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Colloidal silver seeds

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FadedSkaterBruh

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So I'm breeding 2 autos and the 1 I sprayed with colloidal silver has pollinated itself and made seeds. Will those seeds be feminized and efficient?
 
The plant fertilized itself or the other plant? I have never heard of one pollinating itself and making seeds. I know that pollinating another female with the "feminized pollen" will create feminized seed.
 
A plant can pollinate itself in two different ways hermaphrodites grow pollen sacks like a male plant would and can pollinate itself and a banana can form containing pollen. It's mother nature's will to always find a way.

faded... your question made me wonder so I found this article on it and if I'm understanding it correctly yes your seeds will be feminized..... I put a link so you can read it and make sure for yourself...
good luck

https://www.growweedeasy.com/how-to-make-feminized-marijuana-seeds
 
I read the link and did not see where a colloidal silver plant will fertilize itself..It said, "This allows the grower to collect pollen from a female cannabis plant. You can use this all-female pollen to pollinate another female plant. "
 
Essentially, you're causing the plant to herm in a way. I would assume it would be very similar. I've never done the colloidal silver but I've had plants herm and pollinate themselves. As long as it's a female pollinating another female, your seeds should also be female. Just make sure to give the seeds enough time to mature or it will all be for nothing.
 
FACT = a hermie plant can pollinate itself.... I've seen it and a banana do the same
So if you force a plant with silver spray to become a hermaphrodite it can pollinate itself which as explained in the article the pollen will be fem pollen and you can use it to make fem seeds by pollinating female plants. Common sense says if the fem pollen pollinated the hermaphrodite plant (itself) the seeds will be fem. I just put the link so that the guy asking could read it and with common sense would make his own conclusion and possibly learn something more from the article that maybe he didn't already know.
 
I do know that there's a BIG DIFFERENCE between a hermie & a pollen sac created with c silver.
 
What's the big difference? I'm curious because it's essentially the same thing, you're getting a female plant to produce pollen. Only real difference I see is that one is stress related and the other is a chemical reaction, so to speak. I have heard a seed from a herm is more likely to herm but I haven't really run into a lot of that honestly.
 
A hermie can certainly pollinate its self, the issue is it stands the greatest chance of repeating and making more hermies. Maters not whether its an auto or photo, the seeds would be feminized. A forced (whatever method) hermie has less chance (still there) of passing on the hermie gene than a natural hermie does. I have read that some think that feminizing is destroying our favorite plant and in the future will be self pollinating (all hermies).
 
Aye thank you everyone for all the tips and quick replies. I read a question asking if I pollinated a second plant. Yes. I sprayed one with silver in hopes to pollinate a second female auto which I did but the first one also pollinated itself and has made seeds. Are those seeds more likely to Hermie? I feel like the seeds from both plants should be feminized since both plants used started out feminized is that right? I'll add a pic of the silver sprayed plant. Thanks everyone!
 
It's really hot where I'm growing hits over 100 F sometimes so they're heat stressed I know but I can't do much about that yet where I'm growing buttttt here's pictures the one on the left was sprayed with silver and there's a picture of a seed that it self pollinated. There's more seeds I just didn't take more pictures lol
 

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I've read/heard that a true Hermie changes an x into a y male chromosome but one sprayed with silver does not so it stays xx chromosome and still makes pollen sacs and pollen. Idk how or why but that's what I've read and heard lol
 
There's always a chance of a hermie but if you force them to hermie it WON'T make hermie seeds. It's when the plant hermies on it's own will it's DNA be tainted as a MORE likely to have hermie babies. Although it has been said that if breeders continue making hermie plants it will taint the entire DNA of cannabis making all seeds likely hermaphrodite.... more doom and gloom from the naysayers👈my opinion
 
This is true. The more generations you go without male DNA the better chance you'll have of hermies. Nature finds a way.
 
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