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JL2G

Jesse Loves 2 Grow
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That second photo shows a preflower on the left branch node. That little protrusion that sticks out, looks like a preflower to me anyway. Doesn't look female to me but like I said before I'm half blind.

Preflowers don't usually appear at every node, gotta look around sometimes. Males are hard for me to tell early but if there's preflower and no hairs, well it's probably not a female.

The first photo looks to maybe have preflowers on the other side of the node that's shown, I can't really tell though.

Please don't chop anything based on what I think I see. Eve if it's male it's not going to be dropping any pollen for quite a long while.
Yep, I see the same thing yer eyes do.
I'm thinking boy from seeing that little stalk.
I've got a couple right now can't quite tell yet. Some of em take a minute.
They're waiting for an up pot, but til they show they get to sit tight. Lol
Imho I've found that usually if they're slow to show sex they're gonna be girls. Most of my boys have shown up before the girls tell me anything.
 

Bullfrog

In Bloom
Yep, I see the same thing yer eyes do.
I'm thinking boy from seeing that little stalk.
I've got a couple right now can't quite tell yet. Some of em take a minute.
They're waiting for an up pot, but til they show they get to sit tight. Lol
Imho I've found that usually if they're slow to show sex they're gonna be girls. Most of my boys have shown up before the girls tell me anything.
I think he said that was two plants, I'm guessing his two photo's. Sucks to say but both pictures look male to me too. Like you said more straight on shots might be easier to tell. Especially photo 1 as the preflowers are on the opposite side from what's shown, but way they look to stick out there kinda gives it away too.
 

JL2G

Jesse Loves 2 Grow
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There are two main reasons to wait imo. Sexually mature plants are
1. less likely to intersex/herm
I'm thinking that's a fairly often cause being an immature plant.
That KS im running only had balls show up on the parallell nodes. Once the alternating nodes started shes not getting them there so far. Time will tell.
2. more apt to express to their full potential.
That too imho. The longer I've had some plants their 2nd 3rd and fourth harvests typically show a bit differently in taste smells etc. For the better most everytime.
 

JL2G

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New node pics today. First of one plant, then two of the other.
Imho the top pic is likely girl, but not 100% on that. See how it's tight to the plants stalk, and kinda tear drop shaped. Don't see the hair coming out yet, which is why I say not 100% on the girl call.
The second pics are for sure boys imho.
See the short stalk it's attached to, with a tiny green grape shaped claw lookin thing at the end.
 

Trial n Error

In Bloom
Looking for advice. I swapped tents, putting the two shorter photoperiods into the 2x2x4 tent to give the auto more room to gain more height during her last few weeks. The photos are a little bushy and a bit crowded in the 2x2. The auto is just over 3' tall and I'm concerned about her stretching between how in harvest, predicted around the 3rd week of January so I moved her to the 3x3x6 tent. She was getting pretty close to the light in the shorter tent. I could try to rig something up so the light is more flush with the top of the tent I suppose, if I need to switch her back to give the two photos more room.

I was hoping to flip the photos to flower about now, but I know they'll stretch when I do so and I'm not sure they'll have room in the little tent. Think they'll be OK in that little tent for a few weeks? Or should I swap them back to their original tents to give the photos more space? It sucks being constrained this much for space.
Here's where we stand right now.

I just need a few weeks. I'll chop the auto before the end of January and dry it in the smaller tent. I have no idea whether either or both of the photos are female until I flip them, but I'm wary of doing that until I figure out my space issue.

The Candyfloss auto.
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And the photos in the little tent.
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Any advice?
Looking great in here, your plants are looking happy and healthy 😊
Nice work!
 

notdezmond

In Bloom
I got in a new toy today, a USB camera to zoom in. I can see there's actually amber starting to show on a few of the buds, but others have clear to milky.
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Nice dude that helps a lot. Be sure to check multiple spots on the plant and check the bud itself. In my experience (which ain’t much) The tips of leaves will show amber much faster than the actual bud. Of course, everyone’s preferences differ. And also, I’m no expert haha but yeah. Worth noting at least
 

UrbanHillbilly

In Bloom
Nice dude that helps a lot. Be sure to check multiple spots on the plant and check the bud itself. In my experience (which ain’t much) The tips of leaves will show amber much faster than the actual bud. Of course, everyone’s preferences differ. And also, I’m no expert haha but yeah. Worth noting at least
Thanks. My wife has a steadier hand so I let her take the pics. She hasn't been in the tent much lately and she was practically drooling at what she saw tonight. She says the top buds and more amber than the leaf tips, but the buds lower in the middle leaning more toward clear to milky. I only posted a few of the pics she took. She's thinking I should spread out the branches, but things are close enough right now that I think that might be best to keep in mind for the next round. The seeds were billed as 10 weeks from seed to harvest and that would put it at this time next week. Time to keep a close eye on this girl.
 

Bullfrog

In Bloom
I got in a new toy today, a USB camera to zoom in. I can see there's actually amber starting to show on a few of the buds, but others have clear to milky.
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New toys are so fun.

Like Dezzy said, check trichs into the buds, sugar leaves will turn amber way before the actual buds. I've been meaning to post this diagram that might help you put a picture to the terminology we're using. Once you see the difference with your own eyes it'll be easy to sex them.
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VAHomegrown

In Bloom
Getting closer by the day with the Candyfloss. More nutes again today but I'm still having yellowing on some leaves and now a few are getting brown spots. Do I need to be concerned?
The leaves yellowing and dying off is totally normal as she progresses through flower. I would personally just give her ph'd water and a little mollasses at this point, no need to feed her anymore as she finishes. The water/mollasses will help flush any excess nutes out and provide a smoother smoke. I often see the trichs swell and turn white about a week after going to water/mollasses only. You can go through the plant and pull off any dead or necrotic leaves, this will allow better airflow around the buds and reduce the risk of mold.
Don't worry about the color of the trichs on the leaves, they can go amber very early in flower, well before the buds are ready. Check your trichs on the calyx (swollen, flower portion of the bud) Giving her an extra week to 10 days, after you think she looks done can really help her fill out and boost potency. Most newer growers seem to pull plants about 2 weeks too early.
 
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DopeDaniel

Taste The Spectrum
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Getting closer by the day with the Candyfloss. More nutes again today but I'm still having yellowing on some leaves and now a few are getting brown spots. Do I need to be concerned?
Concerned no, not at this stage but what this will tell you is where your current nutrient regimine could be improved. It will also get you familiar with what deficiencies/toxicity look like so if they happen when it will make sense for you to do something about it you'll be more informed. It may be that you are just not at the exact right pH for a particular nutrient or maybe the line you are using doesn't have enough x for a particular plant or had too much y...

Now, I have an idea of what this is but what fun would it be if I just told you?
 

UrbanHillbilly

In Bloom
Concerned no, not at this stage but what this will tell you is where your current nutrient regimine could be improved. It will also get you familiar with what deficiencies/toxicity look like so if they happen when it will make sense for you to do something about it you'll be more informed. It may be that you are just not at the exact right pH for a particular nutrient or maybe the line you are using doesn't have enough x for a particular plant or had too much y...

Now, I have an idea of what this is but what fun would it be if I just told you?
TBH, I'd be shooting random arrows in the dark to make a guess about any specific deficiency. Mag, nitrogen, or something else?
 
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