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First indoor grow - is this a male?

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by Paulnewtogrowing, Jan 6, 2021.

  1. #1 Paulnewtogrowing, Jan 6, 2021
    Started four plants from some seeds I got from the Maine seed place and one that I got from a plant I grew outdoors last year (only seed I have seen from that harvest thus far) - Two of the plants are from non feminized citrus farmer seeds - one looks to be a male - just wanted confirmation before I trash it - thanks
     

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  2. #2 MickFoster, Jan 6, 2021
    Kill it.
     
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  3. #3 BrassNwood, Jan 6, 2021
    Time to practice your seed making skills.
    Once your sure he is in fact he, You can trim him down to minimize the space he needs. Eventually you just want his main top. Let it develop under the good light until his first flowers look ready to open. Remove him to a separate space. Bag him with clear plastic like a dry clean bag and some bamboo stakes. Lean him over and put a paper plate under the landing zone. Tap him once or twice a day for a week or until you have a supply of pollen.

    On the female, clean up a lower branch of fans and sugars leaving a few bud sites.
    With a fine tipped art brush paint pollen on your selected buds.

    Identify the branch with something, String, tape, ribbon, tag.

    Pollen is Microscopic and it only takes a bit of sloppiness to contaminate part of a plant so treat him and his pollen like radioactive material.

    With the crazy high prices for seeds I've stepped up my seed making from once to twice a year. Each bud will produce 20 seeds or so. It'll keep you in fresh seeds for zero cost.

    BNW
     
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  4. #4 Paulnewtogrowing, Jan 6, 2021
    Thanks for the info BNW but I don’t think I’m ready to start seed production yet - maybe this summer.
     
  5. #5 BrassNwood, Jan 6, 2021
    Roll a doobie and go set in front of the plants a while and contemplate life and the universe before making that call. LOL you have plenty of time he's not a threat for a long while yet.

    BNW
     
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  6. #6 handaman, Jan 7, 2021
    I just wanted to say, very nice pics. If everyone took pictures like that before posting, it would be much easier to help them.

    Also, I agree with BNW, just, just do it. It’s just a little plant sex, no big deal.
     
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  7. #7 Paulnewtogrowing, Jan 8, 2021
    Thank you - that is one thing I’ve learned - questions with good pics get good answers - anyway I spend to much time chasing freakin gnats these days but I may consider letting it flower since I had to build another grow area in a different isolated section in my basement with a window for the females to exhaust smell when I switch light for flowering - I do have a small spider 1000 lamp I could use for the male.
     
  8. #8 handaman, Jan 8, 2021
    Last time I grew out males, I just stuck them between an armchair and the window in my living room. The boys don’t ask for much.

    Non-chemical treatment for fungus gnats: put a half-inch layer of perlite on the soil surface. It won’t solve the problem right away, but it will stop the next generation.
     
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  9. #9 Paulnewtogrowing, Jan 8, 2021
    I’ll try that - fine grain I assume - I have chunky stuff now
     
  10. #10 handaman, Jan 8, 2021
    I think the stuff we used at home is pretty chunky - biggest pieces are probably a half inch. I think it’s mostly to create a dry soil surface, but I don’t remember exactly.
     
  11. #11 Paulnewtogrowing, Jan 9, 2021
    Ever use nematodes?

    thanks
     
  12. #12 handaman, Jan 9, 2021
    Nope. I think this is the first I’ve heard of using nematodes for fungus gnats.
     
  13. #13 Paulnewtogrowing, Jan 9, 2021
    Yeah I read up em - I’ll stick to hydrogen peroxide , sticky traps and the perlite or some sand on top of soil -
     
  14. #14 Paulnewtogrowing, Jan 11, 2021
    So appears the perlite along with watering with HP mix has gotten the bastards under control - another watering will hopefully kill off any remaining ones in soil. I’ll be switching light schedule in a few weeks and see what happens
     
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