mishy

I have been growing plants for about 8 weeks in an outside planter. All of the plants have 5+ fingers pretty much. I hear it take sabout 6 months until budding begins. If this is true, that will happen in first week of November. I live in New York so will I have to bring in the plants or will they survive and still bud when the evenings become cool (New York in October/November can be pretty cold!)
My other question has to do with the sex of the plants. I just simply planted seeds... how can you tell if they actually will bud or not. Can you tell the difference between male and female plants after they are at the 5 finger point? Is it possible to have the plants bud if you did not pay attention to the sexes of the seeds?
please advise.
Thank you!

Virgo34

A hearty,wholesome welcme to HC.Com.
You've been given a bumstear,it seems.Your plants should be well an truly finished in 6 months.
After 8 weeks of growth,sex will soon become apparent.You can leave them outside in maximum sun,and i try and give you a link...but then click the purple HERE..then male/female gender ID.(scroll down half way)
Will give you pics and info of what to look for.Hope its helped,anythin else you not sure of,,fire away again hey,and a champ from here will help i'm sure.
Good luck mishyyyyy,
V34
http://www.erowid.org/plants/show_im...nabis_GenderID
Ps...sex cannot be ascertained by looking at the seed.You will never know till that baby sprouts,grows and then reach maturity.