Stressing Plants To Show Sex

ALX420 · #1 04-16-2008, 02:32 PM

Last week i was revising my greenhouse and accidently took off one of the main stalks on a medium size Blue Satellite 70+ days into vegge. it was topped at a young age so it has two stalks. within a day it started showing female traits. wondering if any one has heard about stress sexing.

We TaRdED · #2 04-16-2008, 02:38 PM

no i havent??? hmmm do you have any pics?

ALX420 · #3 04-16-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by We TaRdED

no i havent??? hmmm do you have any pics?

updating gallery as i type but i am still working on close ups.

Geneticist · #4 04-27-2008, 12:01 PM

I read that stress will only make for more male plants, I think it is some kind of a survival thing, a male can pollinate a large number of females so if the plant is under stress, it chooses to become a male to increase the chance of survival of the specie. It makes sense...

balihai · #5 06-26-2008, 09:00 PM

wouldnt it be the other way around? one male can pollinate alot of females... im not saying that from sressing them they are more likely to become male. I have 4 plants outdoors and i topped them..... where the new stalks shot up, i can see my males and females. I couldnt believe it. Im from lower michigan and i had them in the ground on 4-20. they are about 4 feet tall and its only the end of june. but yea today i was suprissed as hell when they showed their sex. They are sweet purple and have at least 3 and a half months left to grow. gonna be huge!