Is this a male plant?

i left it for several days, the more time passes it shows more characteristic of male. but i never saw before. What you guys say about it???
should i terminate it??IMG_20150207_192825.jpgIMG_20150207_192931.jpg
 

OldPork

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You should wait a few more days but my bet is it's male. You have time to pull yet, no pollen is close to being released
 

ChingOwn

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You fucking crushed my dreams...I thought there was going to be a painting of an ifffy male plant in here with the title..since you posted it in the inspired art section.........Dream Crusher
 
Hi Guys, i Belive Hugo was right , they turned to tiny leaves , i will post later on.
but you know im new in this and i dont have experience. it is my first time. :)
 
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Looks like new growth to me. Nanners come in clusters, and are on little teeny-tiny stems.
Hi Hugo, I was wondering , is it possible that topping a plant can cause hormonal interruption to it and make it shoot out some male flowers(in genral , not this case , because you were totaly right about new growth, looks like male flower)??
 

Hugo Phurst

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Hi Hugo, I was wondering , is it possible that topping a plant can cause hormonal interruption to it and make it shoot out some male flowers(in genral , not this case , because you were totaly right about new growth, looks like male flower)??
Stress can cause male flowers, yes, but only during floweriing.
New growth & pre-flowers can look alike, so I wait until the real flowers show up during 12/12 to sex the plants. Males generally show first, and at a longer light interval something around 14/10.
 
Stress can cause male flowers, yes, but only during floweriing.
New growth & pre-flowers can look alike, so I wait until the real flowers show up during 12/12 to sex the plants. Males generally show first, and at a longer light interval something around 14/10.
Thanks alot, cuz i shifted them too late on 12/12 and one of them turned to a monster (the one i didnt Top)and now has flowers on it , i was thinking to cut the top of it , but now i know its stupid to do it this much late, so i tie him down as possible.
you know somtimes paying so much attention to smtn will ruin it.
i hope you dont mind my questions... :)
 
Generally you need to veg it for a week and then flip to 12/12, then it will show sex in a week or two. But some males will show male parts even in veg stage.
Hi, somebody told me 5 weeks Vegging and 8 weeks for flowering , so i did that procedure but this cauzed them to grow extremly big and exceed my space limits. so if i want to keep them in the desired size and height , when i have to shift them on 12/12? somebody said when they reach 60% of desired size you have to switch em on 12/12... or Top them and things like that...but i dont know yet what to do , atleast for my next grow.
 

oilmkr420

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Generally you need to veg it for a week and then flip to 12/12, then it will show sex in a week or two. But some males will show male parts even in veg stage.
So after flipping to 12/12 to find sex, can you place it back if veg, so your girls don't have tits at 5 years old? Or must you continue 12/12 from that point on all little and immature? Just to sex it would be a waste, but to have it develop that long naturally could be catastrophic to a crop.
 

oilmkr420

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I heard a birth control pill dissolved in a 5 gallon bucket of water helps keep the plant feminin because of the female hormones put into the pill helps sway herming up on you as well as adding beefy bulk to the yield.
 

_MrBelvedere_

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So after flipping to 12/12 to find sex, can you place it back if veg, so your girls don't have tits at 5 years old? Or must you continue 12/12 from that point on all little and immature? Just to sex it would be a waste, but to have it develop that long naturally could be catastrophic to a crop.
Yeah I was just talking very basic facts, not best practice. Like you said... A faster/better way to do it is to grow the seedling (we will nickname this plant P1) in veg stage, and when it grows about a foot high, and has a side branch- you clone/cut that side branch and this clone will develop roots. Once the roots are showing, your clone was successful. So next put that clone into 12/12 and wait for it to show sex. If the clone shows female pistils great, you can keep P1 as your mother plant and make more cuts and share them with your friends. If the clone turns out to be a male, you can destroy P1. Or you can keep P1 for future breeding project. Most people destroy the males to keep their plant count down.

Theres other methods, but hope this one makes sense.
 

_MrBelvedere_

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Hi, somebody told me 5 weeks Vegging and 8 weeks for flowering , so i did that procedure but this cauzed them to grow extremly big and exceed my space limits. so if i want to keep them in the desired size and height , when i have to shift them on 12/12? somebody said when they reach 60% of desired size you have to switch em on 12/12... or Top them and things like that...but i dont know yet what to do , atleast for my next grow.

It depends on a lot of things like sativa vs indica, color spectrum during the first couple weeks of flip.... it is up to you. If you want them to not grow crazy tall, then just flip them when they are 5-15 inches or whatever you think will work for your space...
 
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