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Hi everyone,
Im new to this forum and growing in general. Ive been growing for about 1month now with feminised lowryder seeds and have a couple of plants in flower but this plant i have looks to me like a male but i cant tell as have no real experience with male plants. Ive looked at all the artices and pictures on the net and it appears to be a male I just thought maybe someone with some experience could tell me for sure.
Thanks for any help anyone could give
Yep, 100% male.
Thanks mate.
I thought it might be, just hoping it wasnt.
:sadcrying
Take some pollen from it, and use it to make some seeds with your best female.
To do this I use a small, folded piece of stiff paper, and gently tap the underside of those small sacs that are hanging down. You will get a small bit of yellow powder on your paper. Do this to a few small sacs and collect more pollen.
Then take a small, new paint brush. Dab it in your pollen and then gently apply it to your best female. Pick a lower branch and pollinate a couple of buds, depending on how many seeds you want. Turn off your fan before you start doing this to avoid unwanted pollenation. Mark the branch with a piece of tape or something, so you remember its seeded.
This is good way to store your genetics in case of emergency plus you may get an extraordinary female along the way, share with your mates, sell them, etc.
agreed 100% male
cheers all :)
Hi,
Many thanks to you all for the input you have provided me. I think i might try pollenating a bud of one my females.
Could you tell me if you think the male is ready to collect pollen from now?
Again many thanks:)
Can you see yellow pollen coming off the male? if so, it is ready to pollenate. but it could be that the pollen has already been transfered to all your females, giving you an entirely seeded crop. this is especially likely if you have a fan blowing.
how long has the pollen been visible, if it is visible yet?
I have to say i havent see any pollen at all yet. The pollen sacks have only been there a few days maybe a week at the most i think. The plant is only 3 or 4 weeks old, whould that be to early for pollen?
This is the best female from the bunch. She is about 7 inches tall and 5 weeks old. She has a couple of dying leaves at the bottom, do i leave them as they are or should i trim them off do you think?
So to be a pain but also do you think she would be alright to pollenate a bud on her?
Thanks guys
sorry about the spelling
You don't need to pull the leaves till they fall off but it won't hurt either.
Cut a 3x2 inch piece of light colored, stiff paper like a white magazine cover. Use this to gently tap underneath one of the upside down sacs while holding the paper there. If yellow powder drops on the paper then its good. Your plant will give off pollen for a while just wait till those other sacs turn upside down. You only need a very little pollen to seed a bud. I say go ahead and do it. You never know when you might need to start fresh.
id pull that male out of the room right now. then stick it in a different room and wait for the pollen sacks to open up and release. then take that pollen and put it on a few buds if you want another handful of seeds.
hello, if you have a few male balls on a female plant. what would be the best course of action
Pick them off.Quote:
Originally Posted by muffle
yeah pick them off. check the plant twice a day for new ones. make sure they are balls before picking though.