de-sexing males?

[homegrown4life]

ok male marijuana plants still produce buds..so what if i cut all there little pollen sacks off...so they can't pollinate my females...would this work??

[CaliCoast]

I think you need to freshen up on your marijuana knowledge.

[Blaz3]

Originally Posted by CaliCoast

I think you need to freshen up on your marijuana knowledge.

^ couldnt agree more haha, male MJ plants do not make buds all they do is fuck with your grow (unless you want a shit ton of seeds)

[homegrown4life]

ok well on alot of other forums people say they produce buds...but they do have seeds! its like some shitty brick weed pretty much.. what would happen if i cut the pollen sacks off??

[AugustWest]

if you cut all of the pollen sacs off of a male plant you'll have a stem with some leaves on it.
i think you might be confusing a male plant with a hermaphrodite plant which has both male and female glands.
if a "hermie" plant isn't overgrown with male sacs, you can remove them and usually keep it under control if you check closely everyday. this usually happens with some feminized seeds.. they hermie but very little on the bottom of the plant.

[CaliCoast]

Well whoever told you that a male marijuana plant can produce "buds" or flowers they are either fucking with your head or extremely uninformed.

What you are probably talking about is shitty seeded weed. That weed was pollinated by male pollen and the female plant produced seeded bud. Males can't produce seeds by themselves.

If you were to cut off the male pollen sacks on a male plant you would be left with leaves and branches, no "buds" or flowers to smoke.

There are hermaphrodite plants however that show both male and female sex organs.



Edit: Dam you August , in there before me haha. Yeah if you clip the pollen sacks you ain't gonna be left with much.

[homegrown4life]

Originally Posted by CaliCoast

Well whoever told you that a male marijuana plant can produce "buds" or flowers they are either fucking with your head or extremely uninformed.

What you are probably talking about is shitty seeded weed. That weed was pollinated by male pollen and the female plant produced seeded bud. Males can't produce seeds by themselves.

If you were to cut off the male pollen sacks on a male plant you would be left with leaves and branches, no "buds" or flowers to smoke.

There are hermaphrodite plants however that show both male and female sex organs.



Edit: Dam you August , in there before me haha. Yeah if you clip the pollen sacks you ain't gonna be left with much.

alright cool...thanks for the information..i was just curious as to what would happen i guess i can practice cloning and stuff with male plants so if it doesn't work...it wont even matter

[CaliCoast]

Yeah man you can practice taking cuts from that male, good idea. Cloning takes a little practice so why not.

[homegrown4life]

Originally Posted by CaliCoast

Yeah man you can practice taking cuts from that male, good idea. Cloning takes a little practice so why not.

i bought a root hormone from wally world all i need is foam cubes right? keep it very moistand once a root system gets started put it in a pot again? i know about cutting the leaves and all that

[CaliCoast]

I took this from J. Cervantes' site.
http://www.marijuanagrowing.com/article.php?sid=34

How do I make clones step-by-step?
Cloning Step-by-Step, Excerpted from Chapter Nine, Indoor Marijuana Horticulture, The Indoor Bible
Cloning: Step-by-Step
Step One: Choose a mother plant that is at least two months old and 24 inches tall. Some varieties give great clones even when pumped up with hydroponics and fertilizer to grow fast. If a variety is difficult to clone, leach the soil daily with two gallons of water for each gallon of soil every morning for a week before taking clones. Drainage must be good. Or mist leaves heavily with plain water every morning. Both practices help wash out nitrogen. Do not add fertilizer.
Step Two: Older branch tips root easiest. With a sharp blade, make a 45-degree cut across firm, healthy 1/8 – ¼-inch-wide branches, 2 – 4 inches long. Take care not to smash the end of the stem when making the cut. Trim off two or three sets of leaves and growth nodes so the stem can fit in the soil. There should be at least two sets of leaves above the soil line and one or two sets of trimmed nodes below ground. When cutting, make the slice halfway between the sets of nodes. Immediately place the cut end in fresh, tepid water to keep an air bubble from lodging in the hole in the center of the stem. Store cuttings in water while making more cuttings.
Step Three: Rockwool or Oasis™ root cubes cost a little more than soilless mixes, but are very convenient and easy to maintain and transplant. Fill small containers or nursery flats with coarse, washed sand, fine vermiculite, soilless mix or if nothing else is available, fine potting soil. Saturate the substrate with tepid water. Use an unsharpened pencil or chop stick to make a hole in the rooting medium a little larger than the stem. The hole should bottom out about one half inch from the bottom of the container to allow for root growth.
Step Four: Use a rooting hormone and mix (if necessary) just before using. For liquids, use the dilution ratio for softwood cuttings. Swirl each cutting in the hormone solution for 5 – 10 seconds. Place the cuttings in the hole in the rooting medium. Pack rooting medium gently around the stem. Gel and powder root hormones require no mixing. Dip stems in gels as per instructions or roll the stem in the powder. When planting, take special care to keep a solid layer of hormone gel or powder around the stem when gently packing soil into place.
Step Five: Lightly water with a mild transplanting solution containing vitamin B¹ until the surface is evenly moist. Water as needed.
Step Six: Clones root fastest with 18 – 24 hours of fluorescent light. If clones must be placed under a HID, set them on the perimeter of the garden so they receive less intense light, or shade them with a cloth or screen.
Step Seven: Clones root fastest when humidity levels are 95 - 100 percent the first two days and gradually reduced to 85 percent over the next week. A humidity tent will keep humidity above 90 percent. Construct the tent out of plastic bags, plastic film or glass. Remember to leave a breezeway so little clones can breathe. If practical, mist clones several times a day as an alternative to the humidity tent. Remove any rotting foliage.
Step Eight: Air temperature should stay about 5 degrees cooler than the 75 – 80-degree rooting medium. Put clones in a warm place to increase air temperature and use a heat pad, heating cables or an incandescent light bulb below rooting cuttings. See drawing.
Step Nine: Some cuttings may wilt but regain rigidity in a few days. Clones should look close to normal by the end of the week. Cuttings still wilted after 7 days, may root so slowly that they never catch up with others. Consider culling out cuttings that root slowly.
Step Ten: In one to three weeks, cuttings should be rooted. Signals they have rooted include yellow leaf tips and roots growing out drain holes and clones will start vertical growth. To check for root growth in flats or pots, carefully remove the root ball and clone to see if it has good root development. For best results, do not transplant clones until a dense root system is growing out the sides and bottom of rooting cubes.
End of Excerpt

[Enuff4All2Share]

Quote:

Step Two: Older branch tips root easiest.


I remember reading that and going with it, but in practice, have you all found this to be true?

E4A2S

[MoreBudzForMe]

I read in the high times (an article about africa 07 I think) that you can pull a plant out of the soil a lil (like an inch) and it will revert sex. May have been reffering to femals going herm or just turning amale plant female I dont know I just glazzed over it.

[AugustWest]

Originally Posted by Enuff4All2Share

Quote:

Step Two: Older branch tips root easiest.


I remember reading that and going with it, but in practice, have you all found this to be true?

E4A2S

i fiond thicker diameter stems to root better.. whether they be from the top or bottom, but i have very limited experience cloning.