Femanizing pollen and seeds. And an STS how to!

ACS is the American Chemical Society. The stuff you got is legit, what they would have in a plant research lab.

Don’t be freaked with the silver nitrate, just keep the bottle tightly shut and away from fire hazards (oxidizers will accelerate fires, but aren’t usually combustible themselves. AgNO3 isn’t). And don’t let it get on metal!!! Otherwise, you could hold a bit in your hand and as long as you wash well with water after you’d be A-okay.

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Ok because i read labels and instructions. And those are damn scary ones. :exploding_head:.
But i tend to overthink. Now im thinking i should have had a splash face shield on. Lol
I try and do my resaerch over and over before i get into something. I like to know what im doing. And this labs highly recommend. For tissue culture and soooo much more.

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So when hit the section about surfactants. . . I went down that rabbit hole. Then i was like ooh maybe coco wet. I called them and the CSR on the phone said we dont recomend it! I said why she says untested. An then she says but you can try it out. I was now weirded out.

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Hahah, the Safety Data Sheets (SDS, you posted one) are written for chemicals in case of major ingestion or contact. You definitely don’t want it getting in your eyes, but the raw chemicals won’t kill you on contact like the warnings will have you feel. Corrosive chemicals will “burn” your skin if you handle too long or don’t wash after, and they’ll really fuck up metal surfaces.

Surfactants are a fancy word for “detergent” or “soap” in chemistry. Typically they’re used so fats and water can mix better, not sure how it would benefit a plant though :man_shrugging:

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Amazing stuff… thank you!!! @PreyBird1

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Makes perfect sense to me…Although I do admit I have never taken an organic chemistry class.

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Prey, I use GS Plant foods Yucca Extract for a wetting agent. It is a powder, mix it with water then put whatever else you want in the water. It helps a lot with foliar feeding. You only use 1 gram per gallon of water.

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Its supposed to make it stick to plants vs beading off. Coco wet is an emulsifier. You can make a folier spray more effective if you add it.

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Following … always great info on here

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preybird, FWIW I would avoid using any surfactants if not called for…couple of reasons… Use of a surfactant may contain ingredients that interfere with your intended reaction in the plant. Another consequence is you may have more of your STS penetrate the plant tissue (possibly causing burn or unintended toxicities) Generally speaking, you never want to use surfactants unless they are absolutely necessary (ie the spray just bounces off the intended plant surfaces)

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That makes sense, surfactants reduce the surface tension that causes water to form beads…but plants also utilize the surface tension of water for transport in the xylem so I could see it potentially causing issues there.

@TheMadFlascher - FWIW FTW! I agree, for what prey’s posting it may help transpiration rates for foliar sprays, but overall I too would avoid using surfactant solutions on plants (just my opinion, it’s only worth one cent though).

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Well, your cent and my cent gives us two cents between us…still not equaling a plug nickel!

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I got a plug…and a nickel…but not together lol.

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I have peanut butter and chocolate.
2 great tastes that taste great together.
Does that count?
:joy::rofl:

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well hell yeah…

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Heres the continued instructions. Ok i updated the thread so it reads as one post. This way its not broken up.

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Our Breeders use both Silver Nitrate and Colloidal Silver.
A double whammy of 2 silvers to make sure millions of seed are 99.8% feminized to cover everyones ass or it’s a big lawsuit.

As you can see, the feminization process is an ugly,nasty, GMO process.
The result is the feminized seed takes a hit in yield, quality, and a weakened immune system.
I myself would not want to clone that.
Thank you for the showing us this and reviewing how the process works.

I have heard of someone crushing up their wife’s birth control and tried to feminized seeds that way.
Kyle M

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Wow very good to know. More understanding for me to know breeding with good male pollen and good female phenotypes thus having much more percentages of males. Although possibly having better genes without taking that “hit”.

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Too bad you don’t live in Mexico. They will ship just about anything within country.

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So far so good. Girls look Ok.

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