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Colloidal silver seeding problems

Dangsterstarted grow question 4y ago

I have been applying colloidal silver to a couple of bud sites on 3 separate plants for over 25 days morning and night sometimes 3 times a day. These are all autos and I'm still not seeing any male flowers. How long should I expect to wait

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Organomananswered grow question 4y ago

I don't know what granny has been smoking, but most of what she wrote is wrong. Misting the entire plant may work better, but otherwise be patient, it can take quite a while when only doing a branch or two, but it will happen eventually. Make sure to use the pollen on a seperate plant to avoid "inbreeding" which can cause (bad) recessive genes to recombine and become dominant, leading to inferior plants. Also, it is NOT SAFE to consume any plants that have been treated with colloidal silver!!!!! They MUST be sacrificed for seed or pollen production ONLY.

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crimsonechoanswered grow question 4y ago

just use sts it will save you a lot of time next time

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GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 4y ago

You're not going to get male plants from an autoflower. Period, end of story. I don't know what magic you think colloidal silver has but you might as well rub it on a bald head to grow more hair (won't happen). Sorry, mate... and even if, by some remote chance, you get seeds from them, they won't be the same strain as your "mothers" ... read up a little bit more on autoflowers... Good luck

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