Quote Originally Posted by jakester
I believe it's about 3 weeks before the male flowers open. I could be wrong. You will know that it's male before it's a danger to your other girls. Judging strain by leaf is not possible unless you have some crazy maple leaf varietal. I know few people who can even tell strain from mature buds....leaf, no...way.....
I don't think I said anything about judging the strain by leaves, I said I could tell they were at least indica-dominant by the leaves, which in the case of most strains is relatively easy to do. As for identification of strains within the general categories of sativa or indica goes, I have my doubts about anyone who claims to be able to reliably do so by looks alone. There are far too many phenotypical variations due to environmental factors.
senorx12562 Reviewed by senorx12562 on . Timing of staminate flowering. I've got some indica plants (4) grown from seed that I put into flower 5 days ago, and had some questions about determining sex. I don't know what strain they are, or even if they are all the same strain. The seeds were unidentified freebies I got with an order. I can tell they are indica or indica-dom by the leaves, but not much else. Two of them grew abt twice as tall as the other 2, but I don't know if they are a different strain, or if they are taller because they are male. The leaves are Rating: 5