Creating Female Seeds Using Colloidal Silver - With High Brix
We had a plant we harvested do that, but lower on the branches. It did produce seeds, but we have never had a male. To be fair, that was our plant that the puppy trampled by getting in the tent through the 6" vent on the bottom. So maybe the stress made her produce seeds.
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why not remove her now or next time you can?
you may not be viewing them when the sacs open
or you can do it Big Ziggy Style...
let it rip..
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2-3weeks...depends on genetics, light schedule, environment..
12/12 will take longer than 11/13
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shes a beauty!!.. I spray even after they show, 2-3 days more.
Sprayed the twister each week for two weeks with silver thiosulfate. Flipped her then sprayed again. She is showing nicely and will spray her once more. Weird to see her like this lol. But let the games begin!
Governmentchz
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She is an Auto on 18/6. They typically take a little longer in my setup then some of the other Autos. I was between 11-12 weeks last grow.
How much longer should I continue to spray her?
First, she looks good. Like Ziggy said, a few more days of spraying for insurance and then you should be fine. Those male flowers will go yellow (typically) and pop open. It all happens relatively quickly so I would also agree with removing it soon as you're able. Even the most-diligent gardener can miss the opening, so better safe than sorry.
Once you've pollinated, obviously, you can remove the reversed branches/buds.
Sprayed the twister each week for two weeks with silver thiosulfate. Flipped her then sprayed again. She is showing nicely and will spray her once more. Weird to see her like this lol. But let the games begin!
Schweet!
First, she looks good. Like Ziggy said, a few more days of spraying for insurance and then you should be fine. Those male flowers will go yellow (typically) and pop open. It all happens relatively quickly so I would also agree with removing it soon as you're able. Even the most-diligent gardener can miss the opening, so better safe than sorry.
Once you've pollinated, obviously, you can remove the reversed branches/buds.
Schweet!
She's getting her own tent this afternoon as soon as I get off of work. She is going to get a few CFL's.
Why do you think branches that I haven't even sprayed have what appears to be the beginning of pollen sacs?
Sprayed the twister each week for two weeks with silver thiosulfate. Flipped her then sprayed again. She is showing nicely and will spray her once more. Weird to see her like this lol. But let the games begin!
Yours looks so much different from mine. Yours looks like what I was expecting. How long has she been growing those pollen sacs?
Governmentchz
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Isolation is always safer.
The differences in appearance could be as simple as being strain-related, or a difference in time (as you've asked) or even the difference in expression between autos and photos. I couldn't really say, but yours looks fine.
The changes in un-sprayed branches could be the hormonal change migrating higher into the plant. Not unusual. I would feel comfortable using ANY of the created pollen in its originally intended role without hesitation.
My experience with auto-flowering plants amounts to a big zero though.
Isolation is always safer.
The differences in appearance could be as simple as being strain-related, or a difference in time (as you've asked) or even the difference in expression between autos and photos. I couldn't really say, but yours looks fine.
The changes in un-sprayed branches could be the hormonal change migrating higher into the plant. Not unusual. I would feel comfortable using ANY of the created pollen in its originally intended role without hesitation.
My experience with auto-flowering plants amounts to a big zero though.
With the changes migrating do you think that I can still use her to pollinate herself?
Governmentchz
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I'd think any flowers NOT producing male flowers would be eligible for pollination. You may simply have to go higher on the plant.
Harvested fem seeds from my first round of girls. It was a success except for 818 and Bubblelicious. Just a bunch of sacs and no pollen from those 2. 
Here are the harvested seeds
Here are the harvested seeds
Governmentchz
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Harvested fem seeds from my first round of girls. It was a success except for 818 and Bubblelicious. Just a bunch of sacs and no pollen from those 2.
Here are the harvested seeds
sexy!!
I think it's so cool how different the seeds can be sometimes. Plain, speckled, mottled, zebra-striped...
sexy!!
I think it's so cool how different the seeds can be sometimes.
Me too. Other than the stripes WW seeds are very small. You can't tell because I cropped the pic so small and it got bloated up here. The Bubs x AK are nice and plump.
Has anyone ever grew the albino seeds? Wonder if they are even worth giving a go.
Governmentchz
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To be honest, I treated them as potential duds and culled them. Any unusually odd shapes, cracks (I gently ground them in my hands/fingers, but I found a few crushed) off-color or still pale, they got culled.