Issue #4 - Sunday, May 13, 2012 |
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Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's main essay Nebula Haze shows you how to get unlimited seeds without having to throw away half your plants.... by making your own feminized cannabis seeds (it's easier than you probably think)!
Also in today's issue...
You'll learn where you can get the simple tools for making feminized seeds in Check it Out, a Quick Tip about where you can get a personal diagnosis for your sick plant, and the answer to a question about why male marijuana plants are "bad" in Your Questions.
We hope you enjoy your issue of Grow Weed Easy!
To your success!
Nebula and Sirius
"In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death."
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How to Make Your Own Feminized Cannabis Seeds!
by Nebula Haze |
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Ever wondered how those marijuana seed banks make feminized seeds?
It's actually pretty easy, and you can easily make your own feminized marijuana seeds at home using the following technique.
"Feminized"
seeds means all-female seeds. All female seeds means that every single
plant will grow the prized marijuana buds, and you won't have to throw any plants away because they
end up being boys (which don't produce buds).
How to Make Feminized Marijuana Seeds
The
main idea is you get two female plants to make seeds with each other.
With two female parents, all the resulting seeds end up being female
too.
The
secret is a special substance known as "colloidal silver" which simply
means water that has silver particles suspended in it. You can make
colloidal silver at home (instructions below), with a colloidal silver
generator, or you can purchase colloidal silver at health stores and
online (some people drink it).
For
some reason, when a female marijuana plant is exposed to colloidal
silver during the early flowering stages, all the exposed parts which
would normally grow THC-laden buds instead will grow male "balls" or
pollen sacs.
Science: The concentration of silver ions in the water actually act as an ethylene inhibitor / antagonist on the plant, which forces the plant to create male pollen sacs instead of female buds.
The
pollen produced from these special balls can be used to pollinate a
female plant. Except since both pollen and bud come from female plants,
you have two female parents and end up creating feminized seeds.
Where do I get colloidal silver? Instructions and information below.
Let me break it down for you:
Collect Pollen from Female Plant
Step 1: You
change one female marijuana plant to the flowering stage by changing
the light schedule to 12-12 (12 hours light, 12 hours total darkness
each day).
Step 2: Thoroughly mist the parts of the female cannabis plant that you'd like
to grow male pollen sacs with colloidal silver solution every day. Keep
misting with colloidal silver daily until she starts growing male
"balls" full of pollen, usually after 10-14 days.
You don't have to keep
misting with colloidal silver once the balls have formed. You can
choose to treat just part of the plant, and only the parts that are
misted with colloidal silver will change.
However, it is not safe to use
any buds that have come into contact with colloidal silver so be very
careful not to get in on any part of the plant you plan on directly
smoking or consuming.
Where to get Colloidal Silver:
- Buy Colloidal Silver:
You can actually buy colloidal silver which has already been prepared
and is ready for use. If you're purchasing colloidal silver, try to find
a solution that has at least 30 PPM (parts per million) of silver.
However, buying Colloidal Silver that is already prepared can get
expensive if you're making lots of seeds.
- Buy A Generator Kit:
A cheaper long-term option is to buy a colloidal silver generator, so you can easily make your own endless supply of colloidal silver.This Colloidal Generator kit
comes with everything you need including silver. All you need to do is
provide the water and a container.
- Make Your Own: You can make your own colloidal silver generator at home. The diagram below should illustrate what you need to do.
PIcture of "How to Make Your Own Colloidal Silver" diagram: http://growweedeasy.com/sites/growweedeasy.com/files/how-to-make-colloidal-silver-generator-to-make-feminized-cannabis-seeds.jpg
Set this up, leave her on overnight, and you've got colloidal silver!
Article continues below....
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Interested in Making Your Own FEMINIZED Seeds?
You'll need colloidal silver to make feminized seeds, but luckily you can buy a simple kit to make as much colloidal silver as you want.
Get A Kit Here: Colloidal Silver Generator (complete kit)
All you need to add is a 9-V battery and water for as much colloidal silver as you want!
OR... opt for colloidal silver that's already made: Get Ready-to-Use Colloidal Silver Here
Just spray your female marijuana plant with colloidal silver solution to get feminized pollen that you can use to breed all-female seeds. | |
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Step 3: Wait
until the pollen sacs are ready. Let them swell like a big empty
balloon. You will be able to tell when they are ready because they look
about to burst and the leaf section protecting the pollen starts to
crack.
Step 4: At
this point, simply remove the pollen sacs carefully from the plant and
place them in a cool dry place for a week to let them dry.
Step 5: Place
the sacs in a small ziploc bag. The pollen will come out if you shake
them a bit, or you can cut open the sacs manually to get to the pollen
inside.
How to Store Pollen: Moisture
is your main enemy when storing pollen. That's why I double the mass of
the pollen collected by adding regular cooking flour. This will absorb
any moisture during storage plus as an added bonus, it will make application easier
when you get to pollinating. I triple-bag the pollen-flour mixture, and
stick it in the freezer with a good nametag so I know where the pollen
came from. With this method, marijuana pollen can be stored for a year or longer.
Use the Feminized Pollen to Pollinate Another Female
Step 6:
When your chosen mother is 2-3 weeks into the flowering stage, take a
paintbrush and 'paint' your feminized pollen on bud sites of the
branches you want to pollinate. Only the buds that come in contact with
pollen will start to grow seeds. You can choose to pollinate all of your
buds, but most growers will only choose to pollinate a few, so they can
harvest and smoke the rest. (Seed-laden buds focus all their energy on
making seeds, not on growing buds)
Step 7: It
usually takes about 6 weeks for your feminized seeds to fully develop.
Some plants are literally dying right as the seeds become ready, so to
get the most viable seeds, you need to try to keep the plant alive until
the seeds actually start dropping. The seeds can be used right away, or
stored in a cool, dry place for several years. Don't forget to label
them with the date!
Learn more about making colloidal silver and creating feminized marijuana seeds here: http://growweedeasy.com/how-to-make-your-own-feminized-marijuana%20seeds
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