Help with sexing plant please

[Worldwomble]

Hi Farmers
Firstly, I just want to say what an amazing and informative group this is.. you guys have helped me through so many issues and conundrums and I appreciate everything I’ve researched here.
My husband and I have an indoor tent each and so far we’ve had 2 successful grows each. Last grow we were traded 2 cloned plants (we were told they were Blue Dream, and yes, we’ve learned several hard lessons regarding only buying stock from reputable sellers) and unfortunately, we believe that it was my husband’s one of these plants hermied and sent his entire tent to seed.
As we weren’t 100% certain, I still have the other plant in my tent. I’m currently in week 3 of flowering and all the other plants are thriving and budding nicely but I’m suspicious of this one. I’m driving myself crazy researching photos of male and female characteristics so I thought I’d put it to the experts.. is this plant a male or hermaphrodite or is it not possible to tell yet? As much as it would pain me I’ll hoik it out straight away if necessary.
The first two photos are of the whole suspect plant and the last two photos are of some of the other girls growing happily

 

[Beachbumm]

Females

 

[Worldwomble]

Females

Thank you so much for your reply. Is the female part the long thing with the fur on it?

 

[RootFarmer]

That tapered teardrop like shape means she's a girl.

You're looking for "spades" (as in the playing card suit) which are boys or "spears" (elongated and narrowing to a point like a spear tip).

Pic of the male preflowers on a plant I yanked recently.

The second pic shows an early indicator that could fool you at first. In the last picture it is emerging sort of horizontally instead vertically. That was my first suspicion that it was going to be a male. In the top pic it is taking on that rounded shape and had those tiny modified leaves that it emerges from. I have heard that the earliest indication is if those two little leaf like thing are crossed, it's female. But I don't think it's all that reliable. As you can see they start out crossed but as the preflowers emerged the position changed.


Sorry the pics are in backwards order.

 

[Beachbumm]

Thank you so much for your reply. Is the female part the long thing with the fur on it?

Yes, the White fuzzy hairs.

 

[Worldwomble]

That tapered teardrop like shape means she's a girl.

You're looking for "spades" (as in the playing card suit) which are boys or "spears" (elongated and narrowing to a point like a spear tip).

Pic of the male preflowers on a plant I yanked recently.View attachment 2199809View attachment 2199814View attachment 2199815
The second pic shows an early indicator that could fool you at first. In the last picture it is emerging sort of horizontally instead vertically. That was my first suspicion that it was going to be a male. In the top pic it is taking on that rounded shape and had those tiny modified leaves that it emerges from. I have heard that the earliest indication is if those two little leaf like thing are crossed, it's female. But I don't think it's all that reliable. As you can see they start out crossed but as the preflowers emerged the position changed.


Sorry the pics are in backwards order.

Thanks so much for taking the time to write your reply and post your photos. I was really worried about that plant since it’s so incredibly different from the others

 

[RootFarmer]

I'm sure rvery grower gets that. There is a learning curve for everything. They say the best way to learn how to so something right is to do it wrong.....a lot. It's a process. Learn all you can, pay attention to your plants because they are always communicating with you in some way. The more you gain experience the more you get tuned into little nuances. For example, this morning I saw my girls are all changing their growth pattern preparing for flower production. Nodes are starting to stack nicely. Leaves start to emerge showing their underside first. I'm sure you're familiar with that zig zag shape of a bare bud stem. That alternation of the stem from one direction to another begins to increase. What we want is for new shoot growth where the direction changes to outpace the growth or space between those shoot sites called nodes. Tight internode spacing gives you prettier buds and more flower in the same space. One advantage of bushing out your plants is you a little bit less fat coles. Really fat coles are super dense. They can hold moisture and have minimal air flow. Looks impressive but greatly increases the risk of molds especially if you live somewhere rainy or growing hydro in a humid confined space.

 

[Worldwomble]

I'm sure rvery grower gets that. There is a learning curve for everything. They say the best way to learn how to so something right is to do it wrong.....a lot. It's a process. Learn all you can, pay attention to your plants because they are always communicating with you in some way. The more you gain experience the more you get tuned into little nuances. For example, this morning I saw my girls are all changing their growth pattern preparing for flower production. Nodes are starting to stack nicely. Leaves start to emerge showing their underside first. I'm sure you're familiar with that zig zag shape of a bare bud stem. That alternation of the stem from one direction to another begins to increase. What we want is for new shoot growth where the direction changes to outpace the growth or space between those shoot sites called nodes. Tight internode spacing gives you prettier buds and more flower in the same space. One advantage of bushing out your plants is you a little bit less fat coles. Really fat coles are super dense. They can hold moisture and have minimal air flow. Looks impressive but greatly increases the risk of molds especially if you live somewhere rainy or growing hydro in a humid confined space.

That’s awesome information, thank you

 

[RootFarmer]

I just try to learn from people who no more than me and my experiences then pass it along if it might help. Just the messenger.

Plants have a daily rhythm just like our bodies do. They gather energy from the sun, store it and use it for growth at night. Look for the upside down leaf thing at lights on because those leaves will reorient to receive light pretty quickly. It might look like the top leaves are flopping back and forth as the new growth emerges, one direction then the new leaf in the other direction. Each of those notches between nodes will fill with a flower cluster.

 

[Newty]

As far as the hermies you were talking about, it the hermie pollinated the other plants then those seeds the pollinated plants produced will be feminized seeds. I've intentionally done this before so I didn't have to buy seeds for awhile.

 

[Worldwomble]

As far as the hermies you were talking about, it the hermie pollinated the other plants then those seeds the pollinated plants produced will be feminized seeds. I've intentionally done this before so I didn't have to buy seeds for awhile.

Oh my lord, I wish I’d asked you about this a month ago.. what we didn’t use up or distribute from that crop went straight into the bin in disgust!

 

[Timbee240]

Hi Farmers
Firstly, I just want to say what an amazing and informative group this is.. you guys have helped me through so many issues and conundrums and I appreciate everything I’ve researched here.
My husband and I have an indoor tent each and so far we’ve had 2 successful grows each. Last grow we were traded 2 cloned plants (we were told they were Blue Dream, and yes, we’ve learned several hard lessons regarding only buying stock from reputable sellers) and unfortunately, we believe that it was my husband’s one of these plants hermied and sent his entire tent to seed.
As we weren’t 100% certain, I still have the other plant in my tent. I’m currently in week 3 of flowering and all the other plants are thriving and budding nicely but I’m suspicious of this one. I’m driving myself crazy researching photos of male and female characteristics so I thought I’d put it to the experts.. is this plant a male or hermaphrodite or is it not possible to tell yet? As much as it would pain me I’ll hoik it out straight away if necessary.
The first two photos are of the whole suspect plant and the last two photos are of some of the other girls growing happily
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Your doing good I always start my plants indoors under 16 hours light and then 6 hours dark. I definitely think I see a pollin pod in the picture. Best way to do it is to sex your plants at 4 weeks to avoid any males or hemorphodite's from ruining your crop n making seeds. Unless you're trying to blend your own brand.