going to get.

They're starting to look male to me, i hope i'm wrong.

I don't know....looks more fem to me. Esp. pic two. Don't throw them out until you have more than one ball. I still think you may have a hair pop out. You have nothing to loose right?

:jointsmile: Bree

I don't know..from my experience when I'm able to see any sort of pod like that and not easily see a solid white hair, it tends to be male. :(
but don't give up hope that it might be a girl; it could just be a strain thing

I should just add that I changed their lightcycle yesterday to 12/12. i was hoping to see hairs before I did, because I didn't want to re-pot them while in flowering. but they're getting big enough each of them, that I need to get rid of one so the other can grow. theres not enough room for two.

the nubs started appearing like 2-3 days ago but I couldn't wait to find out what they were. I just figured, "well they're showing pre-flowers, I guess it's time".

Did i error or did i do good?

with respect to my previous post, how long should it be until I can see hairs?

there should be a tiny one by now... surely.. is it round?