Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Notice how the female produces little white hairs and the
male produces little ball like shapes. This is the definitive male/female
telltale factor. Do not kill away any plants before you see these flowers.
It is the only time that you can really say for sure if the plant is male or
female.
FLOWERING
If all things have gone well and you have taken good care of
your plants, you will now enter the flowering stage of the plant's life
cycle. You have removed and maybe killed off the males. You now
have a number of females to work with. This is going to be the most
important time you will spend taking care of your plant.
The male plant produces pollen sacks which, when ripe, burst
and scatter pollen to the female plants. The female plant produces
white hairs at the internodes and top cola (head) of the plant during
flowering. These hairs (pistils) begin to curl slightly and grow longer
and thicker. The top cola should carry the most pistils. These pistils
are sticky too touch (do not touch them too much! they also contain
your much wanted THC) and begin to cover in resin over the flowering
period. The reason for the stickiness is that it is used by the female to
catch falling pollen. If the female plant is not pollinated she will try to
grow more sticky areas. Hence the results of a sinsemilla
crop........Bigger and Better Buds!
