tOfficial “Weed Growers” Thread

beardown07 said:
Do you know what week yer in? Give or take?
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Not really because I didn't even notice it until it was over 2 feet tall behind a shrub.
It's been 2 weeks since I first saw it, so I don't really have any idea.

I get the impression that it had to fight it's way to the top for sunlight because it looked spindly and have no real idea how long it took to get to that point, but looks much better now with plenty of sun and fertilizer and water.

A guess???? since it poked it's head out of the ground ????
If it did that around the middle of May, that would be 10 weeks ???
 
beardown07 said:
@outofyourmind

Look towards the top(Nearest light) at the base of a branch where it connect to the stem, and where new leaf life is showing, between 3 and 6 weeks.

Males will show a little sac (har har) and the females will have a "similar" sac, but with two white pistols poking out.
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I always compare those girlie mini flowers to the pods in Alien. The boys look like grapes.
 
But I think we are too far into the weeds so to speak. At this point, just let it grow. If I understand you there's only one plant so if it's a male ... meh. Nothing ventured, nothing lost.

Let this one plant grow and you'll at least see one develop to maturity.
 
dikowt dowg said:
I've never attempted or even heard of this. I just kill them as soon as I notice them turn.
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It's for herms only, and late-stage at that. Meaning you got buds almost there but start seeing nanners.

If you notice male pre flowers, chuck that fucker in the neighboring town ffs. They'll ruin everything.
 
beardown07 said:
It's for herms only, and late-stage at that. Meaning you got buds almost there but start seeing nanners.
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I was tracking your thoughts. I had never heard of someone doing it though.


beardown07 said:
And obviously you can't do this with a big crop.
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yeah....which is why I pull them immediately. With outdoor growing...they get stressed sometimes and the hermaphrodites would crush a crop. Especially in previous years when I was hiding everything from thieves and the police. I was often growing in poor areas to keep them from being in the open.

There are some genetics that are less influenced by poor conditions and back then I migrated towards strains that could take the harsher conditions.

Now I find I'm less focused on growing in the middle of thickets which has changed some of my approach to strains I can use. I'm still learning new ways and it's a migration. :cool:
 
Mine is right in the middle of my garden area in the backyard right below my bedroom window. It’s a sublime location and I don’t worry about it at all. We’re home almost every day all day and at night once I’m flowering it it’s locked away in my shop all night.
 
dikowt dowg said:
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Mine doesn't have those small nodes of whatever they are between the stems.
It's getting bushy though, now that I fed it.
 
Now lets look at these one at a time...

The male...

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When you look at where a branch connects to the main stem, there is a cluster of balls. Those balls become flowers which open and release a pollen or a dust when they open. The pollen then floats around and connects to the female. And no doubt insects like bee's move them to the female too. That dust makes the seed.
 
outofyourmind said:
yes
looks like this so far
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That's good news....if looking where the branch meets the main stem, there is the white hair popping out. That's the thing that catches the male pollen and then the seed is created.
 
outofyourmind said:
that's what I was thinking, looks like it's still maturing to me.

it might not have come up as early as I was thinking.
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With regular outdoor plants that mature due to the change of seasons, what kicks off the change to flower is the reduction of day light. The sunlight reduction brings it on, and they can't help but to turn. Here, we are losing 2 minutes a day, soon to go to 3 minutes per day.
So, get ready. And good luck.
 
dikowt dowg said:
With regular outdoor plants that mature due to the change of seasons, what kicks off the change to flower is the reduction of day light. The sunlight reduction brings it on, and they can't help but to turn. Here, we are losing 2 minutes a day, soon to go to 3 minutes per day.
So, get ready. And good luck.
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I stun them with shock and awe. I already know they are females from when they are 4" high.

But starting this Saturday I put my plant on a 2 wheel dolly for the rest of it's life. And every night at 7 PM I wheel it into my shop which is pitch black once I've covered the windows. Then wheel it back out at 7 AM. Unless it's raining in which case I flip on the fluorescents in my shop which are 8 4' grow tubes. Not good enough for high power growing indoors, metal halides and HP sodium are for that, but they are more than adequate for giving me some "sun" on a rainy day. Can't have my buds getting wet.
 
dikowt dowg said:
With regular outdoor plants that mature due to the change of seasons, what kicks off the change to flower is the reduction of day light. The sunlight reduction brings it on, and they can't help but to turn. Here, we are losing 2 minutes a day, soon to go to 3 minutes per day.
So, get ready. And good luck.
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I thought it might be some kind of trigger like daylight hours.
I'll keep an eye on it.
 
Hank Kingsley said:
I stun them with shock and awe. I already know they are females from when they are 4" high.

But starting this Saturday I put my plant on a 2 wheel dolly for the rest of it's life. And every night at 7 PM I wheel it into my shop which is pitch black once I've covered the windows. Then wheel it back out at 7 AM. Unless it's raining in which case I flip on the fluorescents in my shop which are 8 4' grow tubes. Not good enough for high power growing indoors, metal halides and HP sodium are for that, but they are more than adequate for giving me some "sun" on a rainy day. Can't have my buds getting wet.
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You cut back to 12 hours when you're ready for the plant to flower. I'm learning that is pretty typical for grow conditions for in pots...doing it the way you are.

These outdoor plants are stuck in the ground so there isn't any moving them. :)
 
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