Male or female, How can I tell

I'm a new grower, and I'm still trying to figure things out. When it comes to determining sex, almost everyone has said that U have to wait till the flowering stage. However, I did have someone give me another theory; it goes like this. There are two little spike like things that grow on each side of the branches as they come off the main stalk. If these are crossed, or grow towards each other, they are male. If these are spread, growing away from each other, it is female. I observed this to be true with this crop (My first).
Does anyone have any input on this observation. Thx

i guess that could work cuz i hav 2 babys right now but they are growing across i hope this isnt the case but i think u will never be sure till flowering stage and it could be a hermie

if that's right I might have atlease 2 female BC Mangos

i know ill make not of that when my babies get bigger. that would be nice if we wouldnt have to waste time on a male waiting to see white hairs

!manigethigh! said:

i know ill make not of that when my babies get bigger. that would be nice if we wouldnt have to waste time on a male waiting to see white hairs

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unless your like me and want to have males and females

yeah its ok to have males once in a while when you need some more seeds.

!manigethigh! said:

yeah its ok to have males once in a while when you need some more seeds.

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yea getting a nice big seed crop would be nice here and there

exactly!! u wont have to go elsewhere to get it

!manigethigh! said:

exactly!! u wont have to go elsewhere to get it

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I wanna do a few massive seed crops so that I can pick and chose the best of each because just corssing a male and female donesn't meen its gonna be the best compared to the same strain but using diffrent males and females

well this is a new one to me. i don't think you can determine sex from which way the stipule grow.

I have about 15 plants about 2 inches high! Are you supposed to clip every other leaf? Someone told my old man this tid bit of info! I am clueless! Have never grown any before!

rymmyisaac said:

I have about 15 plants about 2 inches high! Are you supposed to clip every other leaf? Someone told my old man this tid bit of info! I am clueless! Have never grown any before!

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welcome to the site!
you should probably start your own thread to ask questions (otherwise you are "hijacking" someone else's thread). But to answer your question - no. The leaves are solar collectors for the plants - it is how they absorb sunshine. you shouldn't be cutting anything off your plant unless you have a plan for pruning/topping.

Sorry didn't mean to cause problems! I'll start my own and thanks for the info!

when the stem is still skinny they will be crossed and when stem gets thicker they wont be and only exception is when side branches are starting to become uneven then they can be skinny and not be crossed