New Grower Califlower feminized seed run with Colloidal Silver

[HomeGrownRx]

well ive made my first batch of colloidal silver + its the colloidal silver ive been using in this thread combined with gibberellic acid at a concentration of 50ppm. ga3 is used by some growers by itself to make feminized seeds. im hoping that by combining the two hormones i wont have to worry about the sensitivity of the silver as much. ill be starting test with it today.

 

[HomeGrownRx]

Updateroooooooo!

Above is a picture as of 2 days ago of the feminized califlower seed run cabinet. I removed 3 confirmed males, the removal of these males is very timely, i think my first of the colloidal silver treated califlower females is just starting to show some balls so ill have a proper age spread of females to see when its best to stagger the treated and untreated females for highest seed yield. i dont want to call it yet until it is very clear to me and in pictures, but im pretty confident these are the beginnings of balls. i really need a macro lens, and my girl friend to get back from visiting her parents house so she can take some proper pictures for me. heres what i have now.

I know its very hard to make out weather those are balls starting to form or not, which is why im not calling it but can anyone weigh in? am i jumping the gun? it is a little early. jm are you seeing any results yet? here is the above cs treated califlower (in all 3 pics) in the cabinet next to a younger female califlower that HAS NOT BEEN TREATED WITH CS. The treated califlower is in the front the untreated is in the back. you can see the huge difference in the flowers. the overuse of cs on the front female maybe the cause of the leaf problems im seeing. its not ph plus besides the cs they are in identical grow conditions and soil.

I have yet to go out and check on the girls (and freaks) today, if the balls(?) are any clearer i will post pics. Below is a picture of my oldest califlower, she broke ground on the 4th of october making here 35 days old. im hoping shes halfway done with her life. i have only given her one dose of vegetative nutes, shes in high quality soil. i think ill be giving her a starting dose of bloom today. floranova, probably .5ml to one gallon.

and to illustrate how the califlower compares to straight hbd, here is a picture of my oldest hbd, its about the same size as a califlower in a 1 gallon container which is 1.5 weeks younger. this hbd is in a 2.5gallon container. Compared to where the califlower above was at the same age, hbd is slower and much more sensitive to nutrient burn. of course this is only my limited experience with the two strains, a proper comparison would require many more plants and more controlled conditions. However im still confident that this is a normal trend. The leaves of the califlower are a perfect combination of hbd and fast bud #2, the structure is compact like hbd but with larger stronger branches. I have also not had much variance in phenotypes so far but they are young. loving this mix, nothing like standing on the shoulders of giants like sweet seeds and short stuff

 

[HomeGrownRx]

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ok i should have gone out and checked on my girsl before i posted, oops. heres pictures of the cs treated female next to an untreated female, both califlower etc just like aboves post. only difference is this is two days later. im more certain that the cs is now producing balls all over the califlower in the pics. these are still not very clear but the structures i think are balls are a little more clear in these.

and lastly a size comparison. as we all know the pot size really determines the plant size, the two smaller califlowers are only one week younger but are being grown in much more light and on 24/0 while the big one is on 18/6.

please weigh in on what these structures are, i dont want to call it until im certain and have feedback from the community. trying not to celebrate too early .

the burning etc is from over fertilizing them. this was done intentionally, all the soil has added nitrogen fertilizer in excess and they are being fed strong chemical hydro nutes. weeding out the weaklings. the cs treated one has also been over treated which maybe effecting the leaves.

 

[Bateyes]

Cool thread. I have zero experience w/ feminizing, but Ive been reading up on it lately. I thought many had given up on gibberellic acid due to high hermie count.Please dont take it wrong, Im not hating or 2nd guessing. Sounds/looks like youve forgot more than Ill ever know! Just curious, I guess. I like yer store, too. Im sure you'll see me over there soon. Im surprised the paypal peeps havent given you a hard time. They have become very conservative of late cancelling and locking accts linked to products they dont like.
Anyhew, cant wait to see how this turns out. Staying tuned! ps Love the cat in the pics. Ya think he ever steals a nibble?

~Batz

 

[HomeGrownRx]

hey thanks for kind words!

i am worried about paypal now, orignialy i wasnt because im not breaking any laws but that doesnt mean anything. at the worst ill have to take my seeds off the site. Im hoping to have the site done by the end of the week.

i have not done any test with ga3 yet, so i am hardly an expert. by hermie problems do you mean the resulting seeds resulted in hermies (from ga3 treated females for pollen) or do you mean that putting ga3 on females causes them to herm? of course by herm i mean intersex etc.

I really need the weather to turn back so i can have more room for al these experiments. anyone with any info on using ga3 please post.

anyone have opinion on if those are balls or not? im about to head out and check on em, gf is home maybe she will help take pics.

 

[elijah357]

Hey Homegrown,

Those are starting to look like male flowers to me...time will tell though.

Just wanted to say Thanks! CS and beans arrived safe and sound, cant wait to try them.

Cheers and Good Luck on the seed run!!!

 

[Bateyes]

the resulting seeds resulted in hermies

But my info is purely anecdotal and 3rd hand at best. From forums at gra**city.com and gro**ery.org. Dont listen to me, bud. You're on the right track.
Good luck w/ paypal. I think as long as your transactions go good and nobody reports you, you'll be all set. Might think about taking it off the homepage and just have it at checkout. Just a thought... I only use paypal because I buy and sell on ebay and its now the only approved payment method. (Both companies are owned by same folks, too. Sounds like a Milton Bradley board game to me!) Since I dont have a bank acct, my only option, other than waiting 3 mos for a check, is to spend my paypal online. Do you allow registered CareGivers to purchase seeds or just patients? PM me if you wanna keep my offtopic ramblings off your journal...

 

[realcarlos]

Collecting pollen from a C.S treated female and applying it to another female shouldn't cause hermies. But being self pollinated may

 

[HomeGrownRx]

update, CS works great

Its confirmed, with the colloidal silver spray that im offering on my website, I forced a female califlower to stop producing female flowers and start producing male flowers. It took 9 days to take effect from the first day i sprayed her (10-25) until the beginning of male flowers (11-2). i know i stressed the plant out by spraying it 1x every day instead of every other day, the other silver treated plant was sprayed every other day and showed sex in approximately the same time but looks much more healthy. ill put together a proper instructional video and pictorial and post them here and on my website with every step documented properly.

i currently have 8 plants in the califlower feminized seed cabinet. both females treated with silver are very clearly producing mass amounts of male flowers. 3 of the plants are female califlowers each are 1 week or so apart in age. 3 plants are very young califlowers, not showing sex yet too young.

I was once again was out of commission for a few days due to back pain and i didnt water my plants. The pots all dried out and a few of the plants got a little damaged. nothing died and i wont be making that mistake again. ho hum

my new photo cabinet is under construction. it should be done in a few days. I will be putting the ducks foot as well as all my other photoperiod plants in the new cabinet to flower them. the feminized califlower pollen will be used on all of them. getting ready for my new place which will hopefully have much more grow space, ill need it.

pics tomorrow when i can get myself out there. im going to double check all the dates on the silver to make sure my claims are correct. right now im from my previous post.

 

[HomeGrownRx]

As mentioned the plants all took a hit from getting too dry. i also had a few bugs so the pictures look like.... shit. I removed several leafs and gave them a lot of water along with some nutes. hopefully they will recover soon.

so which one do you think was treated with silver?

oh that one!

you can see both male and female flowers on this intersex plant

and heres my first packet of my autoflower seeds, I need to finish the labels for these packets. they are tamper proof, mylar, heat sealed zip lock bags. its full of individually labeled pcr tubes with dessicant, seeds and cotton in them. as soon as the final version of the label is done ill be selling these to dispensaries all over northern calfornia. fingers crossed!