5 weeks of flower and no sign of sex.. please help

noobgrow10111

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so I was using a 50w MH light for around the first 3 weeks of flowering and I understand why I would of been slow but now I have swapped to a 300w led which I have noticed a lot more growth from side beaches at the nodes and these little build ups on the side. I did swap my plant from veg to flower pretty early on as I don’t have a lot of room but it’s been almost 1 full month and still no sign of sex. If anyone has an idea please provide assistance. I have been using a flowering liquid fertiliser as well and ph all water to 6.4-6.7.
 

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simpleleaf

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It looks like the light has a lot of blue in it. What model of LED light are you using? Are you on 12/12? Your plant also looks droopy.
 
tyke1973

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I'm sure there is a pistol in that last photo,clone to sex saves messing around .no need to even plant just cut from plant put them in water 12/12 off from the go ,and you should get sex in a week or two. I have never had a plant take 5 week to show sex,But a male will show sex later than female ,because it has to drop pollen on has much of the girls has possible.So will want those girls to be smaller ,but sticky to collect more of the pollen.There is surely a sign somewhere ,have ya looked really low on the plant.Looks in great health though good luck.
 
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simpleleaf said:
It looks like the light has a lot of blue in it. What model of LED light are you using? Are you on 12/12? Your plant also looks droopy.
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I’m on 11-13 for the past few days because I thought the more darkness could help promote the sexing. For 5 weeks I have been in 12-12 yes. Also here’s a photo of my light. I know this brand and light gets a lot of negativity towards it as it’s cheap but it’s all I have at my disposal
 

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leather lungs said:
Healthy looking good job
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Thanks man. My plant looked so sick for a little while with drooping leaves, crawling leaves and cupping leaves but I transplanted it into a new soil with no added nutrients and flushed it and just added flowering fertilisers. I’ll show some photos of what it use to look like.
 

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tyke1973 said:
I'm sure there is a pistol in that last photo,clone to sex saves messing around .no need to even plant just cut from plant put them in water 12/12 off from the go ,and you should get sex in a week or two. I have never had a plant take 5 week to show sex,But a male will show sex later than female ,because it has to drop pollen on has much of the girls has possible.So will want those girls to be smaller ,but sticky to collect more of the pollen.There is surely a sign somewhere ,have ya looked really low on the plant.Looks in great health though good luck.
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I’m actually going to cry if it’s a male hahaah it’s been such a challenge for a first grow and this would be a huge disappointment. No sign of any sex just swelling of the nodes. We pray for females though
 
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noobgrow10111 said:
so I was using a 50w MH light for around the first 3 weeks of flowering and I understand why I would of been slow but now I have swapped to a 300w led which I have noticed a lot more growth from side beaches at the nodes and these little build ups on the side. I did swap my plant from veg to flower pretty early on as I don’t have a lot of room but it’s been almost 1 full month and still no sign of sex. If anyone has an idea please provide assistance. I have been using a flowering liquid fertiliser as well and ph all water to 6.4-6.7.
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Third picture down, do I see a pistil back right? Put up a better picture of the whole plant for best results ?

Edit: Tyke said he sees a pistol above, can't be sure from those pictures but I think I do too?
 
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noobgrow10111

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Beachwalker said:
Third picture down, do I see a pistil back right? Put up a better picture of the whole plant for best results ?

Edit: Tyke said he sees a pistol above, can't be sure from those pictures but I think I do?
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Truthfully I’m not sure. I have a better look and it’s definitely coming from the calyx but it’s sort of red and is so think not white...
 

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noobgrow10111 said:
I’m on 11-13 for the past few days because I thought the more darkness could help promote the sexing. For 5 weeks I have been in 12-12 yes. Also here’s a photo of my light. I know this brand and light gets a lot of negativity towards it as it’s cheap but it’s all I have at my disposal
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I have a V300, it's 50.2% blue light, the V450 may be similar. I mix that light with a less expensive generic LED which has far too much red and nowhere near enough blue (but which does have far red). Our natural sunlight is about 30% blue. Red light stimulates blooming.

You could try a 36-hour dark period, just unplug the lights for one full light cycle.

You may have an issue related to nutrients. Make sure you don't over water.
 
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noobgrow10111 said:
Truthfully I’m not sure. I have a better look and it’s definitely coming from the calyx but it’s sort of red and is so think not white...
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Is it still vegging as in getting bigger quickly? Just give it time man, if you are not in a rush give it time. You can't speed up mother nature (even though we are kinda mimicking it). Let it do its thing. It could have been pushed back into veg for whatever reason who knows. Just keep doing what your doing, its healthy so all you got to worry about is time.
 
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simpleleaf said:
I have a V300, it's 50.2% blue light, the V450 may be similar. I mix that light with a much cheaper generic LED which has far too much red and nowhere near enough blue (but which does have far red). Our natural sunlight is about 30% blue. Red light stimulates blooming.

You could try a 36-hour dark period, just unplug the lights for one full light cycle.

You may have an issue related to nutrients. Make sure you don't over water.
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Yeah I have the v300! Always I have turned the lights off a few hours ago so it’s getting 15 hours of dark and I have been not watering much and only using a flowering liquid fertiliser with seaweed extract
 
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jtrizzy said:
Is it still vegging as in getting bigger quickly? Just give it time man, if you are not in a rush give it time. You can't speed up mother nature (even though we are kinda mimicking it). Let it do its thing. It could have been pushed back into veg for whatever reason who knows. Just keep doing what your doing, its healthy so all you got to worry about is time.
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The side leaves are now developing much quicker from the nodes but as in high not really it’s not growing much but it’s still developing new leaves on top etc. was thinking of topping but I don’t want to make the plant focus on repairing rather than developing it’s gender so I will just keep letting it grow but it’s slow but thanks and will do
 
jtrizzy

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noobgrow10111 said:
The side leaves are now developing much quicker from the nodes but as in high not really it’s not growing much but it’s still developing new leaves on top etc. was thinking of topping but I don’t want to make the plant focus on repairing rather than developing it’s gender so I will just keep letting it grow but it’s slow but thanks and will do
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Post up a pic of the whole plant so we can see it better. What is with everyone showing a leaf or two.
 
noobgrow10111

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jtrizzy said:
Is it still vegging as in getting bigger quickly? Just give it time man, if you are not in a rush give it time. You can't speed up mother nature (even though we are kinda mimicking it). Let it do its thing. It could have been pushed back into veg for whatever reason who knows. Just keep doing what your doing, its healthy so all you got to worry about is time.
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The side leaves are now developing much quicker from the nodes but as in high not really it’s not growing much but it’s still developing new leaves on top etc. was thinking of topping but I don’t want to make the plant focus on repairing rather than developing it’s gender so I will just keep letting it grow but it’s slow but thanks and will do
 
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