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C-Silver on half a plant not turning half of it male

MicroNighthawk
MicroNighthawkstarted grow question 3 months ago
have any of you ever tried spraying only 1 (the bigger one) of the 2 main branches of your plants grown from a feminised seed with colloidal silver in order to create more seeds? I tried and am pretty sure the experiment failed...
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 3 months ago
STS works better and needs less applications from what I have seen, can be pricier initially, but I have only ever used CS. I reversed a plant with a 10PPM concentration of CS, I sprayed it 4 times a day for a week and a bit, I did it to one branch on one plant, had it sealed off in a bag, it reversed the branch and I made lots of seeds onto itself and its sister plant. The CS i used was from Amazon and did the trick but it was a lot of extra work as it was a week solution. Some have concentrations of 30-100PPM and they work better but needs to be tested, PPM pen does not register CS right so don't use it to check PPM. Can spray once a day for stronger solutions like 50+ppm Knowing what I know now, I would use STS as its much easier to use but work with what you can afford and whats available. Stop spraying once pollen sacks fully form and if your useing higher concentrations don't apply as frequently. Pollen will get everywhere so unless you want all the plants pollinated in the tent be careful and keep it separated. You also can spray a lower branch and not the main cola, Its best to reverse plant A and then pollinate plant B to help prevent to excess inbreeding and retardation. I'd also stagger the donor plant "giver of pollen/reversed male" 2-3 weeks behind the plants you intend to pollinate. this way the receivers "plants getting pollinated and producing seeds" will be fully grown in flower with lots of sites to grow seeds. Will only need one application to get it all done in one step vs repollinating new growth. Give the seeds 4-5 weeks to fully develop. I will let them go till the plant dies and they are very viable from my experience. in simple terms: Auto crossed with Autos = Auto Flower, Auto crossed with Photo = Fast Flower Photoperiod, Photo crossed with Photo = Photoperiod, Fast Flower crossed with Auto = mix of Auto Flowers and Fast Flower Photoperiods. Fast Flower crossed with Photo = mix of Photoperiod and weird Photoperiod with some auto genetics but not expressed. gets tricky with lineages of plants that you don't know or that are not documented well. Good Luck!
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001100010010011110answered grow question 3 months ago
Regardless, remember any CS applied means that plant is not to be smoked or used for extracts. it's toxic to humans. Did you buy the CS pre-bottled? Those "500ppm" bottles on amazon and health stores are rarely 500ppm. From what i've seen, the DIY rigs with a batter and a silver coin are far, far better options than the bottled shit that lies through their teeth.. typical of a nonsense supplement producing company, lol... some people think drinking CS is good for their health, bwahaha. Look into Silver Thiosulfate. Sigma-aldritch has a spot-on recipe that needs to be diluted from 20mM to 2-3mM. so 1:5.67 or 1:9 dilution. https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/technical-documents/protocol/cell-culture-and-cell-culture-analysis/plant-tissue-culture/silver-thiosulfate That is a 20 mM (millimole) concentration. Doesn't matter if you knwo what that means. It's the same math. You need to dilute it to 2-3 mM. they do not mention this. don't get smart with the directions and try to make a 2-3 mM stock solution. It is a double replacement reaction, so stick to the directions and then dilute. It's a very easy thing to do. STS is more consistent than CS. Buying the silver nitrate and sodium thiosulfate (anhydrous) off ebay is 20x cheapr than buying the 'branded' STS kits. 25usd will get you 9 gallons? or was it 9 Liters... either way.. for the price of 8-16oz kits, you get a shit ton more. Also, it has a very short shelf life once mixed. The dry components can sit on a shelf forever if kept dark.
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