HBD AutoFem Seed Run w/a CS Reversal, 1st go at this...

[Boogieman]

My CS is clear, I run a 9v 600ma transformer with alligator clips on eBay bought certified 99.999% silver 14 gauge wire. When I began I had a stronger transformer and switched to this setup before my 2nd run. I did a total of 3 CS runs and mixed them all together. Unfortunately, I ran it to 34ppm thinking that it would be good. From the way the plant looks my guess is that its too high, she def. crunchy, with brittle branches. I've since diluted the CS I am using down to 15ppm with the same type of distilled water I use in my CS generator..
I sprayed that HBD for almost a month it seems, from research here, it seems they should flip well before that, ya? This clone of a Black JH hopefully will turn quicker and not get as crunchy.
Thanks for the response, any advice is highly welcomed.

Sidenote- no sign of Herbie's shipment. Anyone having issues getting their beans? This is the 2nd try from them too. Really bumming me out.

@ Aku, it looks like your doing everything right. Your Gen (9v-600Ma)+14 G. wire and Distilled water should work. I don't know if this will help but I run my Gen. for 12hrs, cleaning the wires every 2 hrs. The plants I reverse go under CFLs (6500k, nothing to intense) the entire reversal. Tell me how you test PPM on C.S....:smoke:

 

[EverythingsHazy]

@ Aku, it looks like your doing everything right. Your Gen (9v-600Ma)+14 G. wire and Distilled water should work. I don't know if this will help but I run my Gen. for 12hrs, cleaning the wires every 2 hrs. The plants I reverse go under CFLs (6500k, nothing to intense) the entire reversal. Tell me how you to test PPM on C.S....:smoke:

PPM meters aren't really a very accurate way of determining the true strength of your cs, but you can get a reading off of them. Using a laser is definitely a good idea to compliment the ppm reading, as well as help you see the particle size, if it's too big.

I too think the wires should be cleaned, to prevent the bigger particles that form around them from mixing with the rest of the solution.
ALso, I recommend you use an air-pump/airstone if you don't have one already. It should help keep particle size down as well.

 

[Boogieman]

PPM meters aren't really a very accurate way of determining the true strength of your cs, but you can get a reading off of them. Using a laser is definitely a good idea to compliment the ppm reading, as well as help you see the particle size, if it's too big.

I too think the wires should be cleaned, to prevent the bigger particles that form around them from mixing with the rest of the solution.
ALso, I recommend you use an air-pump/airstone if you don't have one already. It should help keep particle size down as well.

The highest reading I've ever got for my C.S. was 6 ppm., but my laser lit up like crazy shining through the mason jar.

 

[EverythingsHazy]

The highest reading I've ever got for my C.S. was 6 ppm., but my laser lit up like crazy shining through the mason jar.

The ppm reading shouldn't matter too much. If your laser says otherwise, and your particles are microscopic (the beam should look solid and creamy not like a lightsaber, not a ton of glitter), it should work. Some much higher storebought stuff ("250ppm" didnt check for myself) had almost no beam and n some 15ppm homemade stuff, the beam could be seen clearly. Also, someone here reported being able to get his CS up to 70+ppm, but it isn't necessary, as it does work at much lower ppm readings. In fact, lighter concentrations can be applied all over the plant without worry of ruining it, allowing for the same amount, if not more cs, to be applied over the course of a few sprays daily, vs one more damaging one. The cs really seeps in to the plant when it is wet, so if you divide the same amount of silver particles into 3 sprays (3x the water), you have a lot more wet time before the surfaces dry out.

 

[Aku]

I do use a bubbler, but there is also a lot of glitter in my laser beam. I thought that was correct. If the problem is my particles are too large, how would I get them smaller? I thought I was doing it right to get the smaller particles. I'll see if I can take a pic of the beam...

 

[Aku]

I store it in colored bottles, make sure its less than a month old. I store the bottles in a covered tote.
The beam isn't showing up as well in the photos. I can clearly see the beam of strong light as well as a ton of glitter or sparkling in the beam. Knowing how I do this, how would I get smaller particles.

One note, the silver wire being used as the sacrificial anode (?) is a lot more thin now than the other, probably by half of a 14 gauge wire. Does this tell us anything? I ask because my last batch ran up to 40ppm then as I left it on shooting for 45ppm it came down and would not surpass 34 ppm after that. Think the TDS meter was faked out and the real ppm was skyrocketing and I didn't know it? I wasn't sure how the ppm could go down except there was alot of glick at the bottom of the jar, thought it might have been shaping back up onto another form. Is this possible?

 

[evol]

If the beam is thick but the cs is not dark yellow it will still work well. Even if it is yellow it wil most likely work but may make your plant look sickly.

If your wire got that thin from 1 cook it is probably not pure silver. I have used my wires dozens of times with very minimal loss.

 

[Aku]

Man it sure looks and feels like pure silver, I know shite can be faked but the eBay cat had a UL (?) cert. saying it was 99.999% silver, sent a copy with the wires. Its a soft silvery metal smooth wire but ya it lost some mass after 3 18hr CS runs. I'll see if a pic can pick it up...

 

[Aku]

See how the 1 wire tapers down? Not sure if you can tell from photos. I thought man, this should be some hipo shite if it ate that much silver wire...
The plant I was using the 34ppm on def. reacted to it, not in the way I wanted but it shriveled up and got brittle, it just never grew balls. As it is an auto, I assume my window is closing everyday. What will eventually happen if I just keep spraying it with my now diluted to 15ppm cs solution? Will it eventually just die?
Thanks for help with this folks. I will report about the clone I've begun spraying with the 15ppm, I hit her day of showing pre-flowers.

 

[evol]

Ebay isnt the best place to buy the silver. Amazon would be better or some jewlery stores sell it too. I dont like buying things from ebay because you never know what your actually getting or who is selling it