A Guide To Colloidal Silver

kev1968

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Did you read the OP?
OP? I have been reading everything I can find, but it seems everyone has different thoughts and procedures. The conflicting information is so confusing! I am going to pick up a lazer pointer and unbleached filters today and start spraying another clone, but I want it to work this time.
 
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kev1968

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Thank you! There are a lot of pages in this thread now, so some people miss the first posts. Haha!

Good luck, and keep us posted!
All thanks to you sir.
This is a batch of colliodal silver I made the other day following this groups instructions, except I used 4x9V batteries and ran for 6 hours. It hasn't been filtered yet.
Solid red line from the laser though.
Just FYI. That's a lightproof material bag I keep it in.
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kev1968

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Here is version 3.0 lol
I just made this generator from instructions in the OP. The adapter says 6V output on the back, but it's pushing almost 8V.20190906_154445.jpg
 

EverythingsHazy

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All thanks to you sir.
This is a batch of colliodal silver I made the other day following this groups instructions, except I used 4x9V batteries and ran for 6 hours. It hasn't been filtered yet.
Solid red line from the laser though.
Just FYI. That's a lightproof material bag I keep it in.
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Looks good! That should definitely work. Remember, since it is pure CS and doesn't contain chemicals that will burn the plant (if you made it correctly), you should be able to spray the entire plant, to get it loaded with silver particles as quickly as possible. I'd hit it with a complete spray at least two times a day.
 

kev1968

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Looks good! That should definitely work. Remember, since it is pure CS and doesn't contain chemicals that will burn the plant (if you made it correctly), you should be able to spray the entire plant, to get it loaded with silver particles as quickly as possible. I'd hit it with a complete spray at least two times a day.
I am actually copy and pasting this in my journal.
Thank you dude! I will be a regular here.
 

kev1968

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You're very welcome! I'm looking forward to seeing your progress!
Thank you. I am a experienced grower, having approx 30 years under my belt. But like I had said, never even thought about making fem seeds before. This group is awesome and very responsive to questions, I have recommended it to a few friends.
This is my final product, filtered and ready. Slightly yellow color in light, compared to prefiltering, feeling quite confident with batch #3 lol
I will post updates along the way.
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HydroRed

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Thank you. I am a experienced grower, having approx 30 years under my belt. But like I had said, never even thought about making fem seeds before. This group is awesome and very responsive to questions, I have recommended it to a few friends.
This is my final product, filtered and ready. Slightly yellow color in light, compared to prefiltering, feeling quite confident with batch #3 lol
I will post updates along the way.
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kev1968

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Just thought I'd mention in case anyone is looking for brown spray bottles. Local health food stores usually carry them. I am picking 1 up from Feel Good Natural Health Food for under $5.BA42CA.jpg
 
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kev1968

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Looks good! That should definitely work. Remember, since it is pure CS and doesn't contain chemicals that will burn the plant (if you made it correctly), you should be able to spray the entire plant, to get it loaded with silver particles as quickly as possible. I'd hit it with a complete spray at least two times a day.
Well I'll be damned! The plant looks like shit, honesty I about was trash it. But when the lights came on, guess what I found?
Now the question remains. Was this plant stressed too much to use the pollen? Possably hermie pollen? I didn't have another clone of this strain to use, but have a clone gearing up to be pollinated. Oh btw, this is White Widow x Big Bud. I started silver treatments the other day on a Blue Dream and it looks amazing, not like the 1st, yeah baby :)
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kev1968

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You're very welcome! I'm looking forward to seeing your progress!
This experience has made me feel very proud. Only screwed up 2 batches of silver and have pollen sacs despite my mistake, although I am unsure as to the quality because my original silver was way overcooked (70V lol) and obviously stressed the plant.
Sorry for all the questions, but I have another and I trust this group. It's not exactly on topic, sorry about that but I can honestly say you guys really know your sh*t :)
What are the signs of when to harvest the pollen? And what would be easiest/best way? Twisers and remove each pod? Time line? Pics would be awesome as well.
I will be pollinating a clone right away and I need to store some.
Many thanks to everyone!
 
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Rob Roy

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This experience has made me feel very proud. Only screwed up 2 batches of silver and have pollen sacs, although I am unsure as to the quality because my original silver was way overcooked (70V lol) and stressed the plant.
Sorry for all the questions, but I have another and I trust this group. It's not exactly on topic, sorry about that but I can honestly say you guys really know your sh*t :)
What are the signs of when to harvest the pollen? And what would be easiest/best way? Twisers and remove each pod? Time line? Pics would be awesome as well.
I will be pollinating a clone right away and I need to store some.
Many thanks to everyone!
When the first male flowers are almost ready there will usually be pods of varying stages of development. Some about to pop and some half way there and some just forming. I'm guessing mother nature intended this, so if the male is getting frisky there's a better chance at least some of his pollen will land on a ready willing and able female.

When the first ones are almost ready, they will be swollen. When they open up, you'll see a fine yellow dust, often dropped on the leaves around the male flower.

Turn all fans off, etc. Place a tray, cup or sheet of paper under the spewing flower and give the branch a little nudge. Most males will be happy to give up some pollen. Sometimes it's easier to clip a branch that has several ripe male flowers and gather pollen from that. The slightest air movement
will disperse your pollen, so be careful to gather pollen away from your female plants.

A Q-tip makes a good pollen applicator. Gently touch the Q-tip to your pollen and you'll see the yellow on the cotton. If you rub that on a hot to trot female plant's pistils, expect seeds in about a month, even longer is better to let the seeds fully form.


 

kev1968

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When the first male flowers are almost ready there will usually be pods of varying stages of development. Some about to pop and some half way there and some just forming. I'm guessing mother nature intended this, so if the male is getting frisky there's a better chance at least some of his pollen will land on a ready willing and able female.

When the first ones are almost ready, they will be swollen. When they open up, you'll see a fine yellow dust, often dropped on the leaves around the male flower.

Turn all fans off, etc. Place a tray, cup or sheet of paper under the spewing flower and give the branch a little nudge. Most males will be happy to give up some pollen. Sometimes it's easier to clip a branch that has several ripe male flowers and gather pollen from that. The slightest air movement
will disperse your pollen, so be careful to gather pollen away from your female plants.

A Q-tip makes a good pollen applicator. Gently touch the Q-tip to your pollen and you'll see the yellow on the cotton. If you rub that on a hot to trot female plant's pistils, expect seeds in about a month, even longer is better to let the seeds fully form.


Many thanks sir, more for my journal.
Is it wrong to feel like Tom Hanks when he created fire lol
 
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EverythingsHazy

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When the first male flowers are almost ready there will usually be pods of varying stages of development. Some about to pop and some half way there and some just forming. I'm guessing mother nature intended this, so if the male is getting frisky there's a better chance at least some of his pollen will land on a ready willing and able female.

When the first ones are almost ready, they will be swollen. When they open up, you'll see a fine yellow dust, often dropped on the leaves around the male flower.

Turn all fans off, etc. Place a tray, cup or sheet of paper under the spewing flower and give the branch a little nudge. Most males will be happy to give up some pollen. Sometimes it's easier to clip a branch that has several ripe male flowers and gather pollen from that. The slightest air movement
will disperse your pollen, so be careful to gather pollen away from your female plants.

A Q-tip makes a good pollen applicator. Gently touch the Q-tip to your pollen and you'll see the yellow on the cotton. If you rub that on a hot to trot female plant's pistils, expect seeds in about a month, even longer is better to let the seeds fully form.


Seconded. Good info.

Many thanks sir, more for my journal.
Is it wrong to feel like Tom Hanks when he created fire lol
Haha! Not at all! Growing a plant from seed, all the way to having it produce more seeds, esp with your help, is an awesome feeling.
 

curious2garden

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When the first male flowers are almost ready there will usually be pods of varying stages of development. Some about to pop and some half way there and some just forming. I'm guessing mother nature intended this, so if the male is getting frisky there's a better chance at least some of his pollen will land on a ready willing and able female.

When the first ones are almost ready, they will be swollen. When they open up, you'll see a fine yellow dust, often dropped on the leaves around the male flower.

Turn all fans off, etc. Place a tray, cup or sheet of paper under the spewing flower and give the branch a little nudge. Most males will be happy to give up some pollen. Sometimes it's easier to clip a branch that has several ripe male flowers and gather pollen from that. The slightest air movement
will disperse your pollen, so be careful to gather pollen away from your female plants.

A Q-tip makes a good pollen applicator. Gently touch the Q-tip to your pollen and you'll see the yellow on the cotton. If you rub that on a hot to trot female plant's pistils, expect seeds in about a month, even longer is better to let the seeds fully form.


Nice picture. To much work for me I just shake em over the girls.
 

Rob Roy

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Nice picture. To much work for me I just shake em over the girls.
It was an internet picture, but a good representation of the info I was trying to convey. For now, unfortunately, pictures aren't my thing.

Your method can create thousands of seeds. I usually just pollinate a lower bud or three and get plenty of seeds. If it's a particularly interesting female it might get pollen from different males. Or, if a particularly interesting male, he might pollinate several different girls.

Got a Hazeman King Kong Poison (Durban x G Glue) that's showing some outdoor mold resistance for the second year in a row. Took a few clones and am now ready to make some fem seeds from her. Ditto a floral smelling branchy Beanhoarder Texada x C99. Both look like they'll finish by the end of September too. It'll be interesting to see if the selfed offspring resemble the parent plant next year and retain mold resistance without a drop in potency.

Sometimes I'm impressed with my pollen chucking results...sometimes I'm not. One thing I hope to do a better job at, is keep a backup clone when flowering plants I've "created", at least until I've grown, and sampled the finished product. If you pollen chuck long enough it's easy to end up with, "one that got away" stories.
 

curious2garden

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It was an internet picture, but a good representation of the info I was trying to convey. For now, unfortunately, pictures aren't my thing.

Your method can create thousands of seeds. I usually just pollinate a lower bud or three and get plenty of seeds. If it's a particularly interesting female it might get pollen from different males. Or, if a particularly interesting male, he might pollinate several different girls.

Got a Hazeman King Kong Poison (Durban x G Glue) that's showing some outdoor mold resistance for the second year in a row. Took a few clones and am now ready to make some fem seeds from her. Ditto a floral smelling branchy Beanhoarder Texada x C99. Both look like they'll finish by the end of September too. It'll be interesting to see if the selfed offspring resemble the parent plant next year and retain mold resistance without a drop in potency.

Sometimes I'm impressed with my pollen chucking results...sometimes I'm not. One thing I hope to do a better job at, is keep a backup clone when flowering plants I've "created", at least until I've grown, and sampled the finished product. If you pollen chuck long enough it's easy to end up with, "one that got away" stories.
That's what I'm doing, producing thousands. I've also pollinated small areas but it's just to finicky for me when I need a higher production rate. To mine the DNA of any of the current plants and find keepers takes running about 100 seeds.

I only grow indoor and I work toward pain relief strains. I hope you get the mold resistance you are looking for. I assume you mean botrytis?

I have many that got away LOL!
 
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