Post by brillbilly on May 2, 2010 19:51:54 GMT 10
Sexing Your Plants
Marijuana plants are either male or female . The male Marijuana plantsproduce pollen which pollinates the flowers of the female Marijuanaplant, which once pollenized, produce seeds . If the female Marijuanaplant isn't pollenized (if there are no male Mariuana plants nearby producing pollen), the flower/buds continue to develop andproduce THC. Female Marijuana plants which are not pollenized are referred to as sinsemilla (without seeds). Usually 30-50% of theMarijuana plants are male.
Flowering times
Floweringtimes are an indication of how long it will take the plant to matureindoor after flowering has been induced by changing the lights to 12hours of darkness. This will be affected by the environment to somedegree, but is pretty much fixed in the plant. Indicas are fasterflowering than sativas and hybrids are in relationship to thepercentage of each they contain.
Equally important in the processis vegetation time, or how long you grow them before flowering isinduced. Sativas grow very quickly and if we wait too long to flowerthem they will outgrow the limits of the space and will not fill out.On the other hand, if an indica is not grown for long enough, the yieldcan be greatly reduced. In the scheduling of the process they can oftenboth end up taking about the same amount of time to grow and mature.
Female Flowers
Female Pistils - notice the sac and the feathery frond-like structure. Usually after five days to two weeks you will begin to see a pair of tubular nodes. Hopefully they will have white hairs protruding from them as this denotes a female plant. These little hairs are known as pistils and they are the first sign your plant is flowering.
Female Cannabis – The female cannabis plant, unlike the male, is grown to produce marijuana. Premium marijuana is produced in seedless form by eliminating all pollen sources from the growing environment. Seed production reduces the value of marijuana dramatically by lowering the yield and potency of the flowers.
The female flowers appear as two long white, yellow, or pink pistils protruding from the fold of a very thin membranous calyx. The calyx is covered with resin exuding glandular trichomes (hairs). Pistillate flowers are borne in pairs at the nodes one on each side of the petiole behind the stipule of bracts which conceal the flowers. The females are recognized by the enlargement of a symmetrical tubular calyx (floral sheath). They are easier to recognize at a young age than male primordia. The first female calyxes tend to lack paired pistils (pollen-catching appendages) though initial male flowers often mature and shed viable pollen. In some individuals, especially hybrids, small non-flowering limbs will form at the nodes and are often confused with male primordia. The female plants tend to be shorter and have more branches than the male.
Marijuana plants are either male or female . The male Marijuana plantsproduce pollen which pollinates the flowers of the female Marijuanaplant, which once pollenized, produce seeds . If the female Marijuanaplant isn't pollenized (if there are no male Mariuana plants nearby producing pollen), the flower/buds continue to develop andproduce THC. Female Marijuana plants which are not pollenized are referred to as sinsemilla (without seeds). Usually 30-50% of theMarijuana plants are male.
Flowering times
Floweringtimes are an indication of how long it will take the plant to matureindoor after flowering has been induced by changing the lights to 12hours of darkness. This will be affected by the environment to somedegree, but is pretty much fixed in the plant. Indicas are fasterflowering than sativas and hybrids are in relationship to thepercentage of each they contain.
Equally important in the processis vegetation time, or how long you grow them before flowering isinduced. Sativas grow very quickly and if we wait too long to flowerthem they will outgrow the limits of the space and will not fill out.On the other hand, if an indica is not grown for long enough, the yieldcan be greatly reduced. In the scheduling of the process they can oftenboth end up taking about the same amount of time to grow and mature.
Female Flowers
Female Pistils - notice the sac and the feathery frond-like structure. Usually after five days to two weeks you will begin to see a pair of tubular nodes. Hopefully they will have white hairs protruding from them as this denotes a female plant. These little hairs are known as pistils and they are the first sign your plant is flowering.
Female Cannabis – The female cannabis plant, unlike the male, is grown to produce marijuana. Premium marijuana is produced in seedless form by eliminating all pollen sources from the growing environment. Seed production reduces the value of marijuana dramatically by lowering the yield and potency of the flowers.
The female flowers appear as two long white, yellow, or pink pistils protruding from the fold of a very thin membranous calyx. The calyx is covered with resin exuding glandular trichomes (hairs). Pistillate flowers are borne in pairs at the nodes one on each side of the petiole behind the stipule of bracts which conceal the flowers. The females are recognized by the enlargement of a symmetrical tubular calyx (floral sheath). They are easier to recognize at a young age than male primordia. The first female calyxes tend to lack paired pistils (pollen-catching appendages) though initial male flowers often mature and shed viable pollen. In some individuals, especially hybrids, small non-flowering limbs will form at the nodes and are often confused with male primordia. The female plants tend to be shorter and have more branches than the male.