Having trouble sexing

[canadagrown]

My babies have been under 12/12 for 3 days now. The two AK-48 appear to have a white hair comming out so I am pretty sure they are female. The other two are Fast Sweet Dreams and there is no indication of anything that I can see.
How long can males be left in the same room as females? I have to leave for 3 days so I won't be able to remove them if they turn out to be male. Thanks guys.

canadagrown Reviewed by canadagrown on 01-21-2010. Having trouble sexing My babies have been under 12/12 for 3 days now. The two AK-48 appear to have a white hair comming out so I am pretty sure they are female. The other two are Fast Sweet Dreams and there is no indication of anything that I can see. How long can males be left in the same room as females? I have to leave for 3 days so I won't be able to remove them if they turn out to be male. Thanks guys. Rating: 5

[bigtopsfinn]

Takes more than 3 days for male flowers to form and spread their pollen, you will be fine :thumbsup:

[canadagrown]

Its been a week now and I still can't determine the sex in the two Fast Sweet Dreams! In the two AK-48's it is blatantly obvious that they are female as there are the v shaped white hairs growing out of and intersections. On the other two there is no white hairs but no little balls either....there is significant growth of something however..almost looks like a little pitcher or something.

If they are male will the balls be very visisble before they are able to pollenate my other babies? I'm considering just hacking them down as I have 2 confirmed females and don't want to jeopardize them.

[bigtopsfinn]

Got any pics? If you can't post them here, open a photobucket.com account and paste us a link. Male flowers can look like balls or bananas.

[canadagrown]

Lost my camera in the water while fishing this summer

[LetsSeeYa]

Male in first pic, then 2nd and 3rd are female. If you open last pic you will see where pistil is marked.

Hope this helps:rasta:

[canadagrown]

I thought those hairs had to be white? My two questionable babies look a bit similar to the last 2 pictures there. Sort of like a pitcher with thin leaves growing out....not white though. Like I said...my AK-48 have definite white hairs so I have been looking for the same in the other strain. THere are no balls that I can see though. THank you for the pics. I'll keep you posted.

[frostedwonder]

The hairs normally are white, tiny green leaves are just the starting of branches. Pitcher shaped growth are what I think of as the start of female, but if it looks club like then I would say male. It took way to long for my white rhino's to show and then they ended up all males...bummer

[LetsSeeYa]

I thought those hairs had to be white? My two questionable babies look a bit similar to the last 2 pictures there. Sort of like a pitcher with thin leaves growing out....not white though. Like I said...my AK-48 have definite white hairs so I have been looking for the same in the other strain. THere are no balls that I can see though. THank you for the pics. I'll keep you posted.

I hate sexing plants, its a pain in my eye, the left one. Anyway most often they are white, but iv read that they could be yellow, green, pink and there might be a few more. Once ya do it a couple of times, its pretty easy, but i understand your stress. The best advise i can give you is simply just wait. They would need to be a bit bigger then in the first pic i posted before any pollinate your ladies. That male was huge and i was bumbed an was hoping for it to be a hermy, but full on male there. Of about 8 other plants in the area only found 2 seeds, which was great cuz id like to grow the bag seed again. I liked it cuz it was a great pain killer, but couch lock:stoned:

The second was same stuff. But that one was only 14'' tall, maybe a 1/16th, but killer:rasta:

[GetThisOrDie]

Dont worry... it takes awhile for a male to pollinate. You will have plenty of time to remove them after you know for sure.