Okay, so MrDiff and I both think it's male. If anyone disagrees or thinks it's too soon to tell let me know because I will chop the clone and it's mother before the end of the day. One down, seven to go.
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Okay, so MrDiff and I both think it's male. If anyone disagrees or thinks it's too soon to tell let me know because I will chop the clone and it's mother before the end of the day. One down, seven to go.
Surpsied nobody else has chimed in. I found a pretty good page with some good photos of male preflowers. Check out the ones titled male preflower. They have me worrying about mine now. lol
Male or female? Cannabis sexing
:) It is a male, so if it's a clone then your mother wouldn't be a mother anymore :thumbsup: It's a transgendered ladie :DQuote:
Originally Posted by JD1stTimer
lol good one. :)
Well, I just rolled up a pinner joint with some leaves and the flower of that clone that was male, and the two growing tips from his accursed father.
I put them in my toaster oven at 150o + convection for about 35 minutes. The leaves were crispy, the flower still had some slight moisture.
At first I thought "I can't believe I'm smoking something that tastes like a mix of newsprint, freshly mown hay, and rotten garbage." It was harsh on the throat, it a bit of a sting to it. DO NOT WANT.
But, now I have smoked it and I have the roach plus a fresh leaf in a small bubbler and I plan to smoke them, And also, I am HIGH. About .3 grams I think after it came out of the toaster. Maybe I am not tolerant anymore, but if the females are anywhere near as good as this one, that's gonna be some GREAT smokage. And I think they should be since it's from the same bag and all the plants basically look alike except one mutant which may even be from a hundred year old schwag mexibrick seed, so I think they would all have to be fairly similar. Although it appears there are two distinct phenotypes. Could one be the male and one be the female form? They run about half and half. One group has lots of tiny branches, and is much shorter and bushier, while this one came from taller, lankier, lesser lower branch development. You can definitely tell they are all related though, between each group you would almost think they were cloned. I guess it means the parents were a standardized line. Or maybe someone more skilled will look and say "Those are miles apart bud!" I dunno. Anyway, I'm gonna smoke this roach now. I'll keep you updated on the next clone that flowers, and I'll update my alternative sexing method thread also when I have another subject.
Oh, and this plant was "Spring A". So far I haven't noticed any difference in the spring and tap water plants. Since I can't really tell anything I'm just going to compare the average dry weight of any buds I get to make a conclusion on my spring vs. tap water experiment. Assuming that the potency is almost alike. Peace.
I potted two more clones today, now I have four in pots and three which still aren't rooted. I can't see flowers on any of my clones yet. Is this just a normal result of taking my cutting before the plants are sexually mature? I guess they will start flowering whenever the parent plants go to alternate leaves, just like what happened with the above-referenced male which I smoked. The parent plant was not rootbound, so I don't think the rest of the plants are either. They seem to be growing very slowly, could I have some kind of problem? I would say lack of light, but they are not stretching noticably. I do have gnats, maybe the larvae are putting too much hurt on the roots? Is there anything non-chemical I can put in the soil to kill them?
BTW, I put all the remaining leaves from the dad and son into a bubbler and smoked it, it tasted terrible and did not get me high. So for anyone who wants to be smoking the leaves, don't bother with fully expanded fan leaves, only go for the tender young growing tips and any flowers you have.
I was checking out my plants and I almost missed this. For some reason I really scrutinized this plant, and lo and behold, faintly visible, about 1 mm long, was this little item. I had to put a magnifying lens in front of my camera to get a picture of it, so it's a little wonky, but :thumbsup: it's a girl!
I checked the three remaining cuttings and two of them were rooted and I put them in soil! Yay! I'm giving up on that last one as it doesn't have even a root nodule. It came from a mutant and it was really tiny, only about an inch tall with a 2mm diameter stem, so I didn't really expect it to root. I will take another cutting from the parent plant today.
I have found that taking cuttings for sexing purposes really has no benefit until the leaves go alternate. You will just see your clones vegging and vegging under 12/12 until the parent plant starts alternating. How the clones know how old they are is beyond my comprehension, but there seems to be no advantage to early cloning, and I think it just hindered the growth of the plants with no benefits at all. It's okay though, I was impatient and for good reason. There's a good chance I may have to move within a few months, I just lost my other job which was paying my mortgage. My last paycheck from that job will arrive sometime in August. :(
Started LST on Spring G, the first known female. I also have a pic of her mother's nodes for the alternate sexing thread.
I have a question which I cannot seem to find information on. When a plant is just barely starting to flower, is the trichome production greatly diminished and increases as the bud grows?
I really don't see very many crystals and I am wondering if this will improve over time or whether it is poor genetics, poor environment, or both. I can't seem to find any pics of teeny tiny eensy weensy baby buds to compare against. Of course, the bud is almost entirely leaf material at this point, but I am almost thinking that all the new material growing should be stinky and sparkly. If anyone has macros of their first beginnings of bud development I would really like to see. Thanks. :)