New Grower Califlower feminized seed run with Colloidal Silver

[HomeGrownRx]

I do not know what ppm the CS is, however i just ordered a meter off ebay, ill post results asap. Yes 12v 1A DC was used in distilled water.

The CS will be sprayed on the next two females that are confirmed among the 8 plants in the cfl cabinet. these two females are the fastest maturing of all the seeds i have so i want to make sure their genetics are in all off my califlower f2 generation which is why they will be used for pollen. if one day or even 1/2 a day earlier maturity is achieved per generation, who knows - it may be possible to go down to 10 days on average or maybe even a week.

ill be taking out the males from the cabinet and replacing them with seedlings from the set of green pots. i wish i had a larger light!

 

[PhammyDavis]

Hey man i talked to you today. hope everything goes well here is a pic of my crop

 

[realcarlos]

Hey Nooballicious. Will the pollen sacks open in time to pollinate your other female?
What I'm trying to ask is say you have 2 females (both the same age). One which you will be spraying and one which you wont. Will you start the spraying as soon as you recognize female traits? If so wouldn't that be too late.
Thanks buddy I'm just curious of how it works

 

[HomeGrownRx]

i think i have everything setup so that the pollen sacks will open at the right time.

there are 8 plants in the cabinet right now. approximately 4 of those will be males and therefore removed. two of the females will get CS as soon as they show sex, the other two will be aloud to grow. it should take 2-3 weeks for the silver to work, maybe another week for them to open. chances are the females that were not hit with CS will have few seeds, but id love to try the seedles bud anyway.

when i remove the males ill replace them with new califlower seedlings. they will need another week or 2 before they show sex. 1/2 of those are male and will be replaced with seedlings. this will continue untill its full of only females. this way things are staggered and ill be able to determine the optimum time for staggering the hermed females to match up with the female seed plants.

Phammy davis, very nice looking grow! looking forward to having a nice tent full of autos like youve got there. i need to sell my photoperiod mothers, or just put em outside for bud. photos suck, its all about the autos

 

[Mellow Yellow]

Looking really good... I am watching this grow!

 

[La Buena Hierba]

me too

 

[HomeGrownRx]

Hey, its an honor having a big breeder stopping by, thanks everyone for the interest. here is todays update.

heres the two male califlower i had to rip out today, sad.

proper drainage, putting rocks on the bottom really helps stop root rot and makes over watering difficult

Two regular hbd seedlings transplanted today. i really cant decide how im going to keep califlower pollen off the hbd run, i can not have any contmination.

This is the 2.5gal califlower female, growing her out to get quality bud photos for my seed packages. i bought a 4.75"x4.75" heat seal mylar bags with ziplock and a tamper evident seal. i just dont have any quality pictures of this strain to put on the bags because this is only the f1 generation. i was thinking of having an artist friend do something for the label but hes not getting back to me on it.

And heres the cfl cabinet, up to 250w in 3 sq feet, it will have 350 very soon, though 250 seems like plenty. light is 24/0 full autos only! you can see in the below pic, the front right of the cabinet is a new seedling i just transferred today. one of the males taken out was in the mother tent. most of whats in there look like females. I almost have 3 groups of starts seperated by a week each, to determine the best way to stagger for using CS.

 

[elijah357]

It would be absolutely incredible to have a webbed auto strain for guerrilla gardens. Perfect combo of speed and stealth! I've always wanted to get my hands on some Wallyduck. I've never seen a webbed plant in person ...do they finish up well? How's the potency?

Man, I'm interested to see how this turns out! Good luck Bro...sending positive vibes your way!!!

 

[HomeGrownRx]

CS day 1

Silver ready to ship

well finally ive started applying my CS to one of my plants. a female califlower showed sex today - 14 days from breaking ground . its female parts are very small and hard to see in the pic. but the cs takes a while to work so obvious female parts should show prior to the herm. heres the plant below, it will be 1 of 2 "males" in my cabinet.

and heres a pic of the above plant in the cab

and a group shot, my female for pics, my ducks foot, some hbd and the two males i removed from my cab today

hopefully over the next few days ill get more females that show sex in under 18 days. 14 days is what im really hoping for. btw these are all under 24/0. i also started adding excess fertlizer yesterday so dont be shocked if future pics have some burnt plants :hot:


thanks for visiting everyone!

 

[HomeGrownRx]

The pistils on the female califlower that have been treated with the CS are starting to die off already, its the first thing that ive noticed that clearly illustrates the CS is starting to work. Ill get pictures up tomorrow.

I started 5 regular diesel ryder seeds today, ill be doing a 2 plant outdoor seed run, depending on how many females i get from the mix i may do a feminized run.

A project i haven't mentioned yet on this site, Ive finished the first generation of an autoflowering version of the sooo wonderful THE HOG. i had it growing outside in an aeroponic setup i made. I pollinated it with regular Himalayan blue diesel pollen. I harvested the whole plant a few days ago and today removed maybe 1/10 of the plant and got a good 100 seeds. After i clean them and store them with dessicant in the fridge for 2-3 days ill be starting a ton of them. all the ones that autoflower under 24/0 will be used to make a stable autoflowering feminized seed batch. really looking forward to this one! i have a jilly bean as well as a grand daddy purple ill be harvesting in a few days.

pics tomorrow!