Can you tell sex during veg stage?

Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Indoors' started by Limegreen Steez, Sep 4, 2011.

  1. Can you tell sex of plant during veg? I have the plant under CFLs and it hasn't shown any signs of sex yet about three weeks in. Got it from a bag of Dat Purp and hoping its a lady...
     
  2. There's no way to tell and be 100% sure.

    But the tallest ones are usually turn out to be males and shorter ones are usually females in my experiences.
     

  3. Thanks.

    I was looking around a bit and found some things that you could do to tell. Not sure if they work though.

    1. Snip a clone and put it under 12/12.

    2. Snip a clone and wrap a garbage bag around it and force it too flower.

    Anyone have had any success with these techniques?? or know anything about em??
     
  4. Yes there is a way to tell and be 100% sure, Height of the plant only tells you if you got a sativa or an indica strain. You'll need a magnefier 10x or better, and about the 3rd or 4th week of veg you can check for sex.

    I've done it for years and never was I wrong about it....when checking you'll want to check where new node growth is. In the corner of it (the stem attached to the new growth) you'll see either a club like ball (thats a male) or a pig tale (thats a female). You don't need to induce flowering to tell the sex.

    Again, telling by height is not 100%. That is only to tell the difference between strains. Sativas are tall and Indicas are short.
     
  5. Dude, all that is unnecessary. Just check the new node growth with a magnefier, once you see it you'll never forget how to check sex during veg.
     
  6. yup yup, If you veg a plant to sexual maturity , 30-40 days I would estimate, you can usually see pre-sex pretty clearly, even with the naked eye.
     
  7. Its easy smeezie :ey:
     

  8. Solid dude. Where could i get a magnifier? Will a normal magnifying glass do?
     
  9. I have a 10x magnefier, but you can see it with 3x on up. Once you figured out how to sex during veg. you won't even need a magnefier. You can get one at wal-mart or target, or a hydro store. They are all over the place.
     

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