BlueberryReversal - Fem Breeding Diary

February 7 This has been sprayed a total of three times now with the STS. Nothing showing yet but you can see stretching occurring. Large plant, original plant, has had three sprays. Small plant has had two. So we’re now seven days into 12 12 and the spraying ——-UPDATE ——— OK so I hope I have this all correct. STS sprays on January 31 Feb 3 Feb 6 Feb 9 Feb 12 So I did the fifth spray tonight which is February 12. Signs of flower are apparent but I’m not seeing anything indicative of male parts.. +--------PROCESS---------+ So here is a general run down of how I ran this and what I used, etc. PRODUCT Product used was Twenty20 Mendocino - 2 part STS (Silver Thiosulfate) purchased on Etsy for $30 bucks. This is a two part product you mix and its good for about 30 days after mixed , then it declines in efficiency. They have detailed instructions on their site, as well as a YT video outlining application of product https://twenty20mendocino.com/sts PLAN Idea here is to make a few crosses by reversing the Blueberry pheno I found, then pollinating a few females I have ( Some from seed, most from clone and hunted) Reading up on this and as suggested by their website - Timing can be tricky. You want to wait 2-3 weeks after initiating the flowering and reversal of the ReversedFem before you initiate flowering of the female seed donors or females that will be pollinated by the reversed female Blueberry. So given their indication that timing is very important - and this large window they suggest starting your females in flower after reversed fem (they said wait 14-25 days).. I hatched a plan to help account for any timing issues that occurred. My worry is that seed plants have a slower trigger than clones in flower.. as well as strain differences and pheno differences. So, I started spraying my large Blueberry Fem on 1/31 and put in 12/12 that night, then on 2/3 I did the same with a smaller solo cup clone. This allows me to have a little buffer if there comes any issues. Although ultimately we want the large one to be the main producer and pollinator. After that I planned to put half the females in about 15-17 days later, then another about 20 days after.. PROCEDURE So procedure panned out similar to the plan JAN 31 Sprayed large Blueberry fem with STS and threw in 12/12 FEB 3 Sprayed Large BB and also solo cup clone BB and threw that one in 12/12 FEB 6,9,12,15,18,21,24 Sprayed each of the two BB fems as instructed by Twenty20 - around nodes and new growth. As weeks went by I wasnt seeing male parts so I delayed the fems a few days. FEB 17 I introduced the first females , Pure Indica and Durban I believe, into the tent with the Reversed BBs FEB 20 I introduced the rest of the females to be pollinated into the tent - POTG, Blueberry Clone, and a small Thanos clone (astaphanos keeper cut).. FEB21-22 First obvious signs of male pollen sacs surfacing FEB 27 Full blown male sacs showing on majority of bud sites on plant. None appear to be opening up much yet. I would wager no pollen is active in the air. POLLINATION I will attempt mainly naturally pollination with some assistance such as tapping the Reversed plant over the fems when the sacs are ripe. +------------- ----------------+