why 12/12?

[jadeius]

if you want males and females, just make sure you identify them very early in the flowering stage and separate them because you'll get a bunch of seeds in your female...you can't really smoke the male plant; its little pollen sacs will open up a shoot pollen everywhere, and it'll stick to the female's resins and she'll be full of seeds, just separate some females so they don't get fertilized (sinsemilla) and they'll grow good seedless buds...

[major crisis]

if you want males and females, just make sure you identify them very early in the flowering stage and separate them because you'll get a bunch of seeds in your female...you can't really smoke the male plant; its little pollen sacs will open up a shoot pollen everywhere, and it'll stick to the female's resins and she'll be full of seeds, just separate some females so they don't get fertilized (sinsemilla) and they'll grow good seedless buds...

thank you bunches, that information will be precious in the future. I know nothing about growing cannabis.
you mean that in the same plant I might get female and male branches?
and so I should remove the males? oh please, tell me that you will explain that to me when the time comes. so far the planst are still very young, I am not using any lights, just the normal sunlight. it's an indoor growing but the method is the natural one.

I'll need your help, I'll show some photos.

[major crisis]

if you want males and females, just make sure you identify them very early in the flowering stage and separate them because you'll get a bunch of seeds in your female...you can't really smoke the male plant; its little pollen sacs will open up a shoot pollen everywhere, and it'll stick to the female's resins and she'll be full of seeds, just separate some females so they don't get fertilized (sinsemilla) and they'll grow good seedless buds...

I have a doubt, how do I separate the females and what about the rest of the male branches and leaves, can I smoke this?

[jadeius]

you only want to smoke the female buds, not all the leaves, you'll trim away the bigger leaves that stick out when the time comes...it's nothing to it really...

don't smoke males, it's best to trash 'em, unless you want to save the pollen sacs for fertilizing females later (to get new seeds to grow new plants)

ideally, you normally won't see male and female parts on the same plant...that's called a hermaphrodite, and it usually only happens as a result of inbreeding or certain stressful conditions causing mutations...i was just saying to get the males away from the females (like in a separate closed off room) because that pollen that jizzes out from the males' sacs lasts in the air forever, and the resin that the female flowers produce (the thc) will cause the pollen to stick to the female, fertilizing it, and making seeds for a new generation....

but for right now, just water the seedlings once or twice a week, saturate the dirt with pure water (no city water unless you boil off the chlorine first and cool it)...then allow the water to drain off from holes at the bottom of your pot...the roots will be all through the soil before you even have a 6 inch tall plant, then as the plant grows more mass, you'll have to give it a little more water and start adding in very diluted plant nutrients (such as miracle gro)....if you have a good amount of sun coming in on the plants all day, then don't worry about lights for a while, it may eventually get a little annoying trying to give them the amount of sun they need unless you just leave them outside, they'll grow sideways to try to get more sun, it'll eventually probably get easier to switch to some strong flourescent light or invest in a better light... but they need at least 12 good hours of light per day right now, most people use lights to give the plants 18 hours of light and 6 hours of dark...

[major crisis]

you only want to smoke the female buds, not all the leaves, you'll trim away the bigger leaves that stick out when the time comes...it's nothing to it really...

don't smoke males, it's best to trash 'em, unless you want to save the pollen sacs for fertilizing females later (to get new seeds to grow new plants)

ideally, you normally won't see male and female parts on the same plant...that's called a hermaphrodite, and it usually only happens as a result of inbreeding or certain stressful conditions causing mutations...i was just saying to get the males away from the females (like in a separate closed off room) because that pollen that jizzes out from the males' sacs lasts in the air forever, and the resin that the female flowers produce (the thc) will cause the pollen to stick to the female, fertilizing it, and making seeds for a new generation....

but for right now, just water the seedlings once or twice a week, saturate the dirt with pure water (no city water unless you boil off the chlorine first and cool it)...then allow the water to drain off from holes at the bottom of your pot...the roots will be all through the soil before you even have a 6 inch tall plant, then as the plant grows more mass, you'll have to give it a little more water and start adding in very diluted plant nutrients (such as miracle gro)....if you have a good amount of sun coming in on the plants all day, then don't worry about lights for a while, it may eventually get a little annoying trying to give them the amount of sun they need unless you just leave them outside, they'll grow sideways to try to get more sun, it'll eventually probably get easier to switch to some strong flourescent light or invest in a better light... but they need at least 12 good hours of light per day right now, most people use lights to give the plants 18 hours of light and 6 hours of dark...

Thank you dearly jadeius, your information is precious but a problems occured. Oh my! maybe none of these two planst will survive.
I'll read your post above more attentively later because I need your or someobody else's help now, urgently.
The first leaves of my two plansts got white, I think I overwater them. the rest of the plants are okay but the first two set of leaves are all white and withered. please tell me, what do I do? should I cut these white damaged leaves or leave them there. the plansts are young, they are 5 weeks but I have been growing them just with the light of the sun. there are just 2 nodes and they are still very fragil.
please, what do I do about this white slow death? should I cut the leaves that are white or wait till the planst is older?

thank you much
and jadeius, I'll reply to your posts as soon as I feel less nervous about this new problem.

thank you bunches people.

I'm a bit sad alright
I want to save my planst
thank you again.
what do I do?

[Beyond Freedom]

So, my darlins on my porch..facin south/southwest..gettin right now in may s ontario..8.5 hrs of direct sunlight12:30-830 pm.....are they receiving sufficiant light?
10 day old seedlins?

[major crisis]

So, my darlins on my porch..facin south/southwest..gettin right now in may s ontario..8.5 hrs of direct sunlight12:30-830 pm.....are they receiving sufficiant light?
10 day old seedlins?

10 day old?
no, they are 5 weeks old.
wait bit, I got some pictures

[major crisis]

Thank you dearly jadeius, your information is precious but a problems occured. Oh my! maybe none of these two planst will survive.
I'll read your post above more attentively later because I need your or someobody else's help now, urgently.
The first leaves of my two plansts got white, I think I overwater them. the rest of the plants are okay but the first two set of leaves are all white and withered. please tell me, what do I do? should I cut these white damaged leaves or leave them there. the plansts are young, they are 5 weeks but I have been growing them just with the light of the sun. there are just 2 nodes and they are still very fragil.
please, what do I do about this white slow death? should I cut the leaves that are white or wait till the planst is older?

thank you much
and jadeius, I'll reply to your posts as soon as I feel less nervous about this new problem.

thank you bunches people.

I'm a bit sad alright
I want to save my planst
thank you again.
what do I do?

Here are the first pics I took. do you see the white leaves? it's the first leaves, those that don't grow in a pair of 3, if you know what I mean.
Please read the post in quote so you understand my situation a bit better.
can you see the white leaves? It's two different plants. the bigger one is not so bad but the small one... oh my.
please, what do I do with these white plants? should I cut them now, later or leave it there?

[SyKo]

i think i would add some more dirt to keep them from falling over and not water them for awhile n see if they start lookin better,it could have been over watering along with other factors,how often do you water?other than that im not sure,i kill the weak in my garden lol,you should let the dirt dry about an inch deep or more before you water(its usely twice a week when in small 16 oz cups i use for my seedlings and once a week when i move them to a bigger 2 or 3 gallon pot).also pick them up n get use to how heavy they are u can get a feel for when its time to water that way for the most part. if you woulda had a fan on them (at least) and a light 2 inches above them instead of sunlight in a window the stalk would be alot fatter.thats one bad thing about letting them get sunlight without them being outside where the wind can help make them stronger.inside they grow upwards too fast n stretch to reach the sunlight thus becoming skinny n weak.add over watering to that n you got a real mess sorry i cant help more,hope they make it ! peace

[major crisis]

i think i would add some more dirt to keep them from falling over and not water them for awhile n see if they start lookin better,it could have been over watering along with other factors,how often do you water?other than that im not sure,i kill the weak in my garden lol,you should let the dirt dry about an inch deep or more before you water(its usely twice a week when in small 16 oz cups i use for my seedlings and once a week when i move them to a bigger 2 or 3 gallon pot).also pick them up n get use to how heavy they are u can get a feel for when its time to water that way for the most part. if you woulda had a fan on them (at least) and a light 2 inches above them instead of sunlight in a window the stalk would be alot fatter.thats one bad thing about letting them get sunlight without them being outside where the wind can help make them stronger.inside they grow upwards too fast n stretch to reach the sunlight thus becoming skinny n weak.add over watering to that n you got a real mess sorry i cant help more,hope they make it ! peace

Good God, thank you.
You helped me indeed
I got it! I summarized all you said and I thought about the plants growing conditions and it's the wind factor; you're right.
It's the one thing I have been thinking for these 5 weeks of growing, the attic doesn't provide enough wind and the plants aren't forced to a daily struggle like standing up before the mighty wind - which some people should actually test for themselves - daily, like in a normal day.

thanks much. You did enlighten me and now I feel my plants will survive.

in some months I'll be begging you to help me on wishing thinking for a female.
oh please


now tell me,
should I cut those white leaves later?