Quote Originally Posted by qdavid
I've been reading that a clone should be taken from a plant during the veg stage. But if during the veg stage, how do you know it's female you're cloning or are you just going by luck. I'm also curious how seed banks get their "feminized" seeds. Is there something they do to the seed or how can they tell it's a female?
If you leave a plant in the veg state long enough, it will eventually show preflowers before 12/12. Once you see pistils and know its a female, clone away. Or, you can take a clone from the mystery plant and put it into 12/12. Depending on the maturity of the plant you took the clone from, the sex will show in a few days to 2 weeks and youll know if you have a mother or a father.