Help Sexing & WTF's with offset nodes
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Joe Blows Trees
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Crossed stipules is a good sign it's female, but not 100%
Buds4Fun
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Thanks for the response. Hopefully it becomes obvious soon. Has got me a little anxious as its my only one and is 7 weeks from seed. Its gonna hurt if its a male.
Alienwidow
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Looks female to me. But no sure signs yet.
Dr. Who
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It's female!
Offset nodes are for the better formation of buds by the plant giving them space to grow.
If you start from seed - they are generally across from one another or balanced. They "offset" in the stretch and continue that way for the boom period.
Clone will always be offset or alternating.
Offset nodes are for the better formation of buds by the plant giving them space to grow.
If you start from seed - they are generally across from one another or balanced. They "offset" in the stretch and continue that way for the boom period.
Clone will always be offset or alternating.
Greenhouse;save
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It's also an indication that its ready(mature enuff)for flower.....
Hydrotech364
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Ofset nodes are also a sign of good Indica genetics.
Buds4Fun
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I thought the plant was mostly stavia as 12-14 week flower and the "haze factor"
Buds4Fun
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Damn, I like your attitude!
What makes you say she is a "girl" ?
It was indeed started from seed and I have only just noticed the offset.
Dr. Who
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43 years of looking at them (the offset is a good indicator too) !
I can look at straight runs and "see" the males while there still in Solo cups....I set the males aside for possible pollen collection.
I haven't been wrong in decades.....It's kinda hard to explain other then all those years looking at them......But, I'll take stab at it for you.
Females are shorter and branch out faster/more.
Males tend to be taller faster and less branching early.
This can show by about an average of 1/3 difference in height while still in Solo's..
This is a simple rough outline from personal experience and most likely there are things in my mind that click upon seeing them that I did not list. The "art" of sexing by sight early on is something that you will simply have to learn.....
Like I said I'll run the separated males (throwing out the weaker smaller ones as I go) till I have the one I want to collect pollen from. This is true for only strains I want the pollen from. I used to set the "suspected" males out till they "confirmed" them selves. I had not made a missed call in a long, long,long time so I simply quit that and throw them out at seperation.....(OCD made me keep them to be sure I didn't loose a female)
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Buds4Fun
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Well I hope your right! This thing has been FIMed a few times hence the bushyness. I look forward to learning by doing. Thanks again for your input.
Greenhouse;save
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And that's why........The doc is the man......
Kingrow1
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Buds4Fun
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I think sometimes it's hard to explain years of experience in a paragraph of text.
HydroRed
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Female -I'd bet on it. ^^^This ......but worded better than I could have said.
I used to trip my bro out with my "lucky guesses" and lets just say he doesn't doubt me anymore with this
Kingrow1
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Im not saying its not possible but i am saying this advice seems to be a long shot from mainstream opinion, hec if your that good youd have a sticky where you could sex all the plants on these boards and save us a lot of time and effort in waiting for flowering to determin sex.Female -I'd bet on it. ^^^This ......but worded better than I could have said.
I used to trip my bro out with my "lucky guesses" and lets just say he doesn't doubt me anymore with this
Personally i thought those preflowers looked like they were going to eventually turn female but as to accurate identification, i feel its still early days.
Dr. Who
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Gee, Thanks for nothing! That's exactly why I avoid the "is this a male" questions! I'd get locked into doing it for every one that comes down the pike! How frick'in many of those are posted everyday!!!!!
What the fuck is "mainstream" anyway? Back in my day, what I said was about the first thing your taught TO look for....No one wanted to flip the bloom "on and off" and I sure as hell don't to this day! Re vegging is stressful and I don't want stress if I can AVOID it.
Oh yeah you can add longer nodal spacing to the taller plant part too......Like I said. It's an "art" that's best learned and not taught!
Your right! I could have done better too....I did pretty good and I still say it's simply more experience talking when I look at them. I mean it's simply automatic now, ya know?...Female -I'd bet on it. ^^^This ......but worded better than I could have said.
I used to trip my bro out with my "lucky guesses" and lets just say he doesn't doubt me anymore with this
The thing is I was thinking I could go out to my grow sometime and really look at what I'm seeing to better explain.....Right now, not an option........
Kingrow1
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And you can do all that of the ops 3 photos hes posted.... dude thats not an art, thats a superpower, youll exscuse me and others that find this a little suspicious!Gee, Thanks for nothing! That's exactly why I avoid the "is this a male" questions! I'd get locked into doing it for every one that comes down the pike! How frick'in many of those are posted everyday!!!!!
What the fuck is "mainstream" anyway? Back in my day, what I said was about the first thing your taught TO look for....No one wanted to flip the bloom "on and off" and I sure as hell don't to this day! Re vegging is stressful and I don't want stress if I can AVOID it.
Oh yeah you can add longer nodal spacing to the taller plant part too......Like I said. It's an "art" that's best learned and not taught!
Your right! I could have done better too....I did pretty good and I still say it's simply more experience talking when I look at them. I mean it's simply automatic now, ya know?...
The thing is I was thinking I could go out to my grow sometime and really look at what I'm seeing to better explain.....Right now, not an option........
Dr. Who
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YUP!
We all have opinions we know what those are like....your excused...
Still gotta ask....Whats "mainstream" teaching anyway? guess I'm stuck in the rut of what I learned..
Give it time and pay attention. Old school at it's best!