Is my papaya a girl or boy???

Hello fellers, My plants just started showing sex. I Recently switched lighting cycles from 24hrs to 18/6, so I'm thinking this could be why they are showing. it is about 14inches tall and like a month old already. I'm not that good of a grower yet but I'm getting better. now what my real question to you gurus out there is whether you guys think my plant is a fem or male?? also you cannot see to well in those photos but the plants are showing white pistol hairs. but its also showing weird things right about the nodes that almost look to be baby leaves however they show no growth. also if anyone can see anything wrong with my plant right off the bat I'm down for criticism. I want to learn. OK thanks a lot guys

try to get a closer picture using macro setting, from what i can see (with my head turned sideways) is that in the second pic it looks (sorta kinda) like male pre-flowers, now if you do see pistils it is a female, but make sure its at the node and theyre in pairs, anything else probably isnt a pistil, but lets hope it isnt and its a female im waiting to see on mine to show sex now

Yah, I know for sure that they are pistols. Ive been around a lot of grows but just never really done one for myself. I have been looking at a lot of pictures of males and is doesn't look quite like them. I Hope it isnt a hermie. One other question I have too for someone is do hermi's on produce fem seeds? ok Thanks again guys ill try to get some better pictures. Do you think 14in a month is accurate or slow??

xpinkx said:

try to get a closer picture using macro setting, from what i can see (with my head turned sideways) is that in the second pic it looks (sorta kinda) like male pre-flowers, now if you do see pistils it is a female, but make sure its at the node and theyre in pairs, anything else probably isnt a pistil, but lets hope it isnt and its a female im waiting to see on mine to show sex now

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the pistils are in pairs and on the nodes as well the other shit growing is right above the node where a branch would grow.

nwnignogs said:

Yah, I know for sure that they are pistols. Ive been around a lot of grows but just never really done one for myself. I have been looking at a lot of pictures of males and is doesn't look quite like them. I Hope it isnt a hermie. One other question I have too for someone is do hermi's on produce fem seeds? ok Thanks again guys ill try to get some better pictures. Do you think 14in a month is accurate or slow??

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