Today is shaping up to be a busy day. Three plants are beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt males, and have been removed from the space. There are 1-2 more potential males that will be checked on later, but I'm pretty sure they're dudes. At least I'm getting a pretty good idea what early male plants look like, whatever that's worth.
On to the good news--the two females are 100% confirmed, and looking mighty healthy! One was droopy this morning, but after watering a few hours ago she looks great! And now, pictures...
Here are two of the males. I'm going to use them to practice removing a plant from the container, so I know what to do when I move the girls in the next couple days and don't cause them any undue stress.
These three are all close-up pics of the three different confirmed male plants. Even though female preflowers can look like little male flowers, I don't think the female's separate from the node and dangle the way these male balls do...something to consider when trying to sex in the future
This next one is a view of the large female who was watered yesterday. Still sort of droopy, but I think this is as straight as she is gonna get (compared with yesterdays pic).
I love these "up the skirt" shots!
Same shot minus the flash, no pun intended...
Here's the two confirmed females side by side. Drastically different looking plants, probably going to be different kinds of buds...
Here are the double-pots and the little warrior...I'm afraid one round pot (closest in pic below) may contain 1 male and 1 female, though I cannot yet confirm this. Should be interesting if that happens. Also, the bruised and battered little one is producing new growth finally, and looks like maybe will turn out female. Bummer, since this plant was once mighty and strong. But there may be hope yet, as I have a plan...
This last one is all the remaining plants in the space--lots more room now, so they can spread out nicely. There's a BIG problem...the two girls are already too big under most of the cfls and def can't fit directly under the hps. Every day is getting closer to crunch time (aka drop the shelf in a manner not yet realized time), but I need to wait until the rest show sex! Horizontal space improved, verticle space shrinking...
Given my lack of females and desire not to start all over from seed, these bitches are going to get cloned! There is a shelf above my current space that I used for germinating the seeds and sprouting the seedlings, but now is used for storage. I'm going to turn this into my veg space and run 18/6 or 20/4 and veg some clones while I flower the parents. I may elect to keep a mother plant, but we'll tackle that as it comes. Right now, I'm going to need to make the veg space LIGHT PROOF b/c it is directly above the flower space.
Once this is completed, I may top and re-veg the mangled plant, if indeed she proves to be female. Once she has caught up, its back in the flower chamber!
That's about as up to date as I can be. I'm going to rip the bong
, probably a few times
, and then to work on improving the garden.
Great news, my man. Most definitely a female there. I think the male is pretty much confirmed too. I would be tossing it from my garden if it were mine. Males produce less THC than the dirtiest schwag you've ever smoked so unless you plan on breeding then I would just trash it. And I don't know about you but I buy my CFLs locally. Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, whatever. Sometimes you have to go to more than one place to find 42 watters but they always have 26 watts at least. I don't think they're any more expensive than Ebay, especially when shipping comes into play.
