Male or female?

photonboy

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First time grower, sort of. Tried a couple of years ago but they turned hermaphrodite. So I'm a little nervous this time. Got three (girls, I hope) gifted to me in early veg, so I don't know what the strains are but there are at least two different ones. Took some close-ups today. My buddy says they look male to him but doesn't have anything other than a hunch. Anyone here with experience able to tell me if there are any clear signs one way or the other in these pics? Thanks much.
 

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kmksrh21

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I think I see lil tiny hairs in pic 1 and 2. If my mind's not playn' tricks on me, my opinion would be female. Definately looks like some calyxes forming there. :weed:
 

hgkdehs

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too early to tell. pic 1 could be a calyx or pollen sack, just wait a little while longer. it won't hurt anything to wait even if it is male
 

april

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still too early, wait and watch over the next week, my recent babies had 3 boys, all dropped their balls a day after each other, but i don't see any sign of balls yet in the above pics, sending positive vibes and female hormones ur way, best of luck
 

klmt

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if those are not small dried up hairs in pics one and two then i would agree that it is too early to tell. Im in the same boat with mine, i have had two males show out of 12, no signs of females yet. You just have to wait it out to know for sure.
 

the russian man

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listen mine started showing hairs aweek ago iget lucky every year i swear lol last yea rsame thing how igrow its weird tho ialways end up with a4ft plant no matter wat ithink its cuz my awesome mix of nutrients lol anyways man i would love to get my hands on a pink plant lol and best luck to u my freind keep us posted
 

photonboy

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Thanks for all of the feedback. I figured this would be a cool community here and I wasn't wrong. Well, I'm on pins and needles since I've put so much time and love into these three. Been out of work for a while so I've been able to check up on them all throughout the day, like a stay at home dad. Been feeding them Buddha Grow, bit o molasses, shaking off the white flies and mites like twenty or thirty times a day, couple of Azatrol applications, etc. And now they are just on the edge of showing, although I'm really thinking (hoping?) they're girls.

I was gonna post a few more pics of each plant showing the full thing but realized it's like forcing people to look at your baby pics, you love 'em to death but everyone else smiles and secretly thinks; "another pic of the same thing? boooooring!"

But I definitely will post some good close-ups when they show one way or the other. My friend has an awesome camera so I'll try to make them magazine quality. Hopefully the last post in this thread will be a pile of sticky, cured & trimmed buds..
 

Korner420Garden

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Thanks for all of the feedback. I figured this would be a cool community here and I wasn't wrong. Well, I'm on pins and needles since I've put so much time and love into these three. Been out of work for a while so I've been able to check up on them all throughout the day, like a stay at home dad. Been feeding them Buddha Grow, bit o molasses, shaking off the white flies and mites like twenty or thirty times a day, couple of Azatrol applications, etc. And now they are just on the edge of showing, although I'm really thinking (hoping?) they're girls.

I was gonna post a few more pics of each plant showing the full thing but realized it's like forcing people to look at your baby pics, you love 'em to death but everyone else smiles and secretly thinks; "another pic of the same thing? boooooring!"

But I definitely will post some good close-ups when they show one way or the other. My friend has an awesome camera so I'll try to make them magazine quality. Hopefully the last post in this thread will be a pile of sticky, cured & trimmed buds..
I personally love looking at pics of other people's plants. Lol they kind are like baby pics, you have to be a grower to appreciate them.
 

photonboy

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looks female to me
Thanks, amigo, I sure hope so. Just popped over and checked out yer thread from last year and must say that I am deeply humbled! What an awesome adventure that must have been. Living in an urban area with a small garden space I can only dream about grows like that. Almost worth packing up and heading for the hills. As cool as that thread was it occurred to me that you could write a how-to book just on that grow, with the crucial details like materials, nutes, timing, lessons learned, etc. I would definitely buy it and it would be sticking out of my back pocket all season long. It's so hard to find good, solid info on organic outdoor growing. It's not that the info isn't out there its that its so mixed up in the swirl of everyones opinions about this n that but you could put it in one place and your results would speak for themselves..
 

photonboy

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too early to tell. pic 1 could be a calyx or pollen sack, just wait a little while longer. it won't hurt anything to wait even if it is male
So aside from pollinating other plants, which is bad, of course, are males totally useless? If one or more show male should I just throw them in the compost bin or just separate them from the crowd?
 

photonboy

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Love this pic bro, hope it helps...!

Male on the left/female on rite.:weed:
Yeah, I've seen that pic. Definitely not showing any sacs but no clear hairs either. But I haven't really looked closely at them for at least twenty minutes so I'd better go see if anything is different yet! :grin:
 

photonboy

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if those are not small dried up hairs in pics one and two then i would agree that it is too early to tell. Im in the same boat with mine, i have had two males show out of 12, no signs of females yet. You just have to wait it out to know for sure.
Do you have any pics of when they first started showing?
 

photonboy

Member
still too early, wait and watch over the next week, my recent babies had 3 boys, all dropped their balls a day after each other, but i don't see any sign of balls yet in the above pics, sending positive vibes and female hormones ur way, best of luck
LOL. The vibes and hormones are much appreciated!
 
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