Male, Female or Hermie? 🔬 Official Sex Identification Topic

[LemonadeJoe]

This is official identification thread. First post is wiki and you are welcome to update this post. First post should serve as a tutorial or guide featuring most illustrative examples of plant sex.

Post your photos as a reply to this topic to get your plants identified.

All replies will be automatically deleted after 30 days. Good photo examples should be moved into this wiki post before reply expires.

Female

Showing white pistils coming from the preflower. The hairs can be hard to see without using a magnifying glass.

Tip: Wait for the hairs to appear before killing it. Wait for the balls to appear before killing it, be patient.

Another female:

Notice the tear shaped preflowers and pistils coming from it:

Well developed female:

Male

Clusters of balls:

Well developed male:

Tips:

About tools

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Yes nothing showing yet on that pic from here : )

On removing males

@SeriousPaul

Spray it with water before you remove it when there is any pollen it will not pollinate anymore

Other references:

• How do I determine a female sex plant from a male?

[Lokster]

This was very informational. I now hopefully can test this in reality when time comes for me in KY. I am glad to see other people comment with theirs, and even just now understand another fundamental. Thanks Joe, and thanks Community!

[Pannonian]

I need help identifying preflowers.
I went with the method: three days 12/12, then back to 18/6. After four or five days the situation is this.

I am sure or think these are males

I think these are females

So if anyone can confirm…

Three plants have nothing to show. I hope that means they could be female.
Thanks

[Hashpants]

They seem correct on males. Imo, the 4th “female” picture looks male.

[JoeCrowe]

yah 4th in the “females” is definitely male and I’m casting a beady eye on the 6th one as well. Could be male.

[Pannonian]

Thanks @Hashpants @JoeCrowe

Yes, you are both right. I just looked again.
9/17 confirmed males, 3 are on waiting. I realy hope that all there are females

Intresting is that 5/5 C99 are males. Last run with same seed batch there was 3/6

[Topdecker]

Out of curiosity, how many days old were they when you briefly switched to flowering lights?

[Pannonian]

26, 27 days
@Topdecker

[Topdecker]

I had guessed 30-35. Thanks for the info!

[Ambition]

Is this enough for you guys to call it female? Still small but clearly a pistil coming out from the calyxe?

I’ve got 5 of 6 plants showing signs of being female and the 6th isn’t showing really anything. Feeling like I must be missing something when I get that many “females”

[Fortman420]

Had a looky at my Lifesaver x Double Grape auto last night and not liking what I’m seeing. Just looking to confirm what I think is a correct ID of hermie. 2 different plants both at the top or right near the top cluster.

I was going to harvest the pollen for a couple members on OG but if theres intersex instability I’d rather not pass this along and perpetuate this cycle further

[JoeCrowe]

Looks like some pistils to me! Not good!

@Ambition

Still small but clearly a pistil coming out from the calyxe?

It’s definitely female, but in addition, the thing you called a calyx is actually a bract. The calyx is deep inside the bract. I blame google for this misnomer.

[vinivv]

female 2 hairs no ball or balls nothing else just 2 hairs one larger usually one slightly deform looking but long pointed but sometimes curled LOL sometimes ball sticks up or hunkers down

[vinivv]

thoughs look male ball in between lol

[Pannonian]

Thanks

[Kiwigreen]

That’s what all my males start off like but most people will tell you to wait still a lil early

[KiMatinho]

Male right? I have other plants that are in very early stage but couldnt focus to take the picture -_-

[AnalogAlien]

nice meme game

[GreenHighland]

Dude looks like a dude

[JoeCrowe]

it’s male
@KiMatinho that’s male too.