Am I looking at male preflowers here?

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jerichojews

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After 6 weeks of veg, and 1 week of flower, this is what things look like. I have no idea what's going on. Please help....

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kwilli

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I don't see any pistils, 4th pick looks to be male but hard to say, it's still early. My female didn't show for 2 weeks and all males showed the first week of flower. Keep a check on them.
 
AWnox

AWnox

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Look closely; if it looks like an upside down spade then you have a boy, still a bit early to tell though, you should have your answer in a few days though. Here's a pic to compare.

 
dimebong

dimebong

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It is a tad early. In pic 4 it looks like it has the shape of a pollin sack judging from the actual pattern on the thing. Check for a short stem which would be a sign of male, although if you don't have a female to compare it with you wouldn't be able to judge accurately by looking for a stem because sometimes when the pistils are just coming out it looks like the pistils are actually the sack and the calyx looks like the stem.
 
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jerichojews

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dimebong said:
It is a tad early. In pic 4 it looks like it has the shape of a pollin sack judging from the actual pattern on the thing. Check for a short stem which would be a sign of male, although if you don't have a female to compare it with you wouldn't be able to judge accurately by looking for a stem because sometimes when the pistils are just coming out it looks like the pistils are actually the sack and the calyx looks like the stem.
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There actually is a female to compare it to, but that one started showing pistils way earlier. I don't know. These were from feminized seeds, so I was expecting a hermie at worst, but not a male.
 
dimebong

dimebong

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There actually is a female to compare it to, but that one started showing pistils way earlier. I don't know. These were from feminized seeds, so I was expecting a hermie at worst, but not a male.
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Check where the new growth is on the female and you should catch some small preflowers to compare with the male.
 
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jerichojews

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dimebong said:
Check where the new growth is on the female and you should catch some small preflowers to compare with the male.
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Crap. So you're ready to write that other one off as a male??? I thought that feminized seeds only yield true males something like1 out of every 1000 or so times.
 
dimebong

dimebong

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Crap. So you're ready to write that other one off as a male??? I thought that feminized seeds only yield true males something like1 out of every 1000 or so times.
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Not at all. Like i said it's too early and preflowers look too similar at this age without a microscope. I was just saying that you should do that so you can see how well you can guess but i have two plants going right now that are showing sex and their preflowers looked different on some nodes but both are female.
 
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jerichojews

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Over a week later, and still not clear to me. Frustrating thing is that there is another one of the exact same strain, grown under exact same conditions, which showed obvious pistils 2 weeks ago. Anyway, these are the most recent. Can anybody detect anything??? (BTW, these are feminised cotton candy by delicious seeds)

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ItsSaturday

ItsSaturday

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jerichojews said:
Over a week later, and still not clear to me. Frustrating thing is that there is another one of the exact same strain, grown under exact same conditions, which showed obvious pistils 2 weeks ago. Anyway, these are the most recent. Can anybody detect anything??? (BTW, these are feminised cotton candy by delicious seeds)

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Looks almost like male to me. I would move it away from your positive girls and give it another week or two at most if it doesn't start showing pistals kill it off. If you move it make sure not to shake it too much if it is male you don't want any pollen in your grow area unless you want seeds.
 
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