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Colloidal silver to force a male- is this what is supposed to happen?

you did it right, give it a couple of days more and in a week or two you will see the calyxes swell, I really envy on your first time you did better than me.
 
Congrats. I believe she is preggers. The pollinated ones will begin to swell quickly. Here's mine 3weeks from pollination.
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I have been looking at GWE and GH site for information on feeding schedules for a seed plant. Do you do anything different from the normal bloom schedule? extra grow? My search came up empty.
 
For this run I'm experimenting. First time in such small containers. I was gifted a liquid flower nute that I have been feeding them since week 2 of bloom. Seems to be keeping them alive. Other than that just recycled miracle grow organics and home made compost. Here's a pic of the product.
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" Is there any length of time to wait from pollination to water washing?"

Really good question and the consensus among those who know more than I is that It takes somewhere between an hour and overnight to be sure your pollination was successful before washing down the plant. I only waited an hour on my last pollination and I don't think it was as successful as previous attempts when I let them sit overnight. What is nice is that if you thoroughly wash down the pollinated plant is really does seem to make it safe to bring her back to the growroom with your other plants without cross pollination.
 
Hi again CK, I went asking around looking for an answer to feeding a seeded plant and the advice seems to be normal balanced Veg nutes right through the seeds ripening. Here's a quote from an old school grower: "I should say a well balanced nutrient, don’t skimp out on the N. Gives them more of the nutrients that’s needed for seeds, and hopefully Keeps them from fading out before the seeds are mature. I’ve been giving the seeds 6wks from the last pollination, or until the buds themselves die and dry on their own and the seeds are popping out."

I kept on the normal flower nute schedule and still got a good result but his advice is probably better.
 
Really great side by side i appriciate what you've done the last pic looks ready to " spill the beans " congrats :)
 
Week 6 bloom, day 7

RP-1 seed maker- Some new growth on the top of the flowers, don't know what to make of it. It is starting on the tops of several buds.
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And the unseeded sister
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Week 8 bloom, day 1

The seed clone (front) and experimental clones (rear) are marking time, and stacking up.
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View from above
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With the clone sisters, seeded on right, non seeded on left
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A close up.
Can anyone tell me if the new growth is normal for a seed bearing plant? It is only on the tops of the buds but is still progressing.
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Week 9 bloom, day 6

Seed clone and experimental clones. I was hoping n dreaming that the experimentals (rear) would be ready to chop by now. Trichs are cloudy, a few sparse amber here n there, they just don't look finished. They are starting to produce last minute pistils but no fade on the leaves. They are starting to get top heavy and will need support soon. The light is under powered as this is all that is available now. Maybe next week.

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The seed clone and the sister. All three plants are from the same mother and are the same age. Seeded on left, non-seeded on right. Note he differences in color, shape of growth, and amount of frost on the buds between the two. There is one seed poking it's way through the calyx membrane and it looks healthy. Now I have to wait this one out until it is done and ready to drop seeds.

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Week 11 bloom, day 4
Week 8, day 4 since pollination

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Here is the seed maker, it has been a long haul. I was looking for seeds to start dropping by themselves, but no luck. This plant is old and showing it and I did not want to risk the dreaded infection so chop it went. I wonder how many seeds are in there. I will dry it and find out.
 
So here is the seed clone all processed. The plant was hung to dry for 13 days. It has been in the 80-90's and 70-85% humidity so the drying was not optimal. Total weight was 83g of chopped up flower and 33g of seed, 28.4% of the total weight. The total number of seeds produced is approximately 2,069. This plant is part of the group of clones featured in https://forum.growweedeasy.com/foru...-vs-5-gallon-pot-size-the-experimental-clones , and had a total weight greater than both the 3 and 5 gallon pots (this one was in a 3 gallon), but not after the seed is removed. I guess I will extract some of this, and some will be made into butter, but maybe I will make some real DI hash with out dog hair and perfume. What a long strange trip it has been. Unfortunately This plant only has minimal desired characteristics of the original mother, I was hoping for more... At least I can say I did it. BTW- I would rather trim buds than break up buds by hand to recover seeds. I was having flashbacks to the 1970s. If my fading memory is correct, we used to count on about 25% of the bag weight would be seed.

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This has been such an interesting thread, especially the side by sides. 2000 seeds! How many buds did you pollinate? Generally when I've done this I only pollinate one or two so I get about 15 to 20 seeds, which is usually more than enough for my experiments and still leaves me with lots of seedless bud for smoking. Thanks for posting all this, I'm interested in hearing about how different your phenotypes look once you start planting them.
 
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