Clones from unsexed parent?

[Guest]

Hi, I was just wondering if I take clones from an unsexed plant will they be male & female. I got a feeling that plants dont make up their mind till the last minute whether they will be male or female, so is it the same for clones. I know its a different story once the parent has shown flowers, the clones will be same sex. Any thoughts on this?
cheers.

 

[T-type]

No, their minds are already made up, they just dont want to tell you yet.

 

[dontstepongrass]

take clones before they indicate. put 1 of them into 12/12 so that it shows. once the flowering clone indicates, you know the others to be identical.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, are you sure? I always believed canna was asexual until preflowers, & even then they can change. Interesting one.

 

[Swoop420]

i had a strange thing happen once... i had sprouted a seed and let it get about 12-14 inches tall, took a clone, and threw that clone into flowering... it turned out 100% male. for some reason though, the donor plant just seemed female to me - even though it had yet to show sex - so i took another clone, flowered that clone, and sure as shit... female... 100%!! the mother plant continued to give female clones from that point on, and eventually showed her feminine side as well.

i don't know the science behind any of this, so i can't explain it, but that's how it happened for me ... but only that one time with that one plant

swoop

 

[dontstepongrass]

perhaps in rare occasions a plant could be stressed either way. but most likely only in the case of that plant having herm tendencies.

someone else chime in because i don't think that's the norm

 

[Bush Grower]

Yeah... most of the time, they will stick to the sex of the mother.. male or female. But just like some people in this world... they will have a sex change, haha. It's very uncommon though, and usually induced by a stressful enviroment of some type or its genes!!