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WheelWalker

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5. My rule of thumb is... unless it declares clearly female, it's male. However,
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 12:06 AM
Aug 2020

the exceptions make the rule, as they say. Some strains are slow to declare, and even wait until it's time to flower out. When you've got two of the same strain, one declaring and the other ambiguous, then you have to just hold fast. Especially, as is the case with two of my Northern Lights. Side by side, one clearly female the other ambiguous. The female declared some weeks ago. I've been assuming (per my rule) that the other is male. However, in overall form and structure, it doesn't look at all male; indeed, it looks more female than the other, except no observable pistillate preflowers. Like the midwife, my advice is to be patient and let nature take its course.

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Sexing advice [View all] brokephibroke Aug 2020 OP
Good light & a magnifier help. Boxerfan Aug 2020 #1
Exactly what I use brokephibroke Aug 2020 #2
Males have stamens. Females have pistils. WheelWalker Aug 2020 #6
Yeah I goofed. Boxerfan Aug 2020 #8
Last year... 2naSalit Aug 2020 #3
I have another issue. brokephibroke Aug 2020 #4
So... 2naSalit Aug 2020 #14
Males have stamens. Females have pistils. WheelWalker Aug 2020 #7
THANK YOU!! 2naSalit Aug 2020 #13
im thinking thats what happened to my girls as I ripped out all the males before they were viable... samnsara Aug 2020 #12
My rule of thumb is... unless it declares clearly female, it's male. However, WheelWalker Aug 2020 #5
That's what I saw... 2naSalit Aug 2020 #15
It's a rule of thumb born out of many years of observation. If, at the pre-flower WheelWalker Aug 2020 #16
The thing is - males usually identify earlier than females womanofthehills Sep 2020 #18
I think you're referring to when the plant moves into full florescence, WheelWalker Sep 2020 #20
Okay. This thread wasn't about what I thought it was going to be about... Aristus Aug 2020 #9
First plant has been identified. brokephibroke Aug 2020 #10
i have a bloom box grow box and i had 9 plants ..i checked them 2-3 times a day... samnsara Aug 2020 #11
Usually veg begins switching to flower middle of July womanofthehills Sep 2020 #17
It's a girl and the flowers are doing fine. brokephibroke Sep 2020 #19
It might withstand a light frost above 30 degrees womanofthehills Sep 2020 #21
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