Re-post: Yet another "help determine sex" post...

[passive]

...had to get the pictures in compliance.

I'll skip most of the details provided earlier, but these Nirvana White Widows are in Day 11 of Flowering (Day 44 overall):

- understandably, the first picture has some development ahead of it, but curious if the second picture has ANY chance at being a female?

 

[Matanuska Valley]

No..!

 

[Smokin Moose]

Agree 100% as male flowers.

Here are some more male flowers for you to see.

 

[passive]

thanks for the confirmation. batting 1/5 on this group (and even the 1 is up in the air). next round will have 15 started... these things get babied, around the clock. determined to raise some good girls!

 

[Racefan]

1st pic has the hook of a male as well but go ahead and let it grow out to be 100% sure. I had results like this recently. Really old seed was my problem. I had a 1 for 18 germination rate and a 1 out of 5 female rate.

 

[Matanuska Valley]

passive kill the males you have now, let the rest grow until you know what they are if 4 of them are male kill them. take the last 1 that is a female and clone it and you can make all the female you need...
It is really easy to do...

 

[passive]

Leaves have been cut (for what yet I do not know)... males trashed. The fifth (taller) one is still in there, but hasn't progressed anymore. May be a complete wash and do-over but hoping this one will show female...

 

[Matanuska Valley]

All it takes is 1 female and you can make all the female plants you want...
I hope this helps you but if you start 15 new seedling what a pain in the ass and you waste a lot of time and space... trust me I know...

 

[passive]

Yeah, you're right about the 15. Not really the ideal thing to do. I'll post a pic of the one that's still standing after a day or so. Considering going ahead and germ'ing 5 more white widows, but with hotter days approaching, not too confident about flowering in the summer months.

 

[passive]

Here are three updated pics of the lone white widow...

(the first one is of a lower node. the other two are at the top, and today there seems there might be some pistils developing. not sure though.)

 

[Matanuska Valley]

That 1 is a female...

 

[passive]

Excellent... thanks for the comments. She currently has nine developed nodes. Are there any advantages to cutting from the lower or upper branches for clones?

 

[passive]

Thanks, I noticed that after posting. So glad for there to be a female!... clones in another 10+ days.

 

[Matanuska Valley]

Put the lights back on 24/7 for 20 to 30 days and you will get some nice clones. It will take 10 days at least to go back to veg stage and start growing again...

 

[passive]

Question - would it not be worth it to let the mother plant continue with flowering through its 70 days... and let the cuttings remain in a 24/7 two-bulb 32w (T8, 5000k) fluorescent setting until going back under the MH/HPS after the mother plant has been harvested?

 

[Matanuska Valley]

You do whatever...

 

[passive]

20 Days Flowering

 

[passive]

Hit a snag. The HPS bulb died. Went a full day w/out light. Put the MH bulb back in. Then a couple of fan leaves and two flowers had some nute burn. But the vast majority of the plant is fine. Just got too busy. And four from the bottom have been clipped for clones. (will add pics soon)

 

[passive]

Day 34 Flowering

 

[passive]

You can see a little bit of burn in the first pic. Guessing these were stunted for a couple of days (and could be further along at 5 weeks).