[Budgie]

New growers often ask 'how can I tell if it's a girl'?

 

It's not difficult really once you know what to look for and when.

 

For normal photoperiod plants they usually show from the 4th/5th week of life and are usually located on the 3-5th branching node. This happens from the 3rd week of life when growing autos. If you look carefully at the branching points you will see that little calyx with a creamy white double pistil coming out which confirms you've got a girl that's sexually maturing and about ready to flower.

 

The easiest way to demonstrate this is simply with a couple of pics that show what the first little calyx/pistil looks like :

 

 

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Shimples 

[FatBagZ]

Shimples you make it Budgie Nice one.

[Mick]

Simple a. If you are growing regular seeds and they are just starting to show sex. Wait until they have shown properly. I have grown many plants that looked male at first for them little pods then burst with a few hairs. I think that's the main confusion at first ;-) atb

[Budgie]

Simple a. If you are growing regular seeds and they are just starting to show sex. Wait until they have shown properly. I have grown many plants that looked male at first for them little pods then burst with a few hairs. I think that's the main confusion at first ;-) atb

Good advice, it takes a week or two for those male pollen sacks to start spreading the love, which is more than enough time to double check they are indeed males without risking unwanted pollenation or destroying a perfectly good female plant.

 

And there is also this converse thread to look at

[Mick]

Hello, hope you don't mind Budgie for the little hijack. Here is a female plant in veg that has just started to show.
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You can see that it could easily be mistaken for a early male. Here is a pic one node up
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You can see two hairs from each pod just about emerging.
Atb