I got 2 northren lights and one white rhino approx 3 foot 2 inches tall that are on day 2 of recieving 12-12 light schedule to start flowering....how and when can i tell males from females and get them out???...I also got littler ones 3 weeks behind so for part of the time they are all together in the light....does that matter?? could the smaller ones which will remain under 18 hr light for veg growth fertilize the 3 foot females i got and ruin it? PEACE AND HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey go to the newbie central forum and click on the 100 already asked questions.It has a pic of what the male and female plants look like.From what i know the females will grow hairs at the node.The male will look like a tiny green footballs then become clusters of them.Im a noob at growing so i cant answer the other questions.

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Preflowers, as opposed to full blown flowers, generally appear after the fourth week of vegetative growth from seed. Check carefully above the fourth node. Please note that preflowers are very small and and almost impossible to differentiate without magnification. A photographer's 10x loupe is handy indeed when examining preflowers.

As the images below demonstrate, the female preflower is pear shaped and produces a pair of pistils. Frequently, the female preflowers do not show pistils until well after the preflowers have emerged. Thus, don't yank a plant because it has no pistils. Pistillate preflowers are located at the node between the stipule and emerging branch.

Also, some female preflowers never produce pistils. A female preflower without pistils is difficult to distinguish from a male preflower. Thus, hermaphodite issues should not be resolved by the appearance of preflowers, without pistils, on a plant otherwise believed to be a female.

Female (pistillate)



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Female (pistillate)


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The male preflower may be described as a "ball on a stick." However, its most recognizable feature is its absence of pistils. Sometimes, a male plant will develop mature staminate flowers after prolonged periods of vegetative growth. These appear in clusters around the nodes.

The following image shows a male plant in early flowering. Staminate flowers are located at the node between the stipule and emerging branch.

Male (staminate)


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