Aspirin: How long for effects?

[Rusty Trichome]

Rusty,
Ya, I am checking the buds, nodes, every bit of the plant as it is in the flower room and I certainly do not want to get a bunch of my girls knocked up....just got things back in order from when I had my heart attack last winter.
That is partly why I want this thing to get my nanners, as it messes with my plant count.

I know what you mean about plant count. Pollinating only a couple ladies, and you end-up having to keep 'em till the seeds have fully developed, throwing-off the crop rotation even further, lol. Tiz why I paint the pollen on the lower branches. I can harvest the bulk of the plant, but leave the seeds to cook longer in a secluded corner.

Well I will research the GA, the plant is starting to show signs of continuing growth instead of just sitting stagnant.

I ended-up not giving the GA much of an effort. Lost a couple of branches, (fried) and the aspirin technique was starting to show some success, so I quit using it as a failure. Likely I could have dialed it in, but wasn't worth the back-up it was creating. The stuff does work with cracking tough to germinate seeds though. (old, immature...)

You raised some questions tho, you mention genetic changes down the road...generations. Can you elaborate? Do you mean that any seeds derived will (once grown) continue to change back to the original male/female/hermie?????

Anything that can influence the plant over time can and will change the 'habits' of a plant. If you keep feeding the plants hormones, they start talking in a soft voice, want a new wardrobe, and start wearing make-up. A big pain in the ass...<kidding>
Hormones and steroids alter the plants response to it's enviornment. This can include, but is not limited to it's response to light, heat, wind, ground conditions, humidity, predation... And being a cause-and-effect living being, it stores these responses in their genetic memory bank for future reference and possible use. This can alter the plants intermode elongation or compaction, trichomes pore spacing, pithy or hollow stems, flavors and aftertaste...And it can also alter sexual expression, which is why we are using it on cannabis. The major problem is, that over time, it can genetically imprint hermaphrodism in the genes. Usually from continued femming of sucessive generations of seeds, or from starting with a genetically weak subject to begin with.
Somewhere in the distant past (thousands of years ago...?) cannabis found that in emergencies, throwing-out a few late-stage nanners helped to propogate the species. Twas a sucessful evolutionary 'hail mary'. Taking advantage of this recessive trait is why we are able to fem the ladies now a days. Do it too often, hermaphrodism becomes no longer recessive, but an active genetic response to maturity.

Please describe your method of light poisoning.
Thanks Dude

Ok. I wait till she's been in active flower mode for a couple or few weeks. (I let her get into her flowering rhythm) Then, I place the lady to be exposed near the front of my outdoor growshed. Once it's been in dark for a couple of hours, I sneak in and steal her away into the house. I put her under a couple of 23w growth CFL's for 10-30 minutes (Depending on what's on tv. Plants love the Discovery channel, by the way...) then I return her to the shed. When I first tried this, I was doing it two or three days, and waiting for a response. (no longer removing her, but looking for nanners) Now, I keep doing it till I see nanners peeking out. About a week, week and a half, depending on the strain. The idea is to not have a steady schedule for her. I even vary the times I remove her from the shed. One night, the 6:00 news, the next night Jay Leno, the next is American Idol... It pisses 'em off, and nanners are usually the result. Like an advanced, purpose-driven light leak.

The thing I love most about the light poisoning, is when you re-veg her...she forgets all about the abuses, and 'normal' sexuality (and re-veg growth) returns.

Never heard of a fem-proof cannabis plant, so you should eventually find the right combination for your ladies. I'm sure there's a strain or two that are ultra stubborn, but cannabis is cannabis.

Rusty Trichome Reviewed by Rusty Trichome on 06-04-2010. Aspirin: How long for effects? Ok I want to make this RMT make me some pollen. I just harvested most of one, leaving enough to get me some response from the plant. How long after applying the aspirin does it take to show the nanners....on the average. There is no intention of smoking what is left, but I still prefer something I know my body accepts. So keep in the flower room for how long after the application....probably will only get one application as the plant will use little water now. Thanks. Rating: 5