sex?????????????????

[digitaldog]

Ok this is the score!

This is my 1st grow. Although i did my homework for a while i still managed to kill two of my plants ( out of four that i germinated) basically from under-estimating the heat given off from a 400W hps!!!
i bought a few of them envirolights and since then the two i was left with have gone from strength to strength!! I`ve not used my hps 400w since cos i don`t think my grow space can really handle it at the mo but i eventually plan to expand. i`m growing indoors in dirt in a soil/perlite/verm mix with two 125w cfl`s ( blues) and a few 6" fans on 24/ 0
i`ve noticed as the fan leaves have grown bigger the rate of growth has really shot up now and i have 2 really healthy looking bushy plants!!!
i was thinkin of putting them into flower within the next week or two as i realise they will maybe double in size during the flowering process and i`m a bit limited with space.
However i`ve noticed on one of them that ------ at the junction where the 8th and above nodes are -- there looks like balls!! - i`ve never sexed a plant yet unyet i`ve read loads and seen many pictures on the subject and i`m really confused as to wether these are actually pollen sacks or just very small new leaf growths in their early stage!!
i`m hoping i can post a few pics soon but i don`t have a digi cam or phone cam and waiting to see if i can borrow one
Are these male pollen sacks or do u get small rounded shaped early leaf growths???
if this is a male what do i do with it??? Just remove it and kill it???? Is it totally worthless??????? seems such a shame as i`ve mothered it for about 3 months!!
Is it actually too early to say 100% or should i take it to 12/0 and see if it shows sex for definite then??
if i do try to flower it in the same space as the other plant and it does turn out to be male won`t it shag my female and then i`ll end up with nothing???
Sorry to ask so many questions but don`t seem to matter how much i read i don`t seem to be able to find answers to these questions.

i`ve bought two 125watt envirolight reds for my flower by the way. My 400w hps will be redundant unfortunately until i get my new room sorted and then watch out!!!!!!!!!!
Any answers to my questions very much appreciated!!
Cheers

digitaldog Reviewed by digitaldog on 08-10-2005. sex????????????????? Ok this is the score! This is my 1st grow. Although i did my homework for a while i still managed to kill two of my plants ( out of four that i germinated) basically from under-estimating the heat given off from a 400W hps!!! i bought a few of them envirolights and since then the two i was left with have gone from strength to strength!! I`ve not used my hps 400w since cos i don`t think my grow space can really handle it at the mo but i eventually plan to expand. Rating: 5

[chillsmoke]

could be a male but like u said give it more time n then check n i dont think youll get a lot of harvest from that plant if u flower too early get it nice big n bushy then put it on 12/12 to flower n you will have way better harvest