1st time grower is this a male???

[GrandRefa]

Hi 1 of my plants finally started showing its sex, im like 95% sure its a male but would like some feedback before I pull it to be safe.....what do yall think?Attachment 290232Attachment 290233Attachment 290234Attachment 290235

GrandRefa Reviewed by GrandRefa on 03-11-2013. 1st time grower is this a male??? Hi 1 of my plants finally started showing its sex, im like 95% sure its a male but would like some feedback before I pull it to be safe.....what do yall think?290232290233290234290235 Rating: 5

[Shovelhandle]

Yes

[Mal420xl]

ditto

[HipsterDoofus]

Undeniably male, man. Sorry.

[GrandRefa]

Thanks guys....30 mins till lights on and hes gettn chopped

[GrandRefa]

Was heartbreaking hope I dont have to do that again heh

[Shovelhandle]

they sell feminized seeds

[GrandRefa]

I know with it being first time doing hydro I was just testing it out.

[Rumpl4skn]

they sell feminized seeds

I bought "feminized" Afghan seeds for my first grow (still ongoing), for about twice the price, and with no stress issues at all, and healthy growth, 2 of the 8 plants that matured from seeds were males. So far, 2 more are clearly females, and 4 are still on the ID block, as this is week 1 of 12/12. This was from AMS, and though they clearly state that there's "no guarantee" with seed sex, I don't think I'll be going back there for the next seed batch.

I may not even bother with the expensive feminized again either, if this is the success rate. I'll take my chances and keep a close watch, as I had to do anyway.

[low_rdr]

This is why its good to keep a mom around. I keep my moms in soil for 4-6 months, then they get chopped in half (size them down) and I continue to pull clones off of her until I have a huge 2x main cola tree, then I'll flower them out and put 2nd gen in the mom chamber.

I'll do this for 3 generations until I crack a new seed. But in all honesty, I still have seeds from a year ago sitting in storage, I just keep adding to my strains, I'll pop 1-2 of the strain, keep the healthy one for the mom, and flower the runt, and continue on the cloning process.

For me, this is the way to go. I always buy feminized seeds (when I can) but even with that, I've only tossed 2 males in a year (both were from regular packs, one I did harvest some pollen from for future use) I also own some tieramist to force a plant to hermie if I'm low on the strain and really want my own feminized seeds from it. However, for the most part, I order new strains to test them out.

Example - I just switched to an RDWC system, and I have 3 strains in a 4 bucket system, Pineapple Express (my main), Big Bud (x2) and C99. Pineapple Express and Big Bud have just about the same nutrient tolerances (can force feed HEAVILY) but the C99 didn't take well to it. Now C99 is a great smoke, so I've either got to isolate her in a DWC system, put her in soil, or hold back on the nutes for all the plants - At this point, I've got about 10 healthy clones of C99, so the question is, do I deal with the lesser nutes on all my plants, or kill the strain.

Back to the original topic, I've only cracked 2 out of 10 C99 seeds, otherwise it would have been a HUGE waste of cash and resources. Because in order for me to grow it properly I either need a new setup, or have to adjust to the plant, which I don't know if I want to do yet. However, if I do kill it off and make room for another pineapple or big bud, I'll still have the mom in soil, so I don't lose the strain.

Good points about cloning: The clone will ALWAYS look like the mom (unless you do a crappy cut on the clone), the clone will ALWAYS be the sex of the mom, and, you never have to buy another seed if your happy with your strain (unless some act of god/loss of power cause you to pop another seed) but you can have 1000000000 F1 clones and not lose any potency. (As long as you don't flower the mom)