Almost 4 weeks on, and afraid this wasn’t as feminized as advertised. Please tell me I’m wrong

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I don’t know how to sex.pot plants. Just commenting to bump, hope you get an answer!

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Thanks, man

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It’s a male, get rid of it ASAP unless you want the rest of your harvest pollinated.

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What happens if that happens?

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The female plant stops investing in the flower and instead uses all the energy to produce seeds. There will be seeds galore and low-tier weed. We want sinsemilla, without seeds.

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If you want regular seeds, this could give you a lifetimes supply, all depends on your perspective and what you want to take from the current situation.

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All females produce seeds.

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Thanks, I was afraid of that - thankfully he’s already been separated from the ladies.

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Yup, that looks like a male to me.

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Aight, thank you. Knew I could get some answers here!

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That’s gnarly, the lower ones 100% look like male since they are on stems, while the females aren’t. So the uppers just look like a weird mutation, but still give off male vibes.

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Yeah, after seeing some more pics of how the pollen sacs open, I could see the stuff up top looking like that. I thought it was just how these calyxes started out, but prolly not based on the other thingies. Thanks

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Maybe I just don’t know what I’m looking at.

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Definitely male. Male pollen sacs have a more rounded shape like a rugby ball. Female calyx have a more tear drop shape I would say. Like it tapers harder at the tip than male sacs. Compare this image to yours and you can see the drastic difference.

https://herbiesheadshop.com/resized/original/common/38/Bract-And-Calyx__MUaprbe8FlvddjGr.jpg

Now that you know the difference, you’ll be able to find them earlier. You probably could have spotted this male like 3-4 weeks ago.

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Yeah, that’s what I thought. It’s not much older than that - how could I tell so early? They looked much less rugby shaped a week ago, and I thought maybe the calyxes just started out way different than the other strain’d plant I grew. I appreciate the link and reply.

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Shortly into veging, the plant will produce pre flowers right at the nodes. The crevice of the stalk and branch. Calyxes typically will be attached to that spot right at their base. Pollen sacs will typically have a short stem off the base that then connects it the node. If you look up some pics of male plants, you will see their pollen sacs kind of hanging in bunches from little stems, same thing happens with the pre flowers, but you usually only get 1 or 2 sacs at the node as opposed to like a dozen.

Thats about where my experience with males and herms end. In my experience though, it mostly just comes down to the shape of the part. Round convex shape, almost certainly male part. Tear drop concave shape, female part.

With experience you will be able to sex the plants earlier and earlier.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

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