Is she flowering?

[Weedgrodamus]

2 of my girls were "Nirvana Mystery seeds" and they have been growing twice as tall as my White Widows, I suspect they are autos.

They were just watered, and have been on 18/6 light, and they are 7 weeks old. The tops look "flowery" to me but this is my first grow so I know nothing.

I expect to keep my other girls in veg for 2 more months, do I need to move these to another tent if they are flowering?

[Bikerstonrr]

Sorry, I can't tell if they are flowering. Need more of a close up. If they are flowering (autoflowering) no need to move them. Auto's aren't affected by light times like photo's.

[insomniaczzz]

Since you don't know what they are, I would not keep them with your other known girls. I would recommend putting these two under 12/12. I suspect that if they were autos you would be seeing buds by now. They look suspiciously like boys to me, but flipping the switch to bloom will tell you in about a week.

BTW, I agree with bkrstorm, you can't tell from this picture. You need close-ups, and you should be looking at the nodes, that is where the first sign of sex appears.

[William and Sue Ashley]

Insomn, Nice idea......This is really Cool.....

[Tika]

White hair(s) coming out of an upside down ovate shape at nodes. Pre-flowers...check on GWE search for pre flower
Images. Hang in there.

[Weedgrodamus]

Thanks all for guidance, they are not male (yet), I don't think they are flowering now after re-reading the section on pre-flowers.

I would like to know what lenses posters use to get those great close ups, also what are those ridged wired loops that you tie down the branches called? I have the soft wire tie but I need something anchored.

[NebulaHaze]

Are these the type of plant ties you're looking for?

What are you using to take pictures? Here are some tips I've picked up over the years:

• It really helps to keep the camera very still (place it on something for best results) and to have bright, even light. Any shakiness or low light conditions make it impossible to get close pics.
• You also want to try taking pictures from a few different angles, and you may actually need to pull your camera back for a better closeup picture, since sometimes the camera stops being able to focus on things that get too close.
• Try taking pictures with the flash and without.
• If your camera has a "Macro" or "Closeup" mode (sometimes looks like a flower icon), use that. If you're on a mobile phone and don't have that option, there are also magnifier apps on the app store that supposedly help your mobile phone camera focus up close a little better (I haven't used them myself though)
• You could try taking pictures through a jeweler's loupe.

There are also digital magnifiers if you want to take video, or see the results on a big screen in real time. I use the Carson Zorb for that, though there are definitely other options out there too! The Zorb is a good magnifier, but the software it comes with is a little weird at first. Here's an example of the type of video it takes:

[Weedgrodamus]

Thanks!