Can you "micro sex"/"early sexing"?... High rez. close-up pics inside!..

Jay420

Jay420

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Wow, its still so hard to tell. Im def scribed! Lets hope for some girls. Fingers crossed! :peace::joint:
 
Wolfman Zen

Wolfman Zen

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Thanks guys... they have been in 12/12 for about 2 1/2 weeks

I was told that trimming leaves may delay their sexual development... Do you guys have any input on that?

Well I hope that is not the case... cuz I just gave them their first real pruning!
In either way..

Esperansa is a girl!!!!!!!!... right?

Found this on one of Esperansa's branches, that I had topped a few days ago.

You can clearly see 2 hairs... I've never early sexed before, but that looks like a girl to me... any other opinions?







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P@ssw0rd

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if you intend to clone you should either put her back under 18/6 or clone NOW and hope for the best. And stop pruning her, pruning is best done in the veg stage, not in flower under most situations. Good Luck

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Wolfman Zen

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Don't worry... I had already token 2 clones from each plant before switching to 12/12. Both of Esperansa's clones are doing well.. so her DNA is safe for the future =]

As for pruning... it was done solely to conserve space... I pruned them as though they were small fruit trees.. trying to focus energy to the future bud sights... with that being said... I have been told that pruning or trimming of leaves delays sexual development.. I can understand that since i'm sure the stress will stunt there growth for a few days. So what other side effects should I expect by pruning during the flowering stage... they have only been flowering for less then 3 weeks, and they are still showing signs of new growth.

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Kludge

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That Esperansa's a real slut, sticking her tongues out at everyone.

The other one looks like it's just another branch, guess we'll have to wait and see.
 
Wolfman Zen

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Thanks for the comments guys... and here are some pics of why I trimmed...

The plants were over crowded... If I new who was male and who was staying.. this would be easy... things would be so much easier once i'm working with just clones.. and I already know to either work with just 2 plants per chamber or flower earlier.


pics of before the big prune.. by the way this is their 2nd trim, but there first "prune"
In the 1st trim... I just trimmed the fan leaves... the 2nd time around I pruned leaves and lower branches.

Before



After



the trimmings


If pruning this late or this much was a mistake... there is no loss... since I'm learning with each success and mistake =]

Speaking of which... I've been hearing about a 24 hour dark period to speed up flowering... My instincts tell me not to and that it's all hype... but my curiosity is screaming to go for it lol... so of course i'm going to go for it... to night will be there 24 hour dark period... we will see how they respond to that.

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koolhand77

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Man I am hooked on your threads. you have some nasty I mean good looking plants. I do ask what is with the netting above them? why do you have it? I am germinating 2 grandaddy purp seeds and hoping for the best you give me inspiration. Growing in peatmoss, tiny bit of organic soil and perlite. I do have a snow white that after 2 weeks is still a seedling. There was a thread talking about the white strain but aren't one of these plants ww? keep up the good work.
 
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koolhand77

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keep up the goodwork. I say try it you might see the plants react a little to not having light for a day but, you should be fine. On a dark cloudy day how much light is acutally getting to plants outside? the kinda hibernate for the day then explode with growth when the sun hits them. I'm landscaper I love plants.
 
Wolfman Zen

Wolfman Zen

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koolhand77 said:
Man I am hooked on your threads. you have some nasty I mean good looking plants. I do ask what is with the netting above them? why do you have it? I am germinating 2 grandaddy purp seeds and hoping for the best you give me inspiration. Growing in peatmoss, tiny bit of organic soil and perlite. I do have a snow white that after 2 weeks is still a seedling. There was a thread talking about the white strain but aren't one of these plants ww? keep up the good work.
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Thanks koolhand.. and the netting is for scroging... ScrOG.. (Screen Of Green)... it's a method of low stress training.

I'm actually working on a complete do it yourself micro cab, that can be built by stuff that can easily be found at walmart/lowes/homedepot. You could use lava rock to replace the clay pellets but have not found a replacement for the rockwool... however I was thinking of making a small net to hold the perlite.. suspending in lava rock with in the net pots. Keep an eye out for a "DIY micro dwc cab from walmart Zen style" lol


Update..

The 24 hour dark period may have done them some good.......

I got another girl!!
These shots are from "Spirit".. again it showed in the branches.





I have 2 girls now... and that is all I need... but I don't have the heart to git rid of the other 2 just yet... I'm going to give them 1 more day... if they show female I'll keep them... if they don't show, then I will be giving them away... if they show male... well you know.

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