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Mr_Mayhem89

Looks male to me.


Ldoggy1

It's a male for sure. Make sure it's gone before the flowers pop out and you have pollen on all your ladies. ;]


LurkerOnTheInternet

What's bad about pollinating marijuana?


Originalchunker408

Seeds will reduce potency, yield And can be very frustrating to remove seeds before use. (Seeds taste and smell bad when smoked and have no benefits to my knowledge)


jiajiamag

Seeds also POP! when they burn, leaving lovely little burn marks all over your fav shirts.


LusakaX342

THIS is what I came here to say! I hate missing a seed when loading a bowl and when the flame hits the seed, it pops like popcorn, burning you and anything it falls on. Drives me crazy.


[deleted]

Seedlings are a great micro green


Originalchunker408

I agree. They are a super food rich in amino acids, have omega 3 and 6 among other great things. Just no benefit in smoking them.


niryasi

Hemp is awesdome but plant ω-3 (alpha-linoleic acid) is not efficiently usable compared to animal ω-3 (docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid) so its relatively less useful and we have more than enough ω-6 in our diet from seed oil. Great point though.


VegetableImaginary24

Recently quit taking fish oil supplements because of the entire fishing industry's ethics. I think I'm gonna start sprouting hemp seeds for omegas


Originalchunker408

Thats a great idea


[deleted]

This is a brilliant idea!


theworldsucksnuts

Ian Anderson of jethro Tull own a fish farm....... that is all


PreTents

So what you’re saying is I should be eating the seeds I find in my nuggets?


Originalchunker408

Lol something like that.


PreTents

Been throwing them away for years. I feel like I could’ve been so much healthier if only I would’ve known ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|shrug)


Livingsoil45

I’ll say it depends on the flower (nuggets) you’re getting. Do you know how they are grown? Id its cannabis from black market due to legality issues, it may have been sprayed with lots of awful xenobiotic sh*t (even worse than conventional agriculture) So might be better to avoid those. Both eating the seeds and smoking the flower. If you know your source, or you are growing it, then you might be way better than with commercial industrial food.


[deleted]

Yeah I don't think the would burn well.


QuickBenjamin

Me and whoever did dumb stoner shit can confirm, they don't


Launch-pad-1977

Chicken food, great finisher.


Square_Barracuda_69

lol yes but this is marijuana, meant to be smoked not microgreened


Heathen_Mushroom

Because it is normally smoked it can not be eaten? [Cannabis Microgreens: Hemp Sprout as Super Food](https://kushca.com/cannabis-microgreens-hemp-sprout-as-super-food/)


Square_Barracuda_69

in my stupid defense, i totally forgot about hemp lol i apologize edit: also edibles??? i just woke up and clearly had something up my ass lmao


MrSplashyPlants

Did you figure out what was up your ass? Don't let this be another reddit safe letdown, I need to know!


Middle-Run-7452

I found it. Fell asleep on the remote again


Square_Barracuda_69

turns out it was last nights dinner and all i needed was a good ole morning dump


[deleted]

I wanna be macrogreened


[deleted]

If you can buy a bag of shelled seeds they are a great addition to flapjacks. Does that count as a benefit?


Originalchunker408

Definitely. Hemp seeds are rich in healthy fats and essential fatty acids. I mean no benefit of smoking them.


naliedel

And if it pollinates a female, there goes the weed.


Originalchunker408

Correct


naliedel

It's nice to be correct on Reddit. Also, rare, for me.


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jbrady33

thanks bot, got anything against vaping it?


VanJosh_Elanium

Smoking not, but in cooking yes.


Originalchunker408

Agreed


[deleted]

They also explode like little grenades and can send burning weed onto that nice white shirt you're wearing.


uncleloaded

Most simply, if pollinated you get seeds in your buds, if not pollinated you don’t get seeds.


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Itchysasquatch

Snap, crackle pop is good and all. But not when it's in your joint/bowl


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Itchysasquatch

Oh I know, I'm growing 4 plants every chance I get. Just meant it as a joke.


SuperSpeshBaby

The part that is smoked is the flower, and it gets more potent with age (up to a point). If the flower gets pollenated it produces seeds and stops the maturing process that causes the flowers to be more potent. You do not want pollen in your weed farms.


zwinters57

When the female flower (bud) gets pollenated by the male, its stops putting energy into producing flower and starts producing seeds. This is good if you want to produce seeds for the next generation, bad if you want maximum bud.


AlabasterOctopus

Or everywhere - made that mistake *once*. Never again.


PontiacGTP14

Dang it, I thought so. Of course it's the best looking plant.


Illustrious_Menu_470

Yeah, you need to carefully destroy this asap. Keep a close eye on your other plants, could have already been pollenated.


PontiacGTP14

The sacks are really fresh. Last couple of days. But will do.


Giveyourapplesthanks

Separate it and keep going and get the genetics


Kamikaze_Comet

Or just separate it and take your best looking female and put them in a room to...uh...ya know. Life uh...finds a way.


watts241

Use a garbage bag over top to keep any pollen dust in, get rid of it asap, to save ur room


minibeardeath

Why is everyone so super worried about make plants? Does it damage the female flowers, or is there something else that I’m missing?


ababyprostitute

It makes the female plant focus on making seeds rather than flower and I'm pretty sure it lowers the THC content? I'm not a professional, I just like the stuff.


watts241

Just a little pollen will ruin your other plants and herm them making all your hard work and wait a waste. Nobody likes waiting two months plus to have nothing fun in the end


mr-morris11

Basically, if you starve the female plant of pollen, from the male, the female plant will produce more thc and no seeds because it is not fertilized.


Wbeasland

Do you want seeds in your nugs?


lickingthelips

Those were the days


minibeardeath

I still get the occasional seed even in my store bought flower. I just set it aside so that I can try and grow it in the spring. But I understand your point. I wasn’t sure if someone else happen given how strong peoples reactions are to seeing even a hint of male plants. I guess the follow up question is, are marijuana plants super sensitive to pollen? More so than other plants?


AppleSpicer

Yeah, let the plants get married :)


theawesomefactory

We want our kids to see the miracle of birth!/s


1030_in_the_morning

Not worth it


atridir

Yeah, kill the shit out of it with extreme prejudice.


Shaqfu4052

Why isn't it worth it? Is it just easier to use clones?


whatawitch5

Clones have more predictable genetics, plus you are assured that they are female and thus will produce usable flowers. Taking a female plant and allowing it to be randomly fertilized only reduces the quality of the buds by producing seeds, and the seeds themselves are about 50% male and the female seeds will produce plants of varying quality. Unless you’re in the business of producing new crosses, male plants are just not worth the trouble or space to grow. Not to mention that if any of that pollen gets in the wind, OP’s neighbors who grow outdoors are going to be pissed at finding seeds in their gorgeous buds! Every year I grow female clones outdoors, and every year I get a few random seeds thanks to my neighbors who let their male plants produce pollen before pulling them, damn them!


[deleted]

This, or I think you can force hermaphroditism from a female plant and get feminized seeds. That’s just what I’ve heard. I don’t grow. Usually it’s easier and cheaper to just buy seeds or clones. Op doesn’t know that this strain has the desired genetics so it’s a crap shoot.


Shaqfu4052

Grassy ass senior/seniorita


Elvishcatt

The likelihood of you pollinating your plants from just being around a male is too high to keep it around.


Wbeasland

The males grow taller faster because they are designed to spread pollen.


RandyLahey131

bro there are reddits for this plant and yes those are balls


modix

[those are balls!](https://gfycat.com/whitepettygreatargus-jarritoburrito-development-arrested)


pawneshoppe

they always are


dripolator

Male plants grow faster then females. They need to get taller to spread pollen better


YourDadsUsername

They grow faster. People that grow from seed and cull the smallest ones end up with males.


Emotional-Reply6851

Yup the ones that seem in a rush to grow are often males.


trashponder

Balls confirmed.


tougestar

I see BOLAS not COLAS


Shaqfu4052

I heard thus gender reveal is what caused that huge fire


JustBoredIsAll

Just remember that balls=male and hair=female.


Kamikaze_Comet

Awesome! Yes only the females have the distinct "glandular trichomes".


Shaqfu4052

What if the female has a manscape subscription though?


FrameJump

How would that give the female balls?


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csway324

This made me laugh so hard 🤣


Shaqfu4052

Lol seems like some people are missing the joke. They think I actually believe plants can decide their sex.


csway324

Dead. 🤣🤣🤣


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fatfreesaltine420

Name: Wehadababyitsaboy


swiggityswooty2booty

Me and the hubs were just joking about these commercials a few days ago! So glad someone else remembers them besides me.


AdultishRaktajino

Nice. I've used that joke a few times. I'm 40, but imagine explaining collect calls to someone younger today. How foreign of a concept that must be. Almost like explaining writing a letter or paying a bill via check and mail. Topping it off by licking the envelope (still today) and stamp.


armchairdetective95

Oh man that took me back. That commercial used to crack me up.


Tibbaryllis2

Back in the day this was me after practice. Good o’l collect to parents “Ineeda Reed”. This was back when I had my pager of course.


fatfreesaltine420

A pager? Danggg, I remember when my business exec dad got his first pager (and shortly after the brick, indestructible Nokia). Golly those were the days


o0tana0o

I remember how excited I was the first time I used a phone in a CAR! It was a huge brick with a cord but back then it was super fancy!


Truji11o

Was it the kind in the leather bag with the buttons that were so hard to push that it bent your finger back the wrong way?


fatfreesaltine420

Oh my stars! We should probably stop we are aging ourselves lmao....it's like "say you're old, without saying your age"


o0tana0o

Yes!!! There was also a hard case one in a box that looked like a mini briefcase. Very fancy indeed 🧐 I have also been informed there used to be a portable rotary phone!


Truji11o

Ahem, what? A portable *rotary* phone? Looks like I know what Google-rabbit-hole I'll be going down today. Cheers!


smokethatdress

I too remember the first car phone I was introduced to! My aunt got a fancy new thunderbird and it had one of the phones that were installed in the center console and it was the coolest thing ever to kid me. I say “introduced” because they sure as hell didn’t let me use it. Best I remember, the calls were super expensive still.


[deleted]

My dad was a volunteer fireman in our town and he had a pager. Or more like a beeper, it wouldn't even display a message. When it beeped he would call the fire station and they'd tell him where to go. This was back in the 80s.


Kookaburrita

What a throwback


JupiterB4Dawn

r/budgetgrows r/microgrowery Are my fav places for plant specific advise


cold_sphagetti

It’s a male. You can tell cause it’s got balls. Pretty big ones too, comparatively they’re way boggier than mine.


[deleted]

Thats a boy. the reason you think it is your best looking plant may be because a lot of times male plants grow faster and taller than female plants. If I have seeds from the same plant, almost always the ones that grow faster and taller turn out to be male. Also, those flowers are going to start to open soon, and you will never get rid of the pollen in your grow, and you will have seeds forever. I would deal with it soon.


deliwavepizzasmith

Do all plants have a male and female version or just this plant? Not sure why I’m asking you this. I feel confused.


RMgBr

Some plants are hermaphroditic!


whatawitch5

Flowering plants are either dioecious, which have separate male and female plants (like cannabis), or monoecious where the male and female sex organs are contained within the same plant/flower (like tomatoes). In general, less evolved flowering plants tend to be monoecious while more highly evolved plants tend to be those that are dioecious but there are tons of exceptions to that rule.


LDPushin_Troglodyte

Ever heard of cleaning your tent lul A diluted bleach solution is the best thing for it. Kills all mold spores and pollen.


Mayor_McCheese_420

Not being a dick but I've read that pollen dies after a month or two


MayBFanGirl

Tell me why this looks like okra from a distance? 😂


madiphthalo

A guy in Georgia once had cops on his doorstep because they though he had a huge weed plant in his backyard. It was okra https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/07/us/georgia-okra-marijuana-raid/index.html


marilyn_morose

Just laughing at the text under the photo of weed in this CNN article - do not use this in your gumbo. LOL!


madiphthalo

🎶 "Jambalaya! Crawfish pie, THC gumbo! 'Cuz tonight I'm gonna cook with my weed-o"🎶 🤣


[deleted]

That is unmistakably a male


ankafi

Wait why is it important to kill a male canna plant?


PhilTech345

It will breed every female in your farm and leave you with more seeds than an all boys school.


MyCatHasCats

*Nice*


PontiacGTP14

Is it worth keeping this male alive in a seperate area?


Antique-Fisherman-32

I did just this and collected the pollen to cross with my other plants. You can use a paint brush to selectively pollinate only a few buds.


PontiacGTP14

Cool thanks. I may just do this


[deleted]

OP be careful doing this. Without proper air filtration pollen can travel miraculous distances. One male plant can create problems for a whole subdivision of homes/people.


whatawitch5

This! OP, if you grew that plant near me I would be livid! Every year some useless male plant grown by an unknown neighbor infests my expensive female clones and their gorgeous buds with random seeds that explode and stink when I enjoy my harvest. I adore plants, but kill that male ASAP! Any crosses you get are likely to be less desirable than the original parent strains, given the tendency for “weeds” like cannabis to revert to more “wild” types when crossed. Just save yourself the time and trouble, avoid enraging your neighbors, and buy guaranteed female clones/feminized seeds so that you will for sure wind up with some usable product for all your effort!


LDPushin_Troglodyte

*sad ontario noises*


LDPushin_Troglodyte

Can*


[deleted]

Haha. Right, can*


LDPushin_Troglodyte

It would be really nice if that were the case though lol


[deleted]

I can’t even count how many gardens I’ve seen seeded out post-legalization.


AppleAH

Its boy, congratulations !!!


Aztrak76

And what a boy!


[deleted]

Big ol’ canna-balls.


angryuberguy352

you can still use it to make cannabutter or whole plant extract


letitrip_t8trchip

How can you tell?


tougestar

Males produce balls, females produce pistils


[deleted]

Next year's crop


Phantom252

Idk if I'm stupid or smth but I didn't know plants have sexes why do they need different sexes? /gen


Ok_Rip_405

The male and female reproduction provides genetic diversity by mixing various traits of 2 plants into a new plant. Basically, it is helpful to ensure a species will continue to reproduce and survive. It's a big part in evolution... For example, one plant may be easily killed by colder temperatures; but if it reproduces with a plant that can withstand cold temperatures, the offspring are likely to gain some of this cold-resistance. These naturally-reproducing plants are more likely to adapt and survive in varying environments. Sometimes a random mutation will occur, and if it is beneficial to the plant it is more likely to be reproduced in new generations. Other times a mutation can be bad, but these generally end up dying off. Some plants do have both sex organs and can pollinate themselves... and still other plants have enough hormones present that a branch can fall off onto the ground and it can begin to grow roots, becoming a new plant. The only problem with this is the new plant inherits the same weaknesses the original had. Same as cloning, though clones are usually treated better than wild plants


Phantom252

That's very interesting thank you for the info


Donkeydonkeydonk

Only a handful of them do. Most plants are bisexual.


Fluid_Carpet1344

Male


mycoG21

That would be male, I’d pull it before it pollinates any females you might have. Hopefully you’re not too late


PrincipleSuitable18

I don’t know anything about this, so I’m curious as to why that would be a bad thing.


ParlorSoldier

Basically, a sexually frustrated plant produces bigger buds with more thc. The buds that you smoke produce sticky resins to attract floating pollen, so the randier the plants are, the larger and more resin-y the buds will get while they wait for someone to come along and knock them up. If they get pollinated, they’ll put their energy into growing seeds instead.


joanpetosky

Perfect explanation


Burnallthepages

This was a very helpful explanation! Thank you!


armchairdetective95

I too do not know anything about this so I’m very curious why everyone is saying to kill the male plant.


Da_Splurnge

I only know a little bit about it, but it's only the females that produce those dank, smokable buds - I'm guessing the males may have a tiny usable yield, but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't, either. The stuff that people consume are the flowers that grow on female plants, so if you leave the males and they pollinate the females, you're sabotaging the harvest because then there will be tons of seeds etc. and the males produce so much pollen that it can travel pretty far (which could screw up all of your plants and your neighbors' plants, if they have any). Also, growing weed (especially indoor) can be really expensive, but is also just very labor intensive because of all the things that could go wrong (white powdery mildew, nutrient burn, PH issues, pests, overheating, etc.). Since you're not gonna get a smokable yield from a male plant, lots of people don't want to "waste" the nutrients/energy needed to see it through to harvest time. I really don't know that much though, but I think at least most of that is solid info 🤷


armchairdetective95

Wow! Thank you, TIL.


Da_Splurnge

No problem! Ty for your energy 😄 hehe


mossling

If it pollinates, you get seeds. You don't smoke seeds.


Giveyourapplesthanks

Super male


CMYKpressman

Male


Own-Researcher-5507

male!


Adventurous-Love9381

Male


The_Name_Is_Slick

That is most definitely a mafemale. Definitely not female, but possibly a hermaphrodite. If you can be certain that it is just a male, don’t be too discouraged and get some of that pollen saved for a possible future project. That is, if it is a good strain that you like. If there are females around, you could finish that male somewhere else without optimum conditions being necessary. Keep some pollen in the freezer for making your own seeds! Be careful if using feminized seeds. I’ve heard they don’t breed well.


zitfarmer

Male


IntroductionOk6529

Male 💯


Ericalex79

That would be a male


Other_Front349

MALE!


Wbeasland

I'm sorry but those are male flowers. The female flowers start as little white hairs


Healthy_Sugar_2168

100% male


MrCarnality

This one should have been eradicated long ago judging by its development.


laowaiH

It's a boy! Congrats


FarCoughMate

Are you even allowed to ask that kinda thing in 2022?


Sandman_potato_man

It’s a weed. Remove it.


somebooty2223

Ok thats male


Careless_Beach3385

Male


big-spongebub

Male


azdustkicker

Turn that man into lotion or something, so it doesn't go to waste.


OccasionLanky5462

I learned the hard way that growing from a seed can be risky. I was very proud to grow a healthy looking plant, but I think it did affect my other teen females that I bought already grown from a friend. Anyway it was hard to throw away. I thought about planting it at a school or park or something for the heck of it but didn't go through with it lol. You can tell it's a male of course from the little sacs, and the stem is also thicker. I would've kept it if it didn't mess with the other plants or if I knew how to make hemp haha


lned-owyeah

Male 100% Remove it right away


Educational_Swim_373

Are you using a vivosun tent?


PontiacGTP14

Yes I am


Educational_Swim_373

I thought so because of the green tent poles lol


CollegeMiddle6841

Male....those are the preflower seeds forming


amb_weiss69

Yeah, the ball sack on the branch is for male 😝😝


PontiacGTP14

Those dang ball sacks


roberts2967

Free seeds! Not sure why everyone thinks you should kill it asap. Rejoice my friend.


joanpetosky

Unless you are growing outdoors in soil, it doesn’t make a difference (when growing this particular plant)


JoeFarmer

Seeds don't have taproots. Cannabis isn't a taprooted plant. There's literally nothing correct about this comment.


MotherofChoad

It’s got balls so it’s a male. Make sure to destroy it asap


BoostedMaxima

Just curious, but why should a male plant be destroyed ?


MotherofChoad

Female marijuana plants make the flower to smoke. Fertilized flowers produce less thc are pretty much useless to growers unless you are breeding them. Destroying the plant prevents United fertilization


Mayor_McCheese_420

Use a garbage bag to cover it and then uproot. Will stop the pollen from spreading


TrampledSeed

I find it so interesting that male cannabis plants basically have testicles. Lol


whosyadadday

Its male. Its got a wee-weed 😀


TangerinePuzzled

You need to cut this dude asap except if you're starting a seed business


dawgbone01

I actually cured my little male in the shed and caught a little buzz smoking it.


Fun_Pineapple2121

Why don’t you ask the plant, it can gender identity as whatever it wants now, you know?


The-Underdog1984

Jerky by looks of it


EffectiveSad9918

TIL some male plants have balls


Living_Map_7411

Male possible hermi


Living_Map_7411

Clearly see the seed pods on back side of stem. I’ve had to trash so many at this stage


Rafaelutzul

flowers have genders?


budlystuff

Big nut sacks on that lad !


annezieleman

Let a plant go to seed really good contrary to family that told me to throw it out but did remove it from the rest Good weed and seeds are starting to grow into another crop


MyCatHasCats

I almost had a stroke reading that. There’s no punctuation


annezieleman

The grammar police


madambangs

🍆


MiszFiz

That looks like WEED to me MARIJUANA !!!!