How to differ male from female plants?

I'm a n00b in marijuana growing, i've got 2 plants at home but i don't know are they male or female plants? How to recognise them?

Thanks!

P.S. I apologize if this thread doesn't belong here, but i didn't know where else to put it... :&

 

go to 'marijuana growing' towards the top of the page....not hard

 

Ups, sry, my bad!

If the moderator would please move the thread to the sub-forum...

 

Sexing:

When growing pot from seed, there are 3 possible outcomes:
Male
Female
Hermaphrodite.

When plants begin to flower (dark periods of 12 hours continuous per 24), during the first 2 weeks males will express sex by growing "balls" (pollen sacs). They look like the balls outside a pawn shop. When you see a plant growing balls, dispose of this plant a.s.a.p.
At about week 3 of flowering, females will express sex by starting to form buds.
The entire floweing process takes approx. 2 months.

Hermaphrodite's:
you don't want these. They are plants that first grow balls, then buds, and will pollinate themselves. You'll end up with seedy buds, and any seeds will carry the hermaphrodite gene.

Poor growing conditions (especially irregular light cycles/light leaks during flowering) can turn female plants into herm's.

 

the males tend to grow tasll and spindly and females bushier, shorter

 

that was a cool post by rangerdanger, explained it with enough info to get it but not too much to be bored.. i liked it haha.

 

Thanks a lot, all of you! Now i can tell what's what