Male or Female? Very early preflower

Heya all I just noticed what *looks* to be pre-flowers on my first plant here.

I just noticed these tonight. They weren't there yesterday.

They are still under 24/0 lighting and I have not begun flowering yet.

This particular plant is just a bit over 1 month in veg.

There is only one growth on each side of the top node of this plant. Nowhere else yet, and they don't seem to be showing in a cluster.

Honestly and unfortunately, I think it looks male from the shape of them... but they're very new growths right now... less than a day old.


Pics 1 + 2 are the right side... Pics 3 + 4 are the left side.


Can anybody tell if this one is male or female by these pics ?


Or is it just too early to tell yet ?


Thanks much in advance

It is a little too early to tell, but I would guess it is a female, as there looks ass if there are developing pistils (white hairs) so my guess is a female :thumbsup: . But I am only 60/40 sure. :confused: Give it a week and you'll know for sure

I hope you have lots of pink paint!

;)

She's preflowering nicely.

(but don't take my word for it)

You may consider going down to 18/6?

Thanks much guys :D

I wasn't really sure to be honest... even though I have some pics of other pre-flowered plants to check it against.

I've been sitting here staring at the plant for like 2 hours now hahaha.
Its already popping new calyxes on other nodes, literally right in front of my eyes lol


This is my first actual attempt at a good grow.. and this is also the first one of 6 bag-seeds planted :D



Bob I was actually planning for tomorrow to be the day to cut down to 18/6.


Time to get to work here on the flowering box me thinks ;)

:thumbsup:

yea i cant really say. Dont worry to much abou it. in a few nodes you'll know

nice mate you have anice female therethe female a young only has leaves the male has little bolbs

YOu need to wait until you see the white hairs to know for sure that its a female. I had a plant that looked like that and it was male, my other plant took alittle longer but when it did show pre-flowers, they had little hairs pointing out. I wish you the best of luck that it is a female though :thumbsup: ...

I checked it again just now, and no signs of pistils yet... but over the night it has developed what looks to be a few other calyxes in several other nodes lower down on the plant as well. They're all still very early growths though.

I imagine it will show me pistils within a week here if all goes well.

I'll keep ya'll updated :thumbsup:

No more guessing ! :D


Good call Bob !!!


She showed me her first little pistil today :greenthumb:


WOOT First plant = Female ! :yippee:

Thats great news man :thumbsup: , the funny has just begun. So how long has it been in flowering for? I'm guessing 10 days, thats how long it took for my female plant to show off what she had hinden under her dress :p . In my experience, males show yes in about 8 days of 12/12. But I'm happy to hear about your wonderful news :dance: . Keep Em Green...

These are actually just my pre-flowers :D

I haven't even started flowering this plant yet lol

She's been under 24/0 for the first month (today she's exactly 30 days old)
I also just switched her onto my timers for 18/6 yesterday.


I think I'm gonna veg her for a couple more weeks at 18/6, and let her get a little bit bigger and produce a few more nodes all around for a bigger yield.

I will most likely LST her, and possibly FIM top her too.

I have a log going in the closet/cabinet area, but I haven't updated it in a while. But I think this occasion definitely calls for an update sometime later tonight :)

what strain?

All of my current plants are from 2 different kinds of good bagseed.

This one seems to be more of a sativa/indica hybrid.

The other 3 plants I have going are looking to be a little heavier on the indica side.

definetly a female

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Originally Posted by Firebloom

No more guessing ! :D


Good call Bob !!!


She showed me her first little pistil today :greenthumb:


WOOT First plant = Female ! :yippee:

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ok..im so new about this as i'm unable to manage where or what is the pistil
can you please edit the pic and put an arrow so I can see where the pistil is so i can recognize a female?
Or if someone is able to show 2 different pics one a male and one a female litle plants so I can spot the difference in time pleaseee
Thanks

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Originally Posted by Rekos

ok..im so new about this as i'm unable to manage where or what is the pistil
can you please edit the pic and put an arrow so I can see where the pistil is so i can recognize a female?
Or if someone is able to show 2 different pics one a male and one a female litle plants so I can spot the difference in time pleaseee
Thanks

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Heres a pic with it circled... notice the little hair popping out of the calyx ?
Thats the start of a pistil.



Pic 2 shows female preflowers that are a little bit more developed that mine is, and also shows what male flowers look like.

Congradulations!:D

Have a good grow!:thumbsup:

Thanks Psycho!!! :D

Sweet now I got some blunts too ! LOL


I bet this would look good in a blunt right now...


I think I'll go find out :jointsmile:

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Originally Posted by Firebloom

Heres a pic with it circled... notice the little hair popping out of the calyx ?
Thats the start of a pistil.



Pic 2 shows female preflowers that are a little bit more developed that mine is, and also shows what male flowers look like.

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Many thank
Hmm looks like I need to find some seeds now
Hard to find where I live..I can only find industrial hemp seeds..thay say there are very low on THC. But Im wondering if I offer the pland conditions like alot of light, heat and everything..to they develop more THC?
Sorry for offtopic

heyeyy i see cigars congrats on a female lol yeppy 23 skidoo

Don't grow industrial hemp dude the strains are developed for low THC so hemp growers get past law regulations, which state that low THC levels must be active in all hemp strains, something about the public and shit you will not get a good crop hope this helps

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Don't grow industrial hemp dude

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dude i hope you dont mind me posting a pic, its just that i have something that looks similar and i thought it was male, you give me hope for a fem :jointsmile:

Sorry to say, but your pic looks like a boy, yes they look similar, but yours is on a little stem while the OP's doesn't appear to be.

Also, this is a very old thread my man.

I'm a complete newb and don't know what I'm doing - could someone tell me if this is a male or female?



I'm pretty sure it's a male right??

Thanks!!!

Sorry that big is quite big (almost 2Mb) but at least its crystal clear when it comes up!!!

Thanks for looking..

cant really tell yet. looks female, give it around a week and he/she'll show. btw nice background color ;) lol really hopin for a female, huh?

hey, thanks for coming back to me. the pink background colour is because of LED lighting.

The plants are about 8 weeks old now. Do they normally show sex by now? I unfortuanately have no idea what strain they are, I was given the seeds by a friend.

I am really pleased you say its too early to tell - I was slowly begining to believe they were all male! I have 4 plants in total, here are some pics of each of them (with LED's off!). Are they all too early to tell?

Pics
plant 1,
2,
3,
4,
top of plant to show leaves (can anyone tell me anything about the strain from how it looks?!?).

Thanks in advance for your replies ;)

and it's indica - or most likely a hybrid - and you need more light, IMHO.

Also, spend some time reading FAQ's, How-to's, etc. on this site and others. All the info you need is out there. Start here:

cannabis sexing - Google Search
cannabis sexing - Google Image Search

PS - it also looks like you have fruit-flies (or some kind of fly). You may want to deal with that, but I wouldn't use chemicals on anything you intend to smoke.

Peace

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Originally Posted by rarekind

hey, thanks for coming back to me. the pink background colour is because of LED lighting.

The plants are about 8 weeks old now. Do they normally show sex by now? I unfortuanately have no idea what strain they are, I was given the seeds by a friend.

I am really pleased you say its too early to tell - I was slowly begining to believe they were all male! I have 4 plants in total, here are some pics of each of them (with LED's off!). Are they all too early to tell?

Pics
plant 1,
2,
3,
4,
top of plant to show leaves (can anyone tell me anything about the strain from how it looks?!?).

Thanks in advance for your replies ;)

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they dont look male at least.:thumbsup: but the way you worded your sentence makes my believe that you want them to be male.:wtf: whats your light schedule, and do you have any idea when you'll be switching them to flower?

Still too early, but there ARE preflowers developing...shouldnt be more than a week until you find out the sex

:stoned:

Bugmenot: I think your right, more light would be a good idea, but I'm only just starting out and by using 2 X 50 Watt LED panels I do not have to think about cooling. My grow cupboard has brick walls and it would be a mighmare to vent unless I vent into the house (which would stink out the place!). I did have some flies after checking. I have gently washed them away - will keep an eye on them from now on. Thanks for suggestions.


mtxdrgn: I'm on 18/6 at the moment. I don't really know when to switch to 12/12. I guess in a week or 2 when I know for sure they are sexually mature.

I must have worded that badly as I definately don't want them to be males!!

rarekind :)

It's kinda hard to tell under the LED light but It does look like the beginning of male flowers at the nodes.

If they're as tall as you want them to be you can switch to 12/12. (They'll still get a little taller). Then you'll definitely find out the sex soon.

Hey Joe,
Thanks for the comments. I fear the same, i have 4 plants and 1 is showing pistols.

Still not sure about the others. I can't tell if its too early to tell, or if they are male?!!! Pic shows how the other 3 look.

I switched to 12/12 2 days ago.

Any comments appreciated...

Still too early to tell. It does look promising, though...:thumbsup:

The small white female hairs can be very hard to see...usually two; sometimes only one hair. I have to use a magnifing glass, myself.

Good Luck

:rastasmoke:I was wondering if preflowers means that the plant is flowering or just showing sex(maturity) to be able to be flowered...Im a new grower and my plants are 6 weeks there are suppose to be autoflowers but im not sure...sorry if pic are not good..thanks for all the help in advance:stoned:

Posted to an old post. I deleted it. Sorry

As to the last post. Once it shows pre-flowers it's old enough to flower more easily. Not forced.

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Can anyone give me an idea how early male pre flowers or flowers will be dropping pollen? I don't want to kill plants that Im not 100% sure of their sex yet- spotting them early is something i still have work to do on... A lot of the pictures i have seen of male flowers are pretty late and its really obvious at that point- just trying to figure out how much time i have...

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