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Rednick · 05-19-2011, 12:10 AM

Had a friend eyeball it once for me, no scope.
He ended up having a 90-95% accuracy.
Definitely a little skill and practice go a long way.

GoneRooty · 05-19-2011, 12:20 AM

Preflowers can be seen with the naked eye, some sort of magnifier definitely helps when looking at real early preflowers. Once you've gotten used to seeing both types of preflowers, it gets pretty easy to distinguish between male and female, most of the time.

e_24 · 05-30-2011, 04:55 PM

On my phone writing this, and this goes out to the OP who has a thai strain that doesn't show till 10 weeks. That's because its a tropical sativa. Those things take a LONG time to sex. Correct me if im wrong. Tropical sativas have the longest time frame from seed to harvest, so I would assume that early sexing will be a while...

redneck shogun · 06-20-2011, 02:17 PM

People have told me I determine sex to early and I just tell them they don't know shit from shinola. Nice thread pine.

GoneRooty · 06-20-2011, 05:52 PM

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People have told me I determine sex to early

HAHA that's funny Redneck. I love it when stupid people tell you what you're doing is wrong. Obviously, if you can see the preflowers, you're not sexing too early. Guess those dumb people don't know about preflowers. Just keep doing what you're doing and let the dumbasses think what they want.

VapingBuddha · 06-27-2011, 02:19 PM

Interesting. I'll give this a try for sure, it makes sense on average. But as to the exception to the rule, I've had at least one plant (a Double Strawberry Diesel) show female preflowers complete with pistils and then turn out to be male.

ProfGerbik · 06-27-2011, 02:33 PM

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for easy sexing, i prefer tequila, MDMA, or any combination thereof

LOL good one. meh early sexing has never worked for me no matter what.

over time i learned the best way to tell sex is simply wait until you see definitive proof otherwise you could jump the gun and chop plants down for no reason too early. ive thought several times oh thats for sure male but turns out to be female. so yea i just wait.

nickman · 06-27-2011, 06:41 PM

ive got a few AK's and Plushberry's going om their 5th week of 24 hr light schedule. All of them have shown me their pre flowers by week 4ish ...

They are in 12 oz plastic beer cups so i know that they are a bit root bound. In a couple days i am gonna transplant them into bigger pots...

Last grow i dont think i noticed any pre flowers until i put em in 12/12 light schedule. Then again, i only vegged last time for like 3 weeks or so...

yesum · 06-27-2011, 09:40 PM

To add something here, I used this for my current grow. I got all the females sexed right, but a few 'males' or indistinct plants did turn out female. So for me, the ones that are iffy or male looking are not a sure thing.

Green and Gold · 07-25-2011, 05:52 PM

Great post with good pictures. I wold be absoultely confident of the sex of those plants pictured. I've been doing exactly this for years. However, it is very strain dependent.
I've got a strain that will always show by the 6th node, but some train wreck I have did not show at all until the 9th node.

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Rednick One day you will have to answer to the children of the sky. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Rectaltangle Posts: 1,694	Had a friend eyeball it once for me, no scope. He ended up having a 90-95% accuracy. Definitely a little skill and practice go a long way. Last edited by Rednick; 05-30-2011 at 06:44 PM..
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e_24 Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 297	On my phone writing this, and this goes out to the OP who has a thai strain that doesn't show till 10 weeks. That's because its a tropical sativa. Those things take a LONG time to sex. Correct me if im wrong. Tropical sativas have the longest time frame from seed to harvest, so I would assume that early sexing will be a while... __________________ Tied down 18 ways to hell.
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redneck shogun Gnomes turn my compost pile Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Green Acres Posts: 698	People have told me I determine sex to early and I just tell them they don't know shit from shinola. Nice thread pine. __________________ ROLS
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05-19-2011, 12:20 AM	#22
GoneRooty Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: WA Posts: 385	Preflowers can be seen with the naked eye, some sort of magnifier definitely helps when looking at real early preflowers. Once you've gotten used to seeing both types of preflowers, it gets pretty easy to distinguish between male and female, most of the time.
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06-27-2011, 02:19 PM	#26
VapingBuddha Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 64	Interesting. I'll give this a try for sure, it makes sense on average. But as to the exception to the rule, I've had at least one plant (a Double Strawberry Diesel) show female preflowers complete with pistils and then turn out to be male.
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06-27-2011, 06:41 PM	#28
nickman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,685	ive got a few AK's and Plushberry's going om their 5th week of 24 hr light schedule. All of them have shown me their pre flowers by week 4ish ... They are in 12 oz plastic beer cups so i know that they are a bit root bound. In a couple days i am gonna transplant them into bigger pots... Last grow i dont think i noticed any pre flowers until i put em in 12/12 light schedule. Then again, i only vegged last time for like 3 weeks or so...
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06-27-2011, 09:40 PM	#29
yesum IC Mag Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,397	To add something here, I used this for my current grow. I got all the females sexed right, but a few 'males' or indistinct plants did turn out female. So for me, the ones that are iffy or male looking are not a sure thing.
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07-25-2011, 05:52 PM	#30
Green and Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 97	Great post with good pictures. I wold be absoultely confident of the sex of those plants pictured. I've been doing exactly this for years. However, it is very strain dependent. I've got a strain that will always show by the 6th node, but some train wreck I have did not show at all until the 9th node.
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