How to tell early stages between male and female ? - Page 4

Rayvrien Dawson · #31 05-22-2008, 02:22 PM

What is the best lighting to use and can I grow male and female together and if not how do i tell them apart.

Beaters · #32 06-12-2008, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by onep0ket0ke

Scratch my last post, for I was misinformed.

The difference in leaves decides the "strain".
Cannabis Indica has fat leaves usually in no more than 5 leaflets
Cannabis Sativa has long slender leaves with up to 9 leaflets

In case anyone every needs to know how to tell the difference between male, female, and hermaphrodite plants.

Female plants, when in late vegetative -pre-flowering stage- will produce pistils.
Male plants, when in the same stage will start to produce a sack that sort of resemble Garbanzo Beans. These open up in flowering and pollinate females causing a female to end THC and bud production and begin seed production.
Hermaphrodite plants, in the same stage will show both sexes and are of very little use to the grower for recreational use.

Males should only be Kept in the wish of creating buds with seeds for reproduction. Otherwise, I recommend cloning cuttings.

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Those are some very nice macro pix. Just curious, what kind of camera/lens was used on those males? Those images were better than anything I've yet seen in books.