New To This. Indoor Plant Help!

i'm completely new to this and thought i'd try out my "green" thumb. i planted about 5 seeds in a decent sized pot with potting soil. three weeks later, i now have four plants growing in the same pot. i kept the plants on my patio for the first few weeks, but moved them indoors last week b/c i was afraid someone might notice what i was growing. they seem to be very strong and are starting to have a very nice smell. i don't know what to do next... should i have them on some sort of lighting schedule? should i seperate the plants? will they actually produce anything? everything that i have read leads me to think that i should've used a different method to get the plants started, but they really look great right now... does anyone have any suggestions? i'd really appreciate any advice!!! THANKS!

If all the plants are in 1 pot you difinetly have to seperate them unless they are all female. If you are growing indoor have a lighting schedule is a good idea. 12 hr ON 12 hrs Off will produce buds.
If you do seperate the plants try to be careful and not damaging their roots.
peace...

thanks for your advice... i'll try to seperate them. any advice on how to tell if it's a male or female plant?

its simple to tell... the males have balls


Male Plant


Female Marijuana Plant

yeah man i need some help i got spots on m y plant brown and yellow help

rollitup said:

its simple to tell... the males have balls
here is a link to sex your marijuana plants : Sexing Marijuana Plants

Male Plant

Female Marijuana Plant

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just wanted to know about how old was the plant in this pic? because mine is almost a month old now and I dont see any of that...

topendgrower said:

yeah man i need some help i got spots on m y plant brown and yellow help

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The yellow is from too much water and or fertilizer. The brown could be some sort of leaf disease - cut it out if you can. Sometimes plants close to all the power can get brown-ish spots.

I really cut down on the water this grow and have much healthier looking grow - very little yellowing and when I get the yellowing I cut back. Something I've started doing is watering plants that need and not make one watering of all plants simply because its been a couple days - "Let's water them all" mentality. If you go this route pay attention to the soil and leaf drooping. Dry soil and slightly crusty to the touch is a good indication to water. Don't over due the water (in soil grow medium) ; you want the roots to seek and fight to get that water - strong roots = good grow.


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playgirlxoxosummer said:

just wanted to know about how old was the plant in this pic? because mine is almost a month old now and I dont see any of that...

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You have to have your plants on a 12/12 lighting schedule in order for your plants sex to be visible. But yeah that male picture is kind of hard to see. Maybe a closer shot between the nodes so he knows what he should be looking for. Basically they look like little balls on the male plants between the nodes. And for females its little hairs exactly like the picture. Every strain is different too you gotta take that into consideration. One Love

I am sorry but I was wondering if someone could post a better pic of the male.

How quickly into 12/12 can I identify the male and at that point is it still early enough I can
cover it with a garbage bag, snip it at the base and dispose of it without it affecting my girls?

MiMedicalMJ said:

I am sorry but I was wondering if someone could post a better pic of the male.

How quickly into 12/12 can I identify the male and at that point is it still early enough I can
cover it with a garbage bag, snip it at the base and dispose of it without it affecting my girls?

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After a week or two into the switch to 12/12 the sex should become clear and at that point males should be perfectly harmless to the females.

You can wait until your plant has been vegging for about two months, and the hairs should show - putting it on a 12/12 is just going to add time to the grow. About a month or so extra.

how long does it take for the hairs to show up on females?

PassiveNature said:

You can wait until your plant has been vegging for about two months, and the hairs should show - putting it on a 12/12 is just going to add time to the grow. About a month or so extra.

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I am told that two months is kinda long for vegging, by about two weeks, no? I am a newbie with just a couple of attempted but no successful grows yet. Too, I am again told that one can obtain quite a good production under 12/12 exclusively, no? I must admit that attempting to identify those males can be a challenge. Therefore, my next grow will be from feminized seeds.

what happends if you have the male and female plant together and how long does it take after you first start growing them to tell if its male or female

Im new to growing and i dont want a very big plant cause its hard for me to hide it, is there any way to keep it small and still produce some nice bud? and my plant is about 1 month old can i just put it into flowering now?

rollitup said:

its simple to tell... the males have balls


Male Plant

Female Marijuana Plant

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After reading the posts I think I need HELP! I dont think I'm doing anything correctly. I have 2 plants. One about 6weeks old, the other just about 3 weeks. I have them on a timer--17 hrs (so I guess I'm wrong there)--but I STILL can't tell if the larger, older plant is male. I looked at all the pictures I could find. There's no balls on it, there seems to be hairs but nothing that looks like those "pistls" in the pics. Its just not all that simple for me to tell and I figured after all this time there should be some clue. Can it be asexual? Seems to me the only thing coming out of the sides of the plants are more leaves. Advice from the experts, pls!

I sure wish SOMEONE would answer my post or point me to the direction of where its already been answered because its not simple to tell which is male and which is female, I dont know what "veg" means and no one has answered about the 12/12 and my 17hr a day (apparent) mistake. What IF ANYTHING can be done to rectify this situation before I lose my babies/

MedUseMeg said:

I sure wish SOMEONE would answer my post or point me to the direction of where its already been answered because its not simple to tell which is male and which is female, I dont know what "veg" means and no one has answered about the 12/12 and my 17hr a day (apparent) mistake. What IF ANYTHING can be done to rectify this situation before I lose my babies/

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"veg" = vegetative state. its like the plant is a child and growing.

when the plants are in the dark they produce a hormone to make them flower (or go through puberty). light interrupts this process, so if you have long summer days (and hence shorter dark periods) the process is interrupted when the sun rises (or your lights turn on) and vegging continues. once the nights are long enough the hormone will make it flower. thats what putting it on a 12/12 cycle does.

you need to place it on a 12/12 cycle and leave it alone in the dark during the 12 hour dark period. after about a week they will start to flower and it is at this point you will see the male balls.

i had 5 plants on a 24hr light schedule for about 6-7 months. sure enough about 10 days after i put them in the flower chamber the sexes started to show.

Thank you Guy Incognito! Your explanation was exactly what I needed.

Thx so much for the info. It was a BIG help!