Do Other Plants Have Separate Sex?
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email468
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i think a general rule would be the males have flowers and the females have the fruits. but would assume each plant is different with more or less variation.
the answer is some yes - some less so.
here are pics of juniper berries (female on the left) and flowers (male on the right)
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Seamaiden
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EVERY flowering (fruiting) plant in existence!
Small correction: All flowering plants. All flowering plants exhibit sex. Differences between the sexes that are obvious are called sexual dimorphism.
email468
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i was going to go down that path but some fruiting plants have both sexes on the same plant. monoecious i think they call them. OP (i think) was looking for plants that display one sex and only one per plant.
Seamaiden
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Ah, gotcha.
email468
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Ah, gotcha.
i could be wrong though - i often am.
overfiend
HeavyMetalHippie
i thought there was something like this actually i thought all other plants had both sexes on the same plant.
maybe all the other plants have evolved into hermies
email468
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to be honest - i think the hermies came first and sex differentiation evolved after...
I grew a spinach cluster in my flood and drain display (way to long ...)
1 was a male and the others where all female .. (looked just like a bud ... LOL)
they actually made seeds ... .(1st time I ever did that!)
oh and the male ..... looked just like a male .... ( will pollen balls....)
1 was a male and the others where all female .. (looked just like a bud ... LOL)
they actually made seeds ... .(1st time I ever did that!)
oh and the male ..... looked just like a male .... ( will pollen balls....)
titanium3g
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So does this mean my tomato plant seedlings wont all make tomatos?
titanium3g
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You talkin to me?
email468
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yes they are - i believe you have to pollinate them.
titanium3g
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Hmmm, well they are out doors. I guess Ill have to read up on tomatoes a little, been busy reading up on weed lately.....Fuck paying for electricity and lighting to grow tomatoes when the sun works just fine in my back yard, and it is legal to do so. I feel bad that the bud plants can't see real sunlight as my less loved plants can.
email468
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then the insects/wind will take care of it.
Amigatec
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Asparagus and Kiwi, both have male and female versions, as well as at least one variety of Kiwi that has both on the same plant.
Some plants have male and female flowers on the same plant (squash, cucumber, pumkins, etc), and some have both male and female parts in the same flower like tomatoes.
And some have the male and female parts in different places on the same plant like corn, the tassle is the male part and the silk is the female part.
Some plants have male and female flowers on the same plant (squash, cucumber, pumkins, etc), and some have both male and female parts in the same flower like tomatoes.
And some have the male and female parts in different places on the same plant like corn, the tassle is the male part and the silk is the female part.
