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

@ifish

Buy this : )

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The grey Carson one is even more powerful but way too hard to use unless you’ve a real steady hand

It comes of the stand and will get you closer to where you need to be looking : )

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?