My First Grow Journal...EVER! 600W MH/HPS Bubbleponics Cabinet Grow

[ellz]

08/14/2017:

06:30PM: Posted the following photos on the main GWE forum to get opinions on them. I am almost certain this plant is a male! All of the pictures below are from the same plant. What do you all think?

[ellz]

08/14/2017:

03:30AM: Below are updated photos from the Rug Burn OG plant. The first two are from the same plant (suspected male). The third one is from the other plant. Looks like a girl!!

[Aloner]

Get that dude outta there -- no boys allowed!

[alltatup]

You mean the crossed stipules? Yes, you're right; best to wait until you're sure they aren't calyces forming. This pic is how my male plant looked right before I removed him from my grow box. I took the picture with my SuperVision+ app on my iphone which was the only way I could get a close enough look at that point.

[ellz]

I think the last two photos show females....the single horn seems female.

[ellz]

Thanks! That's what I was thinking too unfortunately. I am going to check them again tomorrow but if I think it's a boy, it's gone!

[alltatup]

They look fantastic, ellz!! Yeah, those look like pollen sacs to me; and I identified my male long before any pistils started emerging on the females.

[ellz]

08/13/2017:

06:30PM: Wanted to condense the weekend posts into one since not much went on with the plants the past two days. They are still growing along nicely, but it looks like I may have a boy in the mix!! One of the Rug Burn OG plants looks like it may be forming pollen sacs and not buds. Still just a bit too early to tell since the preflowers are still very small but I posted some photos below showing some closeups of the plants where sex was starting to show. I also have included a picture of the roots under each plant as they sit today, along with a photo of both groups of plants yesterday and today. They are getting so large that individual reservoir photos are somewhat redundant so I will stop posting those since the group shot shows both plants nicely. Thank you for reading and I will update tomorrow after my water change!

[ellz]

Nice to hear yours are growing a decent rate as well! They sound like they are stretching out pretty well each day!

[ellz]

Thanks. Yeah, they are growing like mad for sure! I almost wish I had a web cam installed in the cabinet so I could watch them grow! That may be something I add next time since I had no idea they would grow this quickly!! The crossed stipules make me very happy but I still want to see those pistils coming out of the preflowers to be certain. I definitely don't want to get my hopes up just yet but I am almost positive they are all girls. That would be awesome, but I wasn't expecting it to be honest. I planted four thinking that I would end up with at least 2 females, lol.

[Sheesh]

Wow, you must be able to watch the grow! I'm on my first ever coco run, one week since I flipped to 12/12. Last night I checked them at lights on and I swear they had grown an inch after 3 hours. It's something to see when this great plant is growing vigorously. Anyhow, looking real promising on the sex. Nice crossed stipules!

[ellz]

08/11/2017:

06:30PM: I checked on the plants again today and I am now seeing signs of females on at least 3 of the plants (one Rug Burn OG and 2 White Poison). All four have crossed stipules and 3 of the four are starting to show the right shape preflowers (still no pistils yet) so fingers crossed! Still hoping to know the final sex by the end of the weekend. As for the reservoirs, both are down about 2 gallons each so I am making up some pHed, HydroGuard water to pour in them later. Will likely over fill them again and hope they last through the nutrient change on Monday. The roots are looking strong down below...very large root balls and very white and healthy! Temps are still staying in the low 70s in the reservoir and only up to the mid 80s in the foliage area. Humidity in the cabinet is around 48% but I have the swamp cooler's fan on only so there is no extra water being put into the atmosphere. I sometimes turn on the water just to bring up the humidity to around 60% since they haven't started budding just yet. Once I see buds forming, however, I will likely keep the humidity down around 50% or so. Pictures of day 39 are below, along with 3 photos of the preflowers. Thanks for reading!

08:45PM: Added 2 gallons of pHed, HydroGuard water to each reservoir. They plants are drinking about a gallon per day so that is good! I also moved the light up four clicks on each side (about an inch or so) because the top of the canopy was getting over 85k again! The center is the hot spot so I monitor that now every couple of days to see if I need to raise the light. After raising the light this time, the max reading was around 84k but only in one specific spot. The rest are back down to around 76k or so.

[ellz]

Thanks for your replies. Yes I agree, the cross stipules are a great sign! All four plants have those so I am hoping I have 4 of 4 females! I am hoping to see more signs before the next water change but I can't rush them. They will tell me when they want me to know, lol.

[alltatup]

Look at them little crossed stipules...

[Aloner]

I agree, signs point to female. Crossed stipules is always a good start -- shouldn't be long before you know for sure!