Wow granny. I signed up to this forum just because of your thread great work!
I have a question. I've been researching colloidal silver and how to apply it to non autos.
I read through most of the thread and from what it seems. You say it's best to put non autos C.S sprayed into 12/12 2-3 weeks ahead of the plant that will be pollinated? Is this right?
Also what if you only have room for veg/flowering what do you recommend?
Thanks again granny420 and to the rest who have contributed to this thread!
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Hi Honey!!! I can't believe you signed up just because of my thread - BUT GOOD FOR YOU! There is a wealth of info AND SUPPORT at 420magazine, so you are in a real good place. GodSpeed said it very nicely how so many of us feel about this place and the friends we meet here.
Now... you asked about how far ahead to put the CS sprayed NON-auto plant in versus the female it will be mated with. I don't have any specific time frame for this - I think I just tried to make sure everyone is aware that this process takes time and that is something to consider when using this treatment. Wish I could give a better answer.
In my first plant, it took over 3 weeks to simply turn the female to male. Considering how this experiment is going, it will be over 3 weeks for these too. Then it took another approximately (different plants make no clear set rules) 3 weeks to produce viable pollen. Thus, when thinking about the female you will be pollinating, YES, you need to consider this time when figuring out where to have your female at when the pollen is finally ready for her.
The great thing with non-autos is that you can clone them, so you can control better when the female is ready. However,
if you have to do both (veg and flower in the same room), this limits you, eh? I guess this leaves you with a couple other alternatives...
1) If you plant the waiting female (to be pollinated) from seed, you can simply wait to start the seed until 4 weeks after the first seed is planted to allow time for the first CS plant to be ahead. Does this make sense? I SHOULD have done this with my auto strains - but only had 2 seeds for each strain and I wasn't sure they would both come up (didn't want to turn the only plant I had and not be able to have a mate to pollinate).
2) You can also freeze the pollen (after drying and properly storing) to be used at ANY time in the near future. Thus, you don't have any issues with timing - simply use the pollen later when your lady is ready.
3) Pollinate late on the flowering female - which is what I had to do with the only female I pollinated thus far that I pictured yesterday (and what I will be having to do with the autos I am doing). I am going to leave that late pollinated plant to pretty much die in her pot in order to *hopefully* give her enough time to produce viable seed. I want the seeds a lot more than I want the gorgeous bud that formed on that plant (before pollination)... so I am completely willing to wait for her and give up the bud for the seed.
If you pollinated just one branch of a good sized non-auto female (make sure it is NOT a low branch on the plant cuz they don't finish bud very well, let alone finish a seed started late!), I have read that you can then harvest the remainder of the bud at the right time BUT LEAVE the pollinated branch to *hopefully* grow to finish the seed.
I have read it takes 4 to 8 weeks to make viable seed - usually done in 4 to 6 weeks, but dependent upon the particular strain.
I rambled enough there! Hope it made sense!
Anyone else have any suggestions?? Cuz I am NOT a professional breeder and do NOT even pretend to know exactly what I am doing! That's why I started this journal... to show if I can do it, anyone can!!
WELCOME AND GOOD LUCK, HONEY!!!
SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, HONEY!
Norcali!!! Hope you visit again!.. I think Sonzor did a CS xpermint a year ago, it got me interested but now I'm even thinking about it more. Wish you lots of seeds and buds!
