Please assist in sexing this Himalayan Gold.

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Hello everyone!

I am a newbie and this is my first"-ish" grow . I know males are meant to grow tall. This plant is nearly 8ft at this stage and it looks like its not done. Seems like its still in vegetative period. This is a characteristic of HG.

I bought seeds from a cheap site and I'm certain what they claimed was "feminized" was just regular so I'm sure some are males. What I have here is a Himalayan gold that I HOPE is a female but
I really have no idea. I haven't seen any pollen sacks, but maybe I just don't know what I'm looking for.

She's huge! I hope those bud sites forming will swell up soon... as I don't need it to get any taller :D (turning into a damn tree , hehe)

info:
- Himalayan gold
- container
- outdoors
- average temp 63-79F
- About 2.5-3 months old
- humidity is increasing by the day
- average monthly "sun hours" 200-220


Can you sex this please?

 

[Moe.Red]

That is one of the strangest female plants I have seen. They get weird outdoors sometimes, or maybe we make them weird bringing them in?

Why would you think these are not feminized if sold that way? It's a pretty easy process to feminize.

 

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That is one of the strangest female plants I have seen. They get weird outdoors sometimes, or maybe we make them weird bringing them in?

Why would you think these are not feminized if sold that way? It's a pretty easy process to feminize.

I bought the seeds for very cheap online and I did a duck search for what male plants look like and they fit the look after I grew out a few seeds. Unfortunately I had females near it and they got riddled with seeds. So i know the seeds I got from this site were mixed male/female.

However I cannot tell if this HG is male or female. I just want someone that knows better to sex it for me. So you think its female?

 

[Madbud]

Don’t see any male parts but it could have revegged if there is an outdoor light at night.

 

[nothing]

That is one of the strangest female plants I have seen. They get weird outdoors sometimes, or maybe we make them weird bringing them in?

Why would you think these are not feminized if sold that way? It's a pretty easy process to feminize.

Wow I just noticed that last bit in your post... how do I feminize regular seeds?

 

[GrowHobo]

It’s looking like a possible reveg situation. Sativas can do some seriously weird stuff when taken out of there element or not given the hours they are acclimated too. How close are you to the equator? Def female though

 

[NorthernOrganics]

Are those bugs all over your plants?!

 

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It’s looking like a possible reveg situation. Sativas can do some seriously weird stuff when taken out of there element or not given the hours they are acclimated too. How close are you to the equator? Def female though

1783 miles away to the north. Sub tropical position

 

[nothing]

Are those bugs all over your plants?!

I think its the leaves themselves that are "spotted" - maybe its a lack of nutrients or too much fertilizer .. no idea

 

[Madbud]

Are those bugs all over your plants?!

Agree, that first picture looks loaded with mites or aphids.

 

[NorthernOrganics]

I'd bet on bugs, and probably win.

 

[NorthernOrganics]

Haven't seen many spotted cannabis plants.

 

[nothing]

Agree, that first picture looks loaded with mites or aphids.

I tried scraping them off but its inside the leaf .. nothing moves.

 

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Haven't seen many spotted cannabis plants.

I didnt mean as a characteristic of a strain - i meant as a nutritional deficiency

I dont think its bugs i think its worse :( -> White Powdering Mildew (WPM)

 

[TSD]

Looks like a big juicy aphid, and that looks like damage from an aphid infestation... maybe they sucked the leaves to thier liking and moved on. I would suggest a strong spray down with a hose.... as far as sex, looks female, but weird, almost like it's part hemp or maybe just an odd strain... but if it's infested with something, it could also be stressing out. Do you see ants on your plants at all? They often farm aphids once there is an infestation, rather they farm the sticky shit aphids leave behind. I'd worry about getting the pests under control... eradication is hard outdoors, but gotta keep them in check at least.

 

[GrowHobo]

Nah it’s bug bites. Pm looks a little different more patchy. It’s aphids or thrips. Looks a lil too big to be mites imo

 

[TSD]

I didnt mean as a characteristic of a strain - i meant as a nutritional deficiency

I dont think its bugs i think its worse :( -> White Powdering Mildew (WPM)

That's not powdery mildew.

 

[nothing]

Any tips then guys? Just defoliate where I see spots?

 

[NorthernOrganics]

 

[TSD]

Any tips then guys? Just defoliate where I see spots?

You can do some defoliation, but you don't want to stress her too much, and she's likely already stressed. I get aphids almost every year, if that's what you have, which it looks like to me. A good spray down does well, before hot sun obviously, preferably first light. A homemade insecticidal soap spray down at night followed by a hose spray down at first light, done a couple times is usually sufficient to get aphids under control... but you need to be sure what pest you are dealing with. I try to do organic so I try to avoid chemical warfare. Aphids hide under the leaves and suck out the juice, so you have to get everything top and bottom. It will be a lot of effort to be successful with a plant that size... mine were about 6 feet when I got infested last summer.