new to growing?have a few questions.

[starchildace]

hi!new to the site and to growing.i have a couple of questions.my plants are about 2 weeks old and are about 4 inches tall.i have 2 each in containers 4 inches deep and 6 inches wide.they are getting about 18 hours of light a day,12 sun,6 artificial.how long before i can tell the sex?how long after i know and get rid of the males should i wait before switching to 12/12?any help would be appreciated,thanks.

starchildace Reviewed by starchildace on 09-28-2005. new to growing?have a few questions. hi!new to the site and to growing.i have a couple of questions.my plants are about 2 weeks old and are about 4 inches tall.i have 2 each in containers 4 inches deep and 6 inches wide.they are getting about 18 hours of light a day,12 sun,6 artificial.how long before i can tell the sex?how long after i know and get rid of the males should i wait before switching to 12/12?any help would be appreciated,thanks. Rating: 5

[SeedKing72]

What strain are you growing? Can you provide any pics? Where is your grow? etc.. etc.. etc.. When to flower (12/12) is one of those questions that you will get a lot of different answers for.. Probably depends on the size of your growing space..

[SamoanLawyer]

some plants show sex while still in veg. My bubblegums did, usually the males show sex first , little banana shaped balls and females show a calyx with two hairs coming out
To really indicate sex you must induce flowering and to do that the plant must have 12 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS DARKNESS!!!

[starchildace]

i'm not sure of the strain.sedds came from good commercial.i just wondered if ther was like a good rule of thumb to determine when to induce flowering?and my understanding is most plants don't show their sex until flowering stage.is this correct?

[starchildace]

so how big should they be to induce flowering?right now they are about 7 inches tall with 5 nodes apiece.

[BobBong]

you can induce flowering whenever you'd like...obviously the longer you leave it the more you will yield, seeing as the plant itself will be larger.