Trying to sex a plant in a room full of females

green217

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Ok guys I attempting to get a perpetual up and going. I have some reg beans I popped and stuck one of them after about 4weeks of vegging into my flower room with 4 other female plants that are at 5.5 weeks in 12/12. I am getting paranoid being it's been in there around a week, maybe a little longer. I just don't want to fuck up my how crop because some small pollen ball busted in the flower room. I check this plant daily and It appears to be about ready to show some sex now. Do you guys think I'm safe from pollinating other plants in the room as long as I'm checking daily? Anyone else done this?
I grown so paranoid that I've taken it out of the room and left in i a dark spot to try and speed up the sexing. Am I over reacting?
 

doctor.j

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I recently did something similar, checked 2-3 times a day, don't wait for bananas, yank that bitch as soon as you see balls
 

green217

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Yeah I stuck it back in there, along with two other unsexed plants. I'm just not used to having to determine sex with a room full of 6 week in to flowering plants
 

doctor.j

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It's not the best idea but I'm no stranger to lack of space/materials, just don't let them pop. I may have a pic of when I pulled mine, hold on.
 

GreenSanta

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you can check out my journal in my signature, been running perpetual for many years, used to do 12/12 from seed, I still do but I usually put the females in veg as soon as I know their sex. The worst that will happen to you if you are a little late at pulling the males is some random seeds in your buds, you are not going to fuck up a grow. It has never happened to me... I almost always have plants being sexed in the grow room because I mostly grow from seeds and only reg seeds.
 

green217

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I try to take pics like this for this sole reason. Look at the nodes, teeny tiny balls, I actually zoom my camera and use my phone to look and be 100% sure.
Yeah, I don't have any balls showing like that yet. I feel a bit more secure now, thanks for the reassurance! I'm just going to keep my eyes on them.
I'm just looking for that pheno that Fits my needs now. Will.just be running clones once I find my winner
 

GreenSanta

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I start looking daily from day 7... I don't kill the males when in doubt I place them by a window. With practice you can spot them on the first day they start showing sex.
 

green217

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I start looking daily from day 7... I don't kill the males when in doubt I place them by a window. With practice you can spot them on the first day they start showing sex.
yeah, i will probably do this. May even try and harvest some pollen off of a nice male. TY for the advice, everybody!
 
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