unrooted cuttings and sexing

[james25]

Hi all

 

due to space and time limitations im considering taking some cuttings, putting the stems in a cup of water and putting them in with my flowering girls in 12/12 to determine the sex of some plants that are in my nursery...will a cutting survive long enough to sex it without first being rooted?

[Pam]

You know I don't know if anyone has ever tried that. Why not just sex them by the preflowers? How old are the plants?

[james25]

You know I don't know if anyone has ever tried that. Why not just sex them by the preflowers? How old are the plants?

 

right now they are 2 weeks old...they will have to stay in my nursery for at least another 4 weeks because my flower room is full and wont be available till then....you're right im hoping pre-flowers will occur but that's not a guarantee or is it?

 

i have a clone rotation of 2 strains but wanted more variety so i started some seeds.....im hoping to sex the seedlings and get clones before i send the seedlings into the flower room...im hoping to keep my clone rotation going and merge the new strain in there at the same time..

[WantDaChronic]

the unrooted cuttings might have some trouble staying alive in the flowering room, but i know that if you root cuttings under 12/12 they will show their sex in general once rooted some strains, in particular very sativa dominate ones can take a little longer, but generally speaking the clones should be showing their sex once they are rooted