Sex my plant!!!

[etinarcadiaego]

I had to water tonight and noticed some preflowers on my last Skunkberry, the other 2 were male.

I'm pretty bored, so I thought I'd throw 'em up here and see what everyone thinks.

My guess is male, cause in one of the pics it kinda looks like it's on a stalk.

Feel free to take a guess, we'll find out soon enough I'd say.

 

[PuReKnOwLeDgE]

Looks female but still needs just a bit more veg to be sure

 

[etinarcadiaego]

Thanks for the reply, I agree about the veg time. It's about 28 days old not, but I'm going to veg till about 18" . . .

I saw your AK shots in my AK-47 thread today, SICK looking buds man!! How's the high?

 

[Moneygrowonweed]

female look in so far keep an eye on it if you dare lol

 

[PuReKnOwLeDgE]

Thanks No idea on this round yet, was just a smapler, still drying

Last round wasn't bad just wasn't perfect Will be able to tell better this round

 

[bergerbuddy]

Has not declared.. could be either at this point.... Looks female in that it doesn't have a male ball yet... it doesn't have a female pistol yet either....

don't get yer hopes up yet...

 

[Chem&M]

My vote goes with the "looks female but too early still" crowd. The oval shape was what did it for me.

 

[unthing]

I'll quess female too.

 

[etinarcadiaego]

Thanks for looking guys, I'm glad to see some people think it may be a girl. I only started 3 Skunkberry and the other 2 showed male pre-flowers around day 21 of veg.

If anyone else wants to take a guess I'd love to hear it. I'll update this thread once the plant puts out some pistils or shows differentiated pre-flowers.

 

[WeedChuck]

Female.

 

[Clackamas Coot]

etinarcadiaego

Based on the photos that you posted, I can see nothing that is a definite indicator yet.

Just my opinion.

CC

 

[Sam the Caveman]

I'd say it needs more time to tell for sure.

Not to be a high-jacker or anything, but this is very related.

Would it be safe to say that plants that show their pre-flowers earliest will be the fastest bloomers amongst a given seed batch?

 

[little will]

only time will tell

Little Will

 

[etinarcadiaego]

Thanks for posting guys. I agree Clackamas (didn't recognize you with your new avatar) that it's too early to tell, I was just pretty bored last night, and right now to be honest, so I thought I'd start a thread where we could guess. lol.

I'd say it needs more time to tell for sure.

Not to be a high-jacker or anything, but this is very related.

Would it be safe to say that plants that show their pre-flowers earliest will be the fastest bloomers amongst a given seed batch?

I don't have a TON of experience, but in every grow I've ever done or been a third-party part of, yes, the girls that sexed earliest usually flowered faster and finished a little sooner. Again that's been my experience 100% of the time, but I haven't done or been a part of more than say 8-10 indoor grows . . .

 

[Clackamas Coot]

Would it be safe to say that plants that show their pre-flowers earliest will be the fastest bloomers amongst a given seed batch?

Sam the Caveman

An interesting question to be sure. Off hand I would guess that given the many other variables (light intensity, growing regimen, et al.) that it would be a good idea to tag specific seedlings with some kind of marking tag and keep notes on the progress.

I probably wouldn't use that as a single basis to keep or destroy a seedling. There's certainly more than enough other reasons for that, eh?

HTH

CC

 

[cyberwax]

On picture 1 its kind hard to tell, it could just as well turn out to be balls. On pic 2 it looks like a female, but cant be sure until the pistrils show or the cross reveals itself.

 

[IC BUDZ]

^^ X2 ID say you have a 50/50 chance still but in about 48hours youll know
Hope its a female good luck. my harvest was ruined hermies i think its cuz i left kinda the closet door open a bit during lights off.

 

[nyy27]

As the caption should read..." The stigmas are the dead giveaway that the plant is female.", but it says "anthers" instead. This picture shows another distinct quality of sex determination that your plant also seems to be exhibiting. The calyx's form AT the internode... not by it or extend out from it. I'll try and find a better picture that illustrates what I'm referring to. Sometimes the sex may appear to be ambiguous in nature and knowing where a female flower appears can help in cases where there is uncertainty. Please tell me if any of this seems unclear...

All in all I'd say you've got about a 75-80% chance you do indeed have a female...

 

[etinarcadiaego]

Thanks for posting NYY27!

I agree that in the photo the location seems to imply female, especially since most of the plants I've sexed in veg that are male show the stalk and ball rather than a tear drop type of shape.

I am confused about one thing, in your post and photo it says the "Anthers are a dead giveaway that this plant is a female" but aren't anthers exclusive to male plants? The part of the plant that holds the pollen or something? I think the caption should read "The pistils are a dead giveaway that this plant is a female . . . "

 

[nyy27]

Thanks for posting NYY27!

I agree that in the photo the location seems to imply female, especially since most of the plants I've sexed in veg that are male show the stalk and ball rather than a tear drop type of shape.

I am confused about one thing, in your post and photo it says the "Anthers are a dead giveaway that this plant is a female" but aren't anthers exclusive to male plants? The part of the plant that holds the pollen or something? I think the caption should read "The pistils are a dead giveaway that this plant is a female . . . "

Yes you are correct etinarcadiaego... anthers are the pollen bearing part of the stamen. What I should have said is stigmas!!! Sorry, I'm glad that was cleared up. No misinformation should ever be conveyed... (I have made the necessary correction, thanks for pointing it out and paying attention.)

Cheers bro