advice on preflowers?

[Geckoeyes]

Greetings,

 

I just switched some plants into 12/12. One strain, Dutch Passion Orange Bud has 4 plants with male-looking preflowers. Three others have female pistals. I don't want to pull the "males" just yet after reading that some male looking preflowers can turnout to be females after 12/12. Is that true in your experience?

 

Can male preflowers release pollen?

 

I never really paid attention to the preflowers in my previous grows.

 

Thanks for any feedback!

[Luke Skywalker]

Hi there Geckoeyes, welcome to the site.

 

Yes, male preflowers can release pollen, and fertilise your females. One male flower can pollinate many female flowers, as it only takes one grain of pollen to fertilise a female stigma (the white "hairs" of the female) At the very least segregate the male plants away until your sure. You should be able to tell tho, if there are male preflowers on a plant, it's a boy, or at the very least a hermi.

 

Don't know who told you male preflowers can change tom or turn out to be females after 12/12... Preflowers are just the plants way of letting you know its ready to flower, it will only show flowers which are it's sex. If it's got a little stalk joining the flower to the node, it's a boy.

 

My advice? Pull them boys. Keep the girls and grow yourself some damn good bud.

 

Any chance of a pic?

[pipeman]

yeah if they are boys, kill em. however I've seen newbies mistake swollen calyxes for pollen sacks, I did it myself the first time, I thought all my plants were hermies, but they were all pure females. make sure they really are males. pics would be a great help as Luke said.

[AcidBoy]

All ya really need to do though is pick one of the preflowers off.. roll it around in your hand and if you have light green powder on your hand then its a pollen sack and a male plant.

 

Am I wrong?

 

 

-AB