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help w/ sexiness determination please

i had to use the force and pick two good lookers to keep, the rest went to a good friend who is having similar issues-still no sexy indications? or is it just starting? My question now is mostly why is it taking so long to show sex? Some of my theories: I put them out too early (began popping seeds in early May, I am @ 40 lat. in legal Colorado if that helps), OR outside plants take longer, OR i just suck.
thanks in advance
unknown strain followed by helicopter shot (nice of them to take me up eh?)
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White Widow (allegedly) followed by heli-shot
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and here are my crappy, blurry close ups of what I think (?) to watch over the next week or so?
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if you are still here, thanks btw, i have one more issue/learning opportunity for me & other newbies. The plants have gotten way to big for the pots as they are now demanding daily water. If I wait to water they are wilting by 10 am, then if they get water they perk up within an hour. Unfortunately, the SCROG & my situation have me committed to "finishing" in these pots... crap. Any experiences finishing this way?
 

HighDesertJoe

COME ON PEOPLE NOW
Veteran
Big plants in little pots might just need to water more then once a day.
Hang in there on the sex thing.
 
FINAL Update w/ pics for closure as I go into a year of therapy. I should've waited until about 90 days ago to pop the seeds. I got a forest early and expected "sex" to show much earlier (live & learn). Also, be ready for bigger pots. thanks & good luck all.

this one is already in a body bag
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and this "was" the final hope
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FreezerBoy

Was blind but now IC Puckbunny in Training
Veteran
While you didn't ask, let's talk screen for a minute.

The main shoot sends a signal to the rest of the plant to get behind it and stay down. Cut that stem, the next two take over and send the same orders which the plant obeys. Bend the tip and grow horizontally, that message reverses and every stem will try to outgrow the main greatly increasing yield.

The point of the screen is to keep all vegetative growth below it, allowing the screen to force horizontal growth and increase yield. Only colas are allowed above the screen. Allowing veg growth through the screen destroys the purpose of the screen. You no longer have a ScrOG, you simply have a screen in the middle of your plant for no purpose other than getting in your way.
 
While you didn't ask, let's talk screen for a minute.
had to beat a guy when he's down eh? just kidding.
Of course Freezer is right, and I had em pulled down until I read an "early sexing" thread and I got impatient. It was mostly for "security" reasons but the screen was a pain. Next year I will just tie it down more than relying on the screen

this is a "simulation" of how they were looking a few weeks ago, thanks again all and good luck:
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