ROCKY

I was wandering, after you seperate the male plants can you let them flower and get seeds from them and will they germinate or be all male plants, help I'm new to this

wolfman

ROCKY...

Male plants will never give you seeds unless their hermies and in that case you won't give a ***** about them...

Male will have pollen and females will have seeds unless...

Do yourself a favor, read the grow guides in this website, they're good!
After that post any questions you may have, some kind soul will answer...


Smile

Wolfman

ROCKY

Hey thanks alot, but how do you know if they are hermies? I have 7 plants growing in my closet, they are all 20" about, I started flowering them a few days ago. I have found at least 3 females in the bunch cause of the hairs, how much longer do you think it will take to find out the sex of the others?

wolfman

ROCKY...

1- Most of my plants flower in +- a week of 12/12, but it can take up to 3 weeks.
Consider 1, 2 weeks as normal.

2- An hermie will express male and female flowers, some may be noticed in the first weeks of flowering, but you'll have to check for male flowers till the end.
Even if she's a confirmed female flowering there's always a chance...
Hermies might be caused by a lot of things, most of them, we're the ones to blame...

"...From literature and from our own findings it appears that the growth of a male or a female plant from seed, except for the predisposition in the gender chromosomes, also depends on various environmental factors. Not only the origination of entirely male or female plants is partly affected by these environmental factors, the number of male and female flowers on a hermaphrodite plant is affected as well. The environmental factors that influence the sex of the plant (or the flower in the case of hermaphrodites), are among other things:

The quantity of nitrogen and potassium of the seedbed.
Humidity and moistness of the seedbed.
Level of temperatures.
Colour of the light used.
Length of daylight.
Stress, any form of stress, makes that more male individuals will originate from seed. Even the taking of cuttings from female plants may produce male or hermaphrodite cuttings.
To optimise the result, changes in one or more of the above-mentioned environmental factors for a certain period during growth, may be applied. During this time these environmental factors will deviate from the standard growing system for maximum harvest and quality, as described in nursery literature. The desired change(s) in the environmental factor(s) are started from the moment that the seedling has three pairs of real leaves (not counting the seed-lobes). This is the moment that male and/or female predisposition in florescence is being formed. After approximately two weeks the standard growing system can be reconverted to.
Of the 5 above-mentioned environmental factors the first three are the most practical:


1. Level of nitrogen and potassium of the seedbed: A heightening of the standard level of nitrogen makes for more female plants originating from the seeds. A lowering of the nitrogen level shows more male plants. A heightening of the level of potassium tends to show more male plants, while a lowering of the potassium level shows more female plants. A combination of a higher nitrogen level for the period of a week or two and a lowering of the potassium level is recommended.


2. Humidity and moistness of the seedbed: a higher humidity makes for an increase in the number of female plants from seed, a lowering for an increase in male plants. The same is valid for the moistness of the seedbed.


3. Level of temperatures: lower temperatures make for a larger number of female plants, higher temperatures for more male plants.


4. Colour of light: more blue light makes for female plants from seed, more red light makes for more male plants.


5. Hours of daylight: few hours of daylight (e.g. 14 hours) makes for more female individuals, a long day (e.g. 18 hours) makes for more male plants..."



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Wolfman



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ROCKY

great info. I appriciate the time. I found a few hairs on 4 of my plants, with some bulbs with white tips I guess they are hairs?

wolfman

It will be so clear you won't have to ask!

But, probably, your guess is right.

Enjoy the experience...


Wolfman

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stonedbum420

female produce buds the smokeable ****