mellowmama
New Member
I ask forgiveness if this situation is covered in another thread. If it is, I either can't find it or missed it.
I had three mothers, grown from feminized seed. I have rooted lots of clones successfully from two of the mothers, some of which I tossed because I was just practicing and didn't need them, and five of which I just moved into flower. This is the first time I've attempted to actually flower my clones. They showed some stress at transplant, but have new growth and have little flowers.
I also moved into flower the third mother from which I never made clones. She really wasn't intended to be a mother. She was a runt, and I just threw her in with the two real mothers just to give her a chance to catch up. She did catch up and turned into a healthy plant, hence the decision to flower her instead of using her as a mother.
Well, long story short, today I discovered the five clones are all males!! Sumbich!! Of course, this means that one or both of my remaining true "mothers" is not a female plant! Sumdoublebich!!
But the now-flowering "mother" is showing signs of truly being a female. Ok, I've read that I can stick some cuttings, identified by a number tied to the mother, into 12/12 to sex the cuttings. That way I can see which of the "mothers" is truly female. Meanwhile, in case both of those plants are males, I want to keep the third mother as a mother, now early into flower, just over one week.
Question: Can I just stick her back into 18/6 under the T5s and have her revert to veg? Or is it too late?
Question: Can I just stick the cuttings under HPS 12/12?
Conclusion: So much for buying feminized seeds...
I had three mothers, grown from feminized seed. I have rooted lots of clones successfully from two of the mothers, some of which I tossed because I was just practicing and didn't need them, and five of which I just moved into flower. This is the first time I've attempted to actually flower my clones. They showed some stress at transplant, but have new growth and have little flowers.
I also moved into flower the third mother from which I never made clones. She really wasn't intended to be a mother. She was a runt, and I just threw her in with the two real mothers just to give her a chance to catch up. She did catch up and turned into a healthy plant, hence the decision to flower her instead of using her as a mother.
Well, long story short, today I discovered the five clones are all males!! Sumbich!! Of course, this means that one or both of my remaining true "mothers" is not a female plant! Sumdoublebich!!
But the now-flowering "mother" is showing signs of truly being a female. Ok, I've read that I can stick some cuttings, identified by a number tied to the mother, into 12/12 to sex the cuttings. That way I can see which of the "mothers" is truly female. Meanwhile, in case both of those plants are males, I want to keep the third mother as a mother, now early into flower, just over one week.
Question: Can I just stick her back into 18/6 under the T5s and have her revert to veg? Or is it too late?
Question: Can I just stick the cuttings under HPS 12/12?
Conclusion: So much for buying feminized seeds...