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You reckon this is a male?

VerdantGreen

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Sorry but i think the idea that you can tell males, females and hermis by their smell is complete nonsense... a bit like telling it from the shape of the seed lol (which some also claim)

but anyone who can do it is very welcome to come round my house and sex my plants for me !

Height is about the only indicator ime and that is not completely reliable.
If you order your seedling plants into order of height then the tallest ones are usually male and the shorter ones female

VG :tiphat:
 

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Well there is defo a pistil in the pic, but also possibly a male flower too. harde to be completely sure.

plants look good and healthy btw.

VG
 

stiff

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Sniffing for males is as reliable as the method of picking a female seed in a bunch of seeds.
It can't work that way, as in seeds you have plenty of phenotypes. Do you know "them" all by sniffing a plant in veg? I highly doubt it.

I'm with you on different smells, not on the sex specific smells.
And like creeperpark said, it happens so many times that you think you know the sex one day just to be told better the day after.

Don't rush it or take an early cutting for sexing
 
Yeah I mean idk how the smell could be an indicator of sex. I would take a few more zoomed pics but it's dark in there right now I'll get a few this afternoon. Yeah they are doing pretty okay. Still very green. Started noticing yellowing at week 5 and started feeding. Didn't plan having 7 in this tiny space. Lol. Thanks for all the info guys. I'll have some better pics when lights come on.
 
Sniffing for males is as reliable as the method of picking a female seed in a bunch of seeds.
It can't work that way, as in seeds you have plenty of phenotypes. Do you know "them" all by sniffing a plant in veg? I highly doubt it.

I'm with you on different smells, not on the sex specific smells.
And like creeperpark said, it happens so many times that you think you know the sex one day just to be told better the day after.

Don't rush it or take an early cutting for sexing
I have three different strains in there so tallest to shortest isn't there. Had to put the more indica on 4x4 blocks to compete with the big Romulans lol. I know better than to have all that going on. Didn't expect the Roms to stretch that much. And they're not done yet I don't think
 

k0rps

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Yeah I mean idk how the smell could be an indicator of sex. I would take a few more zoomed pics but it's dark in there right now I'll get a few this afternoon. Yeah they are doing pretty okay. Still very green. Started noticing yellowing at week 5 and started feeding. Didn't plan having 7 in this tiny space. Lol. Thanks for all the info guys. I'll have some better pics when lights come on.
They smell like male cannabis plants to me. I don't mind sharing my personal experience even if others wanna give me shit about it. The males usually irritate my nose and do smell different than females. Did you send samples in for sex test? What are the results, males have different stem rub than females?
 
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H e d g e

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They smell like male cannabis plants to me. Yeah, I guess it was strange technique nobody has heard of over here and I don't mind sharing my personal experience even if others wanna say it's incorrect or whatever. The males usually irritate my nose and do smell different than females. Did you send sample in for sex test? What are the results?
Was it you that mentioned it in the v man thread?

If not there’s someone else talking about this on here, the v man thread is too big to find it again.
 
They smell like male cannabis plants to me. I don't mind sharing my personal experience even if others wanna give me shit about it. The males usually irritate my nose and do smell different than females. Did you send samples in for sex test? What are the results, males have different stem rub than females?
Yeah I sent off 5/8 to be tested. The name should be Romulan. Lol. But I chopped the one make early. Besides the bubba kush feminized I only have to worry about the 2 left. But I just looked at the bubba kush...and it looks like a male. Lol. Here's the bubba. Below are better ones with zoomage.
 

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Here's the bubba. I wasn't even worried since it was supposed to be feminized. Looks like a male or parts of one...
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Untested Romulan.
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The untested CPR.

Thanks again for people chiming in. It takes a village. You guys are awesome.
 

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aCBD

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The bubba definitely show signs of being male with the big ball sacks.

The untested Romulan shows signs of being female.
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The untested CPR could be female but very hard to see on the pictures provided.
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You say that the Bubba should be female. Is it possible that they're mislabeled? Happens sometimes
 
No. I still have the bag they came in. Had one left out of 3. This is the only one that germinated. Bummer for sure. Light schedule is the same as the rest. Idk how this could happen unless the Seedbank mislabels. Hell idk what to do now. Guess I'll keep the eyes open. Amazing how much changes after 24 hours.
 
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Took out the bubba and the two untested again. I think the bubba is getting chopped. All the ones below are close up of all the tops and growth. I see dude stuff. I don't know how that happens. Super disappointed since it was labeled from seedsperson. 🐢 Snapping pics of the other two and hopefully conclude this.
 

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aCBD

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Had a few feminized varieties which started to throw a sac or two before starting to grow all female. After plucking them it wasn't a ticking time bomb anymore.

This problem was also mentioned in the Connoisseur Genetics forum. If the plant doesn't stop to produce balls it might be a full male or hermaphrodite.
Maybe worth mentioning.
 
Had a few feminized varieties which started to throw a sac or two before starting to grow all female. After plucking them it wasn't a ticking time bomb anymore.

This problem was also mentioned in the Connoisseur Genetics forum. If the plant doesn't stop to produce balls it might be a full male or hermaphrodite.
Maybe worth mentioning.
I went ahead and plucked it just minutes ago. Was going to thank everyone for the help and the unlikely was the female. Still waiting on one to show more but I got home and noticed this all over..I thought maybe I can pollinate the Romulans or CPR but forget that. I just sent an email to the bank and sent pics. I doubt I will be compensated but people should know that they are very unstable and maybe not pick them as one of the few they are able to grow. Huge bummer but I was able to free up the space. Was your strain you mentioned new at the time? Im wondering if it was just unstable. I don't believe they make this bubba kush anymore from their bank. Maybe that's why
 

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Chopping the bubba down. It's a male. I already have a thread journal for this grow under Romulan or closet or something. Thanks for the help. I'm still gonna wait for the other untested because you guys were right. I think one needs more time. 🤟You guys stay up.
 

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