Auto Feminized Seed Crop

Trousers

Trousers

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(This grow is completed)
I decided to take a shot at making some feminised seeds with a friend's remaining auto seeds.

I used colloidal silver. I decided not to make my own after finding some for sale on ebay for $20. I thought it was worth the risk.

The seeds were all auto and all feminized.
I decided to use Lowryder2 for the plant to be made male.

The plants to be seeded:
Lowryder2
Auto Super Lemon Haze
Autoberry
Auto Pineapple Kush

coco
Lucas 6-9, GH
Floralicious Plus




The three candidates for spraying. They all grew about the same. I started spraying day 17. I sprayed twice a day for 7 days. After that I was starting to run low and only sprayed once a day until I ran out.


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Day 24, balls. This stuff works.



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The formerly female plant is moved out to a shed. At this point it looks more male than female.
 
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In the shed, the pollen sacks are ready to open. The other plants were started a week later.





The girls to be pollinated:

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Lowryder2 ready for some sweet lovin'


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Pineapple Kush


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Super Lemon Haze


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Autoberry
 
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This is when the buds are first starting to show.


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At this point there is pollen every where. I gathered some, dried it out and froze it.
 
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I went on vacation and get back to a bunch of seeds that have fallen off the buds. I had someone tending them while I was gone.
So far, without properly drying the seeds, I have had every single one germinate. I have 40 over at a friend's house and they all germinated. I am only growing one in my backyard, a Lowryder/Autoberry.

I haven't gone through the seeds that much. I probably got a 3-5 hundred viable seeds from each plant.
 
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Lowryder2 seeds


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Lowryder2 x Autoberry that popped today.


Granted I have only big fat seeds to plant, but I am surprised that so many have germinated from seeds that had very little time to dry out.

This was so easy. It was worth $20 for the spray. My only regret was that I sprayed the entire plant. I could have sprayed just one branch and gotten plenty of pollen. The rest of the plant would be female and self pollinate.

My next project is under way. I have two regular clones in the veg room that will be turned. The pollen will be collected and used to selectively pollinate my friend's outdoor plants.
 
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SdY183

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Thanks for the informative post! You mentioned not letting the seeds dry out properly...in your opinion, how WOULD you dry them out properly?
 
Trousers

Trousers

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Yes.
We have a really dry climate here which helped.
You can get silica packets to help speed the drying.

mae said:
Nice job!
They also sell cs on amazon. What ppm was yours?
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I bought a product called Tiresias Mist. I didn't test the ppm.
 
lowblower

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nice thread man. Have u got a link to your femenized lowryder#2xautoberry grow please?? or some new pics at least? so you used all femenized plants to make mroe femenized seeds. think i may have to do this during winter so i got loads of beans for spring ;)
 
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Trousers

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SdY183 said:
Thanks for the informative post! You mentioned not letting the seeds dry out properly...in your opinion, how WOULD you dry them out properly?
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Sorry, I didn't answer your question. ("Yes" lol)

I put the seeds in a bag with some desiccant in it. I bought little packs on amazon. Make sure to get the non-toxic ones.
The only reason I use desiccant is because I have it. I bought it to dry out pollen.

When drying seeds with out desiccant, I just put them in an open bag or jar under a sink downstairs. As the Traveling Wilburys said,
"Just put it in a cool dry place."

I used to think that you need to dry seeds a month. My last batch has had a 100% germination rate so far. I have tried to germinate seeds a week after picking them and only had about 50% success.

I think that the addition of Floralicious Plus really made the seeds healthy. That stuff is magic. I use it on my garden plants and spray tomatoes/flowers etc with it.
 
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lowblower said:
nice thread man. Have u got a link to your femenized lowryder#2xautoberry grow please?? or some new pics at least? so you used all femenized plants to make mroe femenized seeds. think i may have to do this during winter so i got loads of beans for spring ;)
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I had a journal at another site, but I was banned for asking about their precious TOU. I could go back using TOR, but I don't want to share stuff on a site that boots me for no reason other than me embarrassing a mod over his misunderstanding of their own rules.

The Lowryder2 x Autoberry is in there. It was a part of the seed crop.




The Autoberry is in there somewhere. It is second from the left.





Autoberry left in the rear.





Sideways seed infested bud. I think that is Super Lemon Haze.
 
Trousers

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lowblower said:
nice thread man. Have u got a link to your femenized lowryder#2xautoberry grow please?? or some new pics at least? so you used all femenized plants to make mroe femenized seeds. think i may have to do this during winter so i got loads of beans for spring ;)
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Some advice:

-Do it. It is not hard. You can spray just one branch so you don't completely infest your buds. If You spray a lower branch, the tops might not get any seeds.

-Do not listen to people who have not made a Feminized seed crop. There are a ton of people willing to give you advice that have never done this before. If I had a dollar for every time some one told me my seeds are going to produce herms...

-I would suggest using the spray Tiresias Mist. It is only $20 on ebay. It is cheap to produce your own, but you probably will not get the ppm that high. I have not produced my own colloidal silver, so I can not speak to it. I thought about producing colloidal silver, then heating it to make some water evaporate to raise the ppm. I have read that low ppm colloidal silver can sometimes produce pollen sacks that have to be manually opened. For $20 I thought it was worth it to get colloidal silver that really works. (I am not pimping Tiresias Mist for any reason other than it works and is not that expensive.)

-If you are going for a seed crop and not looking to selectively pollinate, start your prospective father a week earlier than the rest of the plants.

-Do not spray the entire plant, even if you want a seed crop. You want the father to have some bud sites for some self-pollinated seeds. These are going to be the most stable seeds, basically clones in seed form.

I would be happy to answer any questions on this subject, either by PM or on this thread.

A couple weeks ago I got a regular Blueberry and an Island Sweet Skunk clone to be turned into shemales for selectively pollinating my friend's outdoor plants. This winter I should have about 26-30 different crosses, all fathered by ISS or Blueberry. I can not wait.

Some of the plants to be crossed with ISS and Blueberry shemales:
skunkberry
green crack (hate the name, love the pot)
pre '98 bubba kush
a bubba kush/black kush cross
bubblegum
haze x g13
grandaddy purple
hash plant
durban poison
I'm drawing a blank on the rest.
 
lowblower

lowblower

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Trousers said:
Some advice:

-Do it. It is not hard. You can spray just one branch so you don't completely infest your buds. If You spray a lower branch, the tops might not get any seeds.

-Do not listen to people who have not made a Feminized seed crop. There are a ton of people willing to give you advice that have never done this before. If I had a dollar for every time some one told me my seeds are going to produce herms...

-I would suggest using the spray Tiresias Mist. It is only $20 on ebay. It is cheap to produce your own, but you probably will not get the ppm that high. I have not produced my own colloidal silver, so I can not speak to it. I thought about producing colloidal silver, then heating it to make some water evaporate to raise the ppm. I have read that low ppm colloidal silver can sometimes produce pollen sacks that have to be manually opened. For $20 I thought it was worth it to get colloidal silver that really works. (I am not pimping Tiresias Mist for any reason other than it works and is not that expensive.)

-If you are going for a seed crop and not looking to selectively pollinate, start your prospective father a week earlier than the rest of the plants.

-Do not spray the entire plant, even if you want a seed crop. You want the father to have some bud sites for some self-pollinated seeds. These are going to be the most stable seeds, basically clones in seed form.

I would be happy to answer any questions on this subject, either by PM or on this thread.

A couple weeks ago I got a regular Blueberry and an Island Sweet Skunk clone to be turned into shemales for selectively pollinating my friend's outdoor plants. This winter I should have about 26-30 different crosses, all fathered by ISS or Blueberry. I can not wait.

Some of the plants to be crossed with ISS and Blueberry shemales:
skunkberry
green crack (hate the name, love the pot)
pre '98 bubba kush
a bubba kush/black kush cross
bubblegum
haze x g13
grandaddy purple
hash plant
durban poison
I'm drawing a blank on the rest.
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love how ur repping the durban poison! i miss the old school strains. gd luck with all that, cheers for the info on that Terisias mist or wotever it is. ive looked into colloidal silver before and yeah i know wot u mean about hermie myths. its like maths tho, i learn something one day and the next day i forget. The fact you reminded me that a femenized plant can be self pollinated to produce more femenized seeds is really kool, id forgotten i had plans to make my own colloidal silver, but will b checking out the product u used. plants and set up are good, nice job!
 
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SixMoreDucks

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Thanks for all the good information. I have been researching feminizing seeds myself and it doesnt seem all too complicated. As a garden green thumb I love experimenting with plants and this seems like a rewarding task. After I find my fav Auto strain I will def Fem my own seeds so I dont have to buy them for big $$$. Subbed. Keep up the good work.
 
Corso312

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I am still looking for a dank auto...every auto I have grown (4 diff strains so far) looks dank..smells great..very easy to grow..was healthy start to finish..zero problems until I smoke it..just can't pack a big punch....I looked on ebay and could not find that mist...any other sites carry it?
 
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