1st grow, question about sexing preflowers..

[Dictionary]

My plants are 6 weeks old. I have a few plants that are growing really well and I want to try to sex them so I know I'm not wasting my time. I already have a few cuttings in the flower room but I was inspecting one plant in particular and noticed some bulbs at the first 3 nodes (places I had taken clones from, specifically). The pictures I have found don't look like this so I'm wondering if its male preflowers or something else.

Ps, sorry the resolution isn't fantastic. My camera sucks.
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Also, the plant is LST'd so I couldn't get many angles without hurting the branches. All the other nodes just show the regular stuff. No gender specific parts yet.

Dictionary Reviewed by Dictionary on 08-10-2013. 1st grow, question about sexing preflowers.. My plants are 6 weeks old. I have a few plants that are growing really well and I want to try to sex them so I know I'm not wasting my time. I already have a few cuttings in the flower room but I was inspecting one plant in particular and noticed some bulbs at the first 3 nodes (places I had taken clones from, specifically). The pictures I have found don't look like this so I'm wondering if its male preflowers or something else. Ps, sorry the resolution isn't fantastic. My camera sucks. Rating: 5

[TANKJR]

I wouldn't worry about it too much...If you have some cuttings in the flower room, you will know soon enough what sex they are. I don't see anything that would indicate male or anything, so you'll just have to wait it out. There are a number of ways to "pre-sex" a plant.

1) the seed itself. If the seed has a concave area where it broke off from the plant, it is reportedly highly likely it will be female. Not 100%, but likely. If it has a level or bulbous look at that particular area of the seed it will likely be a male.

2) The early seedling. Emiliya did a study earlier on here that she claimed if there was a red streak in the early sprout stem, it was likely going to develop into a female. Straight up green stem and it was likely a male.

3) where the branches meet a larger stem, there are likely to develop a small bulb and 2 hairs...likely a female. Ball sack and balls....well, that should be obvious...it's a male.

Other than this or if you've missed those windows to determine sex, the sure fire way to find out is stick em under 12/12 for 2 weeks and then you will know for sure.

Hope this helps, but you must remember, plants grow at their pace, not ours...we would all like to veg for a week and flower for a week and get 10lbs per plant of killer bud, but it just don't work like that. Patience is a virtue, be virtuous.

[Dictionary]

Yes thank you so much! I was getting really worried it was male. That one is my favorite. I've been babying the hell out of it so I am gonna be pretty upset if its male. Lol

[built2spill]

Some pre flowers are so small you need magnification to see them.

[Dictionary]

Some pre flowers are so small you need magnification to see them.

Yah I did a lot of reading last night and today and with some really close study found preflowers on several plants. Still need a bit to be able to tell but hopefully soon so I can stop wasting time and resources on the males! Thanks y'all!

[Dictionary]

Ok, I still can't tell, I figure its too soon, but just so I know if I'm looking at the right thing, the tiny growth that is almost a 90 degree angle to the main stem. That's a pre-flower, correct? I know my picture quality isn't great. Sorry.

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Edited to add: this plant is a different plant that has been flowering for 5-6 days.