cool beans
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Message #84434 posted by cool beans (Info) February 19, 2008 09:06:41 ET
In Reply to: ...nother noob question posted by Xaint Vicioux (Info) February 18, 2008 20:49:26 ET
Number of leaves has nothing to do with the sex. As it gets bigger/older it will increase the leaf blades on each node. Its just very young at this stage, and needs more time to grow. At about 1 month of age, you MIGHT see preflowers, but sometimes it takes even longer to show sex, especially if not grown under good envrionmental contitions.
You should always germ several seeds to insure at least one might be a female. Its always a crapshoot as to how many, if any, seeds turn out to be female. Friends have germed 10 seeds and all turned out to be male. On the other hand, they all can turn out to be female. You have very little control over what the sex will be.
We have had a few gnats now and then, but its never been a big problem so we dont worry about them. I seen posts where a big infestation will burrow into the root system and cause plant health problems, but havent ever experienced that. Personally, i would buy a NO PEST STRIP and hang it over the affected garden for awhile, until the bugs are under control. Those work on almost every type of bug that might infest the plants {spidermites, thrips, gnats, etc} But they work because they give off a poision vapor, and it makes me VERY nervous to put one in with blooming plants that might be smoked soon. Generally, fungus gnats are caused by the top layer of soil being too wet, too often, for too long. Try to let the soil dry out some before rewatering.
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