conz123
Well-Known Member
why take the males out ??
Unless you have plans to breed or to produce lots of seeds, always separate male and female plants as soon as their sex becomes apparent. Remember one or two male marijuana plants can turn a whole crop to seed and you just don't want that happening.
Once you have a good female plant that you would like to keep you can place it in constant light to stop it from flowering. This plant can then be a "mother" for you to take cuttings from whenever you wish.
what do male plants look like ??
Males are often, but not always, tall with stout stems , sporadic branching and few leaves. Within 1-3 weeks of starting the flowering cycle, pollen sacks will begin to develop on male marijuana plants (shown in the photo at the bottom). The pollen sack circled in red has opened and released pollen that will fertilize female plants.
If you grow marijuana, either hydroponically or with soil, the male plants must be removed before pollen is released. If allowed to release pollen, a male marijuana plant will fertilize all the nearby female marijuana plants. Fertilized females will use some energy making seeds, rather than producing THC.
what do female plants look like ??
Telling a female marijuana plant from a male one can be tricky for the inexperienced grower. It is, however, essential to get a knack for doing this as early as possible. Unless you're breeding or cross-breeding marijuana, there is no reason to have male plants in the grow room.
Within 1-3 weeks of starting the flowering cycle, white hairs (pistils) will begin to develop at bud sites of female plants (shown in the photo at bottom). In contrast, the male marijuana plant will develop pollen sacks.
Clusters of flowers known as buds or colas only occur on female or hermaphrodite plants. Hermaphrodites are plants that are part male, part female. If you want sinsemilla buds, make sure you only have pure females.
when can i tell if its male or female ??
Plants in constant light can sometimes start to show some pre-flowers after only a few weeks of growth. Usually though it takes a change in light cycle to trigger the plants into full reproductive mode.
Most varieties of marijuana require 12 hours of darkness per day to induce their flowering cycles. Sativa varieties sometimes need more. Indica varieties can sometimes take less. Ruderalis varieties can flower whatever.
Early female marijuana flowers look like little furry hairs, usually white, but they can be other colors. Early male flowers look a bit like small bunches of mini green bananas. Look near the leaf joins on your plants to see them emerging.
Even pure female plants have the potential to turn male or hermaphrodite. This can happen if the plant is stressed too much through bad treatment or if chemicals are applied to the plant to induce male flowering.
i hope this little explanation has helpd any new comers to understand the subject a lil better now
please feel free to post replys all welcome
pics from left to right
1 = male cannabis plant
2 = female cannabis plant
3 = hermi cannabis plant (m+f)
4 = male and female cannabis plants
Unless you have plans to breed or to produce lots of seeds, always separate male and female plants as soon as their sex becomes apparent. Remember one or two male marijuana plants can turn a whole crop to seed and you just don't want that happening.
Once you have a good female plant that you would like to keep you can place it in constant light to stop it from flowering. This plant can then be a "mother" for you to take cuttings from whenever you wish.
what do male plants look like ??
Males are often, but not always, tall with stout stems , sporadic branching and few leaves. Within 1-3 weeks of starting the flowering cycle, pollen sacks will begin to develop on male marijuana plants (shown in the photo at the bottom). The pollen sack circled in red has opened and released pollen that will fertilize female plants.
If you grow marijuana, either hydroponically or with soil, the male plants must be removed before pollen is released. If allowed to release pollen, a male marijuana plant will fertilize all the nearby female marijuana plants. Fertilized females will use some energy making seeds, rather than producing THC.
what do female plants look like ??
Telling a female marijuana plant from a male one can be tricky for the inexperienced grower. It is, however, essential to get a knack for doing this as early as possible. Unless you're breeding or cross-breeding marijuana, there is no reason to have male plants in the grow room.
Within 1-3 weeks of starting the flowering cycle, white hairs (pistils) will begin to develop at bud sites of female plants (shown in the photo at bottom). In contrast, the male marijuana plant will develop pollen sacks.
Clusters of flowers known as buds or colas only occur on female or hermaphrodite plants. Hermaphrodites are plants that are part male, part female. If you want sinsemilla buds, make sure you only have pure females.
when can i tell if its male or female ??
Plants in constant light can sometimes start to show some pre-flowers after only a few weeks of growth. Usually though it takes a change in light cycle to trigger the plants into full reproductive mode.
Most varieties of marijuana require 12 hours of darkness per day to induce their flowering cycles. Sativa varieties sometimes need more. Indica varieties can sometimes take less. Ruderalis varieties can flower whatever.
Early female marijuana flowers look like little furry hairs, usually white, but they can be other colors. Early male flowers look a bit like small bunches of mini green bananas. Look near the leaf joins on your plants to see them emerging.
Even pure female plants have the potential to turn male or hermaphrodite. This can happen if the plant is stressed too much through bad treatment or if chemicals are applied to the plant to induce male flowering.
i hope this little explanation has helpd any new comers to understand the subject a lil better now
please feel free to post replys all welcome
pics from left to right
1 = male cannabis plant
2 = female cannabis plant
3 = hermi cannabis plant (m+f)
4 = male and female cannabis plants
