Male, Female or Hermie? 🔬 Official Sex Identification Topic

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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

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Clusters of balls:

Well developed male:

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Ok, I can usually spot males pretty early but these two plants have me scratching my head… it has plenty of female hairs, but unlike my other young’uns, these also have tiny yellowish round “things” mixed into the center of each young bud… nothing bad on any branches or in any crotches… just these tiny “dots” mixed in with the fuzzy parts. My camera isn’t great on taking closeups of small things, but I tried:

This one is cropped:

Also worth noting: these are clones from a female plant grown from a feminized seed, BUT at the end, just a few days before I would have harvested her anyway, I noticed a couple of boy-flowers, so she was turning Hermie in the homestretch. No other plants in that crop had flowers, balls or seeds. I went ahead and chopped her down that day… she only lost about 4 days of growing time until she would have been put in drying phase anyway, but I didn’t want to risk giving those boy flowers a chance to mature. There were no seeds in it, so apparently I caught it in time.

So what’s everyone’s opinion on these two babies? Please advise.

PS: here’s another view, with the contrast turned up a little…

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@Reithel
had a plant do this too. I think the flower is growing still. i noticed the yellowing in the middle a few other cuts. give it a few more days and it may start looking nicer.

separately, are these male preflowers? i am trying to get a good idea of what the preflowers look like so i don’t have to go to flower with all the males. hopefully they are clear enough.
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Really hard to see but I think I see some leaf bracts there so it’s probably male.

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That little bumps in the crotches look male to me. If mine were that clear, I wouldn’t be uncertain. Sorry.

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that’s what i thought. i don’t see a lot of males since i’ve run mostly fems in the last few years. i never used to cull before about day 5 of flower, but it would way cooler to not have to wait so long.

So far, my male-dar has been pretty good. basically, if you don’t have hairs after about 6 or 7 weeks of veg then it’s male. Though, i would rather have a positive visual cue than one that is based on something not being seen.

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For early sexing I use a microscope. If I see a leaf bract, it’s game over.

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I think it’s a dude … secret

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How’d u pin that topic George?

If you speak about how you can unpin it, here’s the way to do it:

TeamOG and Leaders are the only ones able to generally pin or unpin a topic, if that’s what you asked … beer3|nullxnull

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No need to unpin, just wanted to know, didn’t know u guys had a Hi-erarchy.

Anyone with an opinion? Thank you ahead of time. This is a green crack bx from high and lonesome. Other 5 in the tent look fine.

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I think they are just fresh buds forming not intersex traits.

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Thanks for your reassurance. I will for sure be checking them closely. Beautiful plants, so I’m hoping they are stable.

I think this is a oldtimer but I cannot trust myself anymore icon_e_confused|nullxnull, thoughts? TIA … beer3|nullxnull

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Definitely male

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Thanks, he won’t see the morning sun … icon_twisted|nullxnull

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Nanners?


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Ouch yeah bud all over.

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