A Guide To Colloidal Silver

cobshopgrow said:

he told me that you just need to tip the stick for short in to the solution.

the ward sticks should be easy to get and prob dont cause much raised eyebrowes in the pharmacy.

Flexible Caustic Applicators, Silver Nitrate Applicators, 100/tube

Valuemed has been Delivering Quality Medical and Dental Supplies and equipment including Surgical to Healthcare Professionals in across Canada since 1988.

www.valuemed.ca

in canada.
75% silver nitrate and 25% potassium nitrate
easy to weight the powder of a stick and get some idea.

i forgot how much thiosulfate he used, he wasnt very precise with his mixes i think.
but as nachoo said, tip the top of the stick in to the mix and spray it, doubt the last 0.1g will count here.

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cobshopgrow said:

it sounded like you have no easy source for silver nitrate in canada, like in europe.
its to get but, not without giving your passport data.

i found his recommenation, was more detailed then i remebered.
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Those sticks at least in Spain contain about 50mg per stick of silver nitrate ..
The formula using those sticks is:
333 to 750ml destilled water (less water makes a stronger solution) . I used 333 ml
1 stick containing 50 mg silver nitrate
0,1733 gr of Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate .

Disolve first the Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate in the water.. then add the stick or the silver nitrate ..move it in the water..it disolves very quick. Keep the resulting solution in the refrigerator protected from light... The final solution last for some time..I use it for a maximun of 3 weeks..if need more I make the solution again.
Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate in water can last a lot..but when you add the silver nitrate .. you have to use it in the next 3 weeks. "
Nachooo

so no worries there, they do contain enough silver nitrate and dosage is easy, one stick one batch.

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cobshopgrow said:

nitric acid can be nasty.
i had a bottle ph- 20y ago made of it, it left some good scars on my kitchen workbench.
dont remember which concentration it was.

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OldMedUser said:

What are you using to get 15,000V, a neon sign transformer? I bought a new TDS pen that measures in single digits and diluted 1000ppm calibration sol'n down to 20ppm and calibrate the pen to that to check my CS and RO water. I just use a 28vDC wall wart for power and a simple current limiting circuit to adjust the current flow to keep particle size small. Supposedly you can multiply the reading by 2 - 2.5 to get a close approximation of the actual ppm but it takes electron spectroscopy or something like that to get true ppm and most of the stuff sold is just a wild guess as to it's actual concentration.

Personally I doubt that 10ml CS to a gallon is going to do much including causing hermies and certainly not cause crazy growth. Why would you want to kill off fungi in your medium anyhow?

I figure my CS to be around 12-15ppm and it works great for tooth infections and things like toenail fungus. My wife uses it on her chickens when they get infections. Adds it to their drinking water and sprays some on any wounds to good effect. We keep a small sprayer in the bathroom so it's handy for small cuts etc.

I've been meaning to take a couple of clones and treat one with CS to see what happens so must do that soon.

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Rurumo said:

You can get the anhydrous sodium thiosulfate and silver nitrate both on amazon with free shipping.

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Star Dog said:

I'm just kicking some thoughts around...
If I flower all of my mothers treated with silver how close would the seeds be to the mother in terms of terps and potency?
Assuming it's successful.

I've a few I'd like to keep but if i could get seeds from them the same that would be my way to go.

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Rurumo said:

Do you mean if you make S1s out of them? Reverse and pollinate the same cut? S1s can be dicey, it's all up to the individual plant as to how well those genetics will work in an S1. Some plants, like OGs, make great S1s with many potential keepers per pack. Sometimes you can find something very close to the original cut. Not all plants make good S1s just like not every cross is a good genetic match. As far as reversing one of your cuts, then pollinating a different cut of yours with it, it works very similar to male/female breeding except that you really know what each parent can do in flower with fems, whereas, with males, you need the skill to pick a good one. I'll mix up some STS tomorrow and start spraying my Strawberry Cough clone to get it started too, I've been wanting to make more S1s for a long time.

Making S1s is a good way to "back up" your favorite clones-especially if you make a lot of seeds. Look at CSI Humboldt, they do lots of S1s and he has found multiple keeper Chem 91 S1s (among others) that are equal or better to the original cuts, but as a business, he has the space to grow big #s.

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Tas devil said:

I bought some femme spray in australia.dunno what it was but had to spray everyday for like a good couple weeks....it never worked so i bought some elite x elite spray .used it once and it knocked the female plant for 6 but at day 16 in flower room it started showing balls and by 4 weeks had the sacs opening up everywhere..expensive stuff but didnt use much of it at all out of 8 once bottle...highly reccomend it.

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Tas devil said:

I bought some femme spray in australia.dunno what it was but had to spray everyday for like a good couple weeks....it never worked so i bought some elite x elite spray .used it once and it knocked the female plant for 6 but at day 16 in flower room it started showing balls and by 4 weeks had the sacs opening up everywhere..expensive stuff but didnt use much of it at all out of 8 once bottle...highly reccomend it.

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xtsho said:

The first spray you bought was more than likely CS which quite often CS purchased from various entities does not work which is why those that are most successful using CS typically make it themselves.

The second spray you got that did work was likely STS which is much more reliable than CS. Here in the USA the two chemicals used to make STS are readily available and for around $50 you can purchase enough to make gallons of the spray.

I don't know what's available in Australia but if you plan on doing reversals in the future you can make your own STS solution with silver nitrate and sodium thiosulfate. If you can acquire those two chemicals you'll be able to make STS whenever you need.

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Rurumo said:

Ebay has cheap silver nitrate and sodium thiosulfate anhydrous.

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