In my 2023 grow journal I made gender prediction for the DGR strain I am working on. The mixed gender plants went outside on June 1 and I pruned the apical tip at that point. On June 15 there were identifiable pre-flowers growing where I made the first structural prune and one node down.
Here’s a link to that post with some nice closeup photos:
DGR: Gender prediction looking at pre-flowers at apical prune, June 15
Looks like I have two female and three male DGR plants and one of each of both the females and males are expressing the red-stem traits.
I performed a structural prune at the apical tip of all five of the DGR plants about 15 days ago when these plants moved outside. I started germination on the plants about 8 weeks ago.
I wasn’t expecting to see pre-flowers at this pruned spot since this node is right near the top – but I s…
My predictions in the middle of June turned out to be correct!
My predictions turned out correct!
There were two females and here’s what they look like at the end of August.
DGR2
Stems are mostly red, some candy-striping, and some green. The form is a gentle bushy plant with many thin smaller leaves.
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Flowers are small and will probably need at least another month.
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DGR5
DGR5 has very deep red stems. It was damaged in a surprise thunderstorm when I didn’t roll it under the porch quick enough and now has splints, duct tape…
Here’s what I’m thinking of doing next year (at end of comment):
I’ve never really looked before either and was surprised to see the pre-flowers. At this stage I usually just look for them between 2-3 nodes down from the top.
Because we sometimes get big thunderstorms with gusty strong winds I normally do structural pruning relatively early to encourage the girls to get bushier rather than tall. Another issue with plants over 6.5 feet tall is they are harder to temporarily move under the front porch roof where they are more protected.
I have five of my mix…
But I really like the idea @ramblinrose had earlier in this thread:
I usually top everything and put the tops in cups of water under a cfl in a closet. The clones show after a week or so of 12:12.
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