Keeping my "mother" in veg but how to figure out sex?

[pinkdolphin113]

Okay, cool. Thats what I was thinking. So preflowers aren't a way to determine sex?

I can't solve your problem, Poker2, but I remember being stuck with this question when I first started growing. I just germinated a variety of seeds for my first batch, and placed them into flower (as normal). As soon as the plants showed their sex, I simply took 1/2/3 cuttings off each female plant (with careful considerations) which then became the next batch. This is efficient because the cuttings are sexually mature from when they become established. I still grow this way too!

However, you could change this slightly and, instead of taking cuttings from each female plant you germinate, simply remove one female from flower (once it's shown sex), place it in veg for a week allowing it to recover and use her as your mother plant.

Hope I've helped in some way!


Pink.

[canniwhatsis]

Okay, cool. Thats what I was thinking. So preflowers aren't a way to determine sex?

No, Preflowers ARE the way to determine sex. I've found it takes about a month and a half under 18/6 from seed to show sex on most of the strains I'm growing.

I actually KEPT a male for breeding purposes, and he started OPENING pollen sacks in my VEGE room!!!! Which believe it or not pollenated one of my mothers resulting in a viable seed! Not quite the way I wanted to do it..... nor a cross I was wanting to do, but it happened none the less! :hippy:


Be patient with your plant, OR take a cutting, and root it in your flowering room. I've never liked using a light cycle to root clones, (always done 24-0 for rooting) But it's supposed to work just the same. By the time it's rooted it'll be showing sex.