plants and asprin

i heard that mixing asprin with ur plant water will cause the plant to become stronger is there any truth to this

I put 3 uncoated aspirin in 5 gallons of water and use that from germination till harvest... unreal secret weapon.

what does it do ??

seriously dursky? how much of a difference does that make?

I don't know about it being a secret weapon, or about adding it to the waterings, however if you foliar spray the female with aspirin mixed into the water, it will make a female plant grow male flowers.

Almost, if not all female cannabis plants possess the genetic info to to produce male flowers. As you know, it's a survival mechanism. If a plant has proven resistance to hermie tendencies by exposing it to light poisoning, several forms of drought, etc, she is a good candidate.

There is however, another twist on aspirin that you can read about here and maybe what Dursky is referring to, I'm not sure.
Peace

No truth in this myth! Asprin is good for plant shock, saylike when your transplanting from one container to another. Or when you take a clipping and you have no root hormone ready for your clipping.

Want your plants to be stronger???

Use a good balanced nute solution, make sure your pH is correct, keep some wind (fan) blowing across your plants (nothing heavy though) and keep the temps below 78 degrees.

Plants grow faster in hotter temps. so by keeping the temps down your plant will grow at a much slower rate, thus allowing your plant to build a stronger system. I keep my temps at 74 degrees during awake period, and at 70-72 degrees during sleep period.

wait so if i sray my plant with water mixed with asprin i will get a hermie //sweet this anwers my 100% male post thank u so much

what is the myth?
"Scientists at the University of Arizona and with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), curious about findings such as what Martha experienced, are studying how salicylic acid prods plants into releasing their natural defenses against harmful fungi, bacteria and viruses. According to an article by Dean Fosdick of the Associated Press, "They envision it as a commercially viable alternative to synthetic pesticides in a natural way to extend the life of susceptible yet popular crops."
Is it organic? Well, not really. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is 'derived' from the white willow tree, Salix alba. Studies are now being conducted on plants using pure willow extracts to compare the effects to aspirin."

plantea.com/plant-aspirin.htm This is a good read on the subject.

Yeah, thats the link I provided too, I dont think he read it though.
Peace

dursky said:

plantea.com/plant-aspirin.htm This is a good read on the subject.

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I might try this, Video, do you know what concentration etc I need to grow a few male flowers on a female? I really want to produce just a couple of seeds to preserve the genetics - I have clones but you never know what'll happen to them

Hey buddy, well there is Cl-one Sex Reversing Agent, available here
IGS Hydro - CL-ONE
You can accomplish the same goal by dissolving 650mg of acetylsalicylic acid, a.k.a. aspirin in 1 gallon of water and spraying the plant(s) with this solution. I can't guarantee it works 100% of the time, but it won't cost ya $29.95 either.
Peace

ILoveUMaryJane said:

I might try this, Video, do you know what concentration etc I need to grow a few male flowers on a female? I really want to produce just a couple of seeds to preserve the genetics - I have clones but you never know what'll happen to them

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wait so if u spray it on the plants the become hermis so wont the same thing happon if uw ater them with it??/

"Cl-one will make a female plant grow male flowers. When grown to maturity these male flowers produce the Female Pollen. Because there are only female chromosomes present in this pollen, any resulting seeds will be 100% FEMALE. Cl-one is safe and easy to use."
Peace

thats interesting. ive never heard of asprin to reverse sex but i have heard it works great to prevent stress on the plant associated with a number of environmental issues. u do have to be careful bc i gave a larger dose of asprin to help a plant that was dug up by an animal and killed it within 3 days.

white-fly and spider-mite free with aspirin? bummer, I had a big emotional investment in fighting with the little basterds, 6 years ago mites are the reason I discovered Overgrow.com, forums full of idiots, kids, and some cool OG growers sharing the craft, way cool ...... peace

Bumping this old thread

Great info

Reps+ videoman40

Well apperantly videoman40 is no longer active, but I found some more info on using asprin in breeding.

This from CCmag:

Feminize the seed?


By Ed Rosenthal - Thursday, March 11 2004
At which point should I create feminized seed?

"As plant lines are bred to themselves, the plants can lose some of their vitality or vigor. This results from the genetic makeup becoming more homogeneous as siblings are bred to each other or progeny are backcrossed to parents. When two such lines are crossed, they produce a hybrid that will exhibit "hybrid vigor." Once a desirable hybrid is created, it is possible to take cuttings from it and its clone progeny repeatedly without loss of vigor.It is at this point that you may wish to create feminized seed. These F1 hybrids will be used for planting in gardens, rather than for breeding. With feminized seeds, the grower knows that every plant is female. The seeds are produced using pollen from male flowers which had been induced to grow on female plants. None of the pollen contains male genetics so they grow only into female plants.
It is at this point that you may wish to create feminized seed. These F1 hybrids will be used for planting in gardens, rather than for breeding. With feminized seeds, the grower knows that every plant is female. The seeds are produced using pollen from male flowers which had been induced to grow on female plants. None of the pollen contains male genetics so they grow only into female plants.
There are a number of other ways to create feminized seed. These include using chemicals such as aspirin and hormones such as gibberellic acid. However, it is easier to breed females to females using chemically-induced or stress-induced male flowers that produce pollen on female plants (forced hermaphrodites).
One drawback is that plants that are induced to produce male flowers may have a slightly higher proclivity toward hermaphroditism than the general population. Using them for breeding may be inadvertently selecting for hermaphroditism. So after five or six generations, some of the plants might have more of a tendency towards hermaphroditism. But there is little chance that plants grown from first-generation feminized seed will become hermaphroditic, so they are ideal for using in the garden."

Sorry, Ed cannot send personal replies to your questions.

pothead6 said:

i heard that mixing asprin with ur plant water will cause the plant to become stronger is there any truth to this

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1 aspirin per gal of water will kill mold fungi and almost any other plant illnesses and should not be harmful at all it also help in rooting

if you have a willow tree you can use it to do rooting also if you cut a will branch put in 1 gal of water for a few days that water will have the best natural rooting solution