Different "Feminizing" techniques.

While I am pretty new to these boards, I've read a lot on them. While there are some specifics on some of the different methods used to get your lady to produce some pollen, most of it is a little unclear for someone to simply try and succeed.
I invite anyone with experience in any of these methods to chime in with what they know to help me and others. It's been my experience that if you want to use clones you do, if you like seeds, you use them, there are good reasons for either of them right?
The seeds I used this year took off great and outgrew the clones for a couple months, then the clones caught up, all in all very happy girls. I think the root system that comes with the seed is a bit better, yes?

I will try to list the methods that I have a little knowledge about and Please correct any glareing errors.

Light Stress/Torture:

2-3 wks into flowering, switch from the normal 12hrs. light & 12hrs. dark lighting schedule, to 12hrs. light, followed by 5.5hrs. dark, then 1 hr light, and then 5.5hrs. dark. Keep your lady under this lighting schedule for 3 weeks and the return to the normal 12 on & 12 off routine.

Again any refinements to this method would be gladly accepted.

Aspirin Watering:


After at least 1 week into flowering, disolve three uncoated aspirins per one gallon of water and use this to water your plant for three consecutive waterings. Look for stamens with girl only pollen toward the end of flowering. Thanks to "rustytricome" for this info. Additions, comments, thanks.

Rodelization:


Don't know much on this method except that you simply keep the plant on the 12 on, 12 off schedule with some flowers left on, when the plant begins to go into senesence (old) and no pollen has shown up, it is supposed to 'hermie' and produce pollen for itself. If you know of any details please pass them on.

Other Methods:

I have read references to other ways as well, like pH, fertilizer, pruning, and gliberillic acid stress methods, but I lack any specifics about them. Please fill in the blanks and thanks.

I wish I had useful info for ya....

Might be time to start trying these different methods and report back....:jointsmile:....

CGI::::::

I think the idea is, for willieb, he wants to forego all the practice and have someone chime in that actually has had success in this venue! Trial and error often use's up a lot of time and medicine to the wayside.
willi, I've not tried much in this area.

Is a 'tried and true' recipe what you are looking for. I'd say, RT's probably had a lot of experience and his post would be a great one to follow for results. If that is what you are looking for? Unfortunately, RT is pissed off right now and doubt he'll be back for a bit. We hope he will be back, anyway.

A clone takes the age of it's mother. If that is of any help! Surely, the 'experimenters' are busy with grows and will check in here sooner or later! Good luck! pr

Well, as you suggested I will try these methods and perhaps have time to report back, and as for 'Rusty Tricomes' all I'm asking is to stand on the same ground with him that he worked so hard to get to. I know already that I owe a lot to this .com. Thanks for the input, and yes I'd say that the aspirin trick seems the easiest to pull off, cheaper than a timer too!

Reviewing my own thread it seems I left out the part about collecting the pollen and then how to use it, but there are already several good posts on that. I think I'll go play with the ladies see what I can trickem into.

:rasta:Hi Willi, any new tricks? I do hope Rusty will be back and help this out. He was getting a bit irritated for awhile (from his posts) and I know he wouldn't avoid you. Hopefully, his dedication to the growing of cannabis and love of it will bring him back! But, some people get pretty frustrated and stay off line for quite some time. I don't know what the final straw was, but hope it is mended. As, I lived in the desert and used a great deal of his advice of 'Heat issues in the desert!'

I believe one of the threads, he, Stinky and The Image Reaper &others, posted a lot about the Pollen tricks (re-call from years ago). I will be following this and am sure others, including CGI will, as well. We've lost a lot of very important members in the past 2 years. I am grateful to have the Archives to dig into, as you kindly are, as well! Thank you for your information here.:cool: pr

Well as was suggested, I have actually been trying one of the other methods that was mentioned, namely the 'Rodelization' technique. While already harvesting most of the bud, I missed quite a few here and there. So, along with the usual procrastination during the holidays, didn't pull em up, so now I leaving them on untill? Well, so far no boy parts anywhere, all the girls are now wearing fall colors, beautiful rusty golds and deep purples from the cold. No hard frost yet, kinda weird for our lat and altitude. I will try to post some pictures if anything 'presents' It is very clear to me that this method wouldn't be able to pollenate the bud it might spring from, you would have to use it on bud that was still young enough to be fertile.

Yeah those buds are too old to produce seeds. You need to stress them early on to get pollen sacks which means loosing the rest of the plant or risk pollinating your entire room...

Thanks 'Bigs' I agree, way too old to make seeds, but this technique is supposed to make boy parts on a mom that is getting old so you can use that pollen to produce fem seeds on a mom that is still fertile. So far on the three varieties that I still have in ground, I haven't seen any boy parts. Perhaps this might be for indoor grows, or I've tried the wrong varieties ( Goo, Lavender, Lemon Kush), or I'm just not good at this yet.

Well it's almost Christmass, so Happy Happy. But sad too, we've finally had some frost, so I think my outdoor 'Rodelization' trial is a bust. I have seen no stamens anywhere on either the OG Kush, Lavender, or Skywalker. (Yep, lot of indica.) I think I may be doing something wrong. I know it's not the 1st or last time for that either, not trying is much worse failing. But PLEASE if anyone knows about this 'Rode' technique, HELP help ...

willi.. Rusty Trichome could tell us all About it! I think we both know this,huh? Sorry I can't help ya,though..


I found this..

http://hightimes.com/grow/soma/622

Ga.

Thanks Ga Grown for the neat link, now I know more than I did and that's why I'm here. Soon maybe I will be catching my fish instead of just eating yours, thanks again.

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Originally Posted by williboy

Thanks Ga Grown for the neat link, now I know more than I did and that's why I'm here. Soon maybe I will be catching my fish instead of just eating yours, thanks again.

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I don't mind feedin' ya! Hell.. I don't even mind catchin'm for ya. I did just teach ya how to cast,though. I share my stuff..Works out better that way.

Ga.

Hi Willi, Been wanting to rep you a Merry Christmas, but my 'power' is gone again! You stick in here, in your thread and I will post a reply to help, but you have to be quick, cause I will edit it out! And a limited time to do it. Post a like and it will be gone! O.K?

MERRY CHRISTMAS and to all a good night. Pr I wish I was smart enough to understand what your talking about. ?

you sticking around a minute, I'll show you? if I have your attention, I have 10 min to delete info, so you need to be here guess I caught this too late.

Hi willi, assume you are still here? send a like if you get it! Happy New Year Ahead! hope you got the info! pr

It's time for Happy New Year Now! Ain't cha glad willi?


Ga.

I wish I had seen this thread when it started. I do quite a bit of seed feminzing and have tried many various methods including the ones stated above. This is completely from my personal experience in the environments I have created and I am certain results will vary, but I have had very little luck with the above methods as a high percentage of the seeds have hermaphroditic tendencies. The method I have personally had outstanding success with is foliar stress using a 25 to 35 ppm concentration of colodial silver.
This is how I do mine:
3 days before changing light cycle to 12/12 spray female plant generously with colodial silver solution, and continue every three days from there on. The plant will begin to produce male pollen sacks as well as female flowers, as the sacks begin to open, I take the plant and shake the pollen onto a budding female with the same light schedule. Toss the first plant and harvest the second when the seeds are ripe.

For me, I average 90 to 95% of the viable seeds harvested to produce female plants.
Best of luck.

JSG.

Thanks for you reply! Sorry I didn't get to see it any earlier, my internet was down for almost two weeks after I cut my cable while remodeling. Now JSG, colloidal silver, where do we get it or how do we make it. I really like that 90-95% and I will try this out this year.

WOW Thanks JSG I have 2 gallons of it in the closet.I make my own.

Been building like crazy and missed your reply regarding making your own silver solution. How does one go about making a 25 to 35ppm solution?