Telling Sex By Smell

[Observe & Report]

Sometimes there is a kernel of truth to the myth. Perhaps decades of chuckers selecting males by rubbing stems instead of comparing progeny has resulted in males with good smelling stem rubs!

That's why I switched to fems, both parents are selected for having dank female flower phenotype instead of just one.

 

[Syntax747]

fwiw - I just finished breeding Herijuana - 2 males 2 females
The male flowers are - musky - in comparison to the girls.

I'm still laughing about the "stealth farts" lol

 

[Lockedin]

I'm still laughing about the "stealth farts" lol

Alright Janice!

 

[YardG]

I can't say I'm 1) good at math, or 2) have read this entire thread, but you have a 50/50 chance of being right whatever technique you use to guess the sex of a plant before it shows preflowers (also if you cull what you take to be males prior to preflower you never find out whether you were correct). Unless you're working on a pretty large scale this doesn't seem scientific at all.

Everybody farts.

 

[Lockedin]

I can't say I'm 1) good at math, or 2) have read this entire thread, but you have a 50/50 chance of being right whatever technique you use to guess the sex of a plant before it shows preflowers (also if you cull what you take to be males prior to preflower you never find out whether you were correct). Unless you're working on a pretty large scale this doesn't seem scientific at all.

Everybody farts.

I intentionally grew out 2 out of 4 males for seeds on the last grow.

The main thing that I noticed - it takes A LOT longer for a real male to drop pollen than I thought it would.
Preflower - the male bract(?) were round & smaller than the spade shaped female - and I was wrong on two females....
Flower - is when sex became obvious. Instead of a single bract, the males have bunches that resemble micro-watermelons (on Herijuana anyway...).
--- From the time I ID'd the males (and returned the females to the flower tent) to the time they began to drop pollen was over a week - PLENTY of time to cull two of the males (not as full or vigorous...).
--- Both males put on a frost show in flower and made great dry ice hash!

 

[xtsho]

What I've found although not 100% is that males grow taller faster. Which makes sense as they need to be able to drop pollen on the females.


Sniffing sound like just more cannabis broscience that keeps getting regurgitated.

 

[Lockedin]

What I've found although not 100% is that males grow taller faster. Which makes sense as they need to be able to drop pollen on the females.


Sniffing sound like just more cannabis broscience that keeps getting regurgitated.

Pre- and early-flower I completely agree - there is no difference / not enough difference to claim sex.
BUT:
Once the boys went into full bloom they still smelled similar, but were much more floral, with a definite "musk" scent that the girls in the separate flower tent just did not have. --- I also had high rh issues; but I think that had more to do with the seed tent's location.

 

[EarthAngel]

 

[go go kid]

smell is nothing to go by whatsoever, havent laughed so much in years

 

[Nutty sKunK]

This trick can be applied to modern day humans

 

[hotrodharley]

Next? How to determine plant sex by seed shape.

 

[xtsho]

Next? How to determine plant sex by seed shape.

You just had to make me post that broscience picture. Some of this nonsense thought up by stoners is laughable. Some of it like this garbage from some idiot would have people tossing perfectly good seeds in the trash. I'm embarrassed for those that actually believe all this bullshit.

 

[hotrodharley]

You just had to make me post that broscience picture. Some of this nonsense thought up by stoners is laughable. Some of it like this garbage from some idiot would have people tossing perfectly good seeds in the trash. I'm embarrassed for those that actually believe all this bullshit.

Think how many fools sat around smoking and joking and going through seed stashes.

"Hey, bro. Here's a female for sure!"

 

[Budzbuddha]

“ No herms …..Please No herms ….. “

 

[xtsho]

“ No herms …..Please No herms ….. “

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I wonder if you can just smell the seeds before planting them. Tossing those that smell hermie.

 

[Budzbuddha]

 

[xtsho]

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Was that really necessary?

 

[Budzbuddha]

I didn’t have any new cat pics ….