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Feminization on vegging plants?

Plantman224
Plantman224started grow question 4y ago
feminization on vegging plants? Has anyone tried colloidal silver to feminze seed using only preflowers on vegging plants? I am looking to try this method (and keep a diary) on Margelo to get small amounts of seed on vegging gals.
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Grey_Wolf
Grey_Wolfanswered grow question 4y ago
@Plantman224 I am unsure if it will work without the flowering process being initiated but by all means give it a try you just never know .
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Plantman224
Plantman224answered grow question 4y ago
@Ezzjaybruh Space is limited and while this little side project is going I'm going to be continuing the main work and was curious if i could feminze without starting flower.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 4y ago
Colloidal silver is used to make a female plant grow male flowers. Since the pollen from these male flowers is produced by a female plant, the pollen only has female chromosomes. This pollen when used to fertilize pure female flowers will produce "feminised" seeds, since there are no male chromosomes present anywhere through the process. Colloidal silver does not and will not cause female calyxes to become fertilized on its own. You need to grow male flowers on a female plant and use the pollen from those male flowers to fertilize the female flowers to make seeds. Be aware too, it is not recommended to consume any plant treated with colloidal silver or sodium thiosulphate, which is another chemical that is used to initiate male flower formation on pure female plants. Generally when producing male flowers this way, the pollen is used on the next crop of plants, as by the time the females grow the male flowers, they will be too old to fertilize them and still have enough life in them to mature the seeds properly, as seeds take 4-6 weeks to mature. Hope this helps, Organoman.
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Ezzjaybruh
Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question 4y ago
I also don’t believe it will work until you are in flower.. you can however initiate flower(3weeks or so of 12/12), pollinate, then put back in 18/6 once it’s taken and it will still make seeds. But I’d love to see you try your method out!
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Ezzjaybruh
Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question 4y ago
Why not just take a little clone and root it then make your seeds?
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