Lets make some Femanized auto seeds.

OGAerogardener1990

OGAerogardener1990

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Thnx I'm only doing 1 white widow in an aerogarden led with mylar and a supplemental cfl light 14 more gems and autos will be outdoor gorilla frow
 
Choo

Choo

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OGAerogardener1990 said:
So auto flowers are not guaranteed to be female?
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If they are stated to be feminized, they are female. However there are a few varieties that are available from some companies that are regular seeds. It should have stated in the description on the website you bought from.
 
Sir72

Sir72

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I like what you're doing right here. I took pollen from a M16 super auto and pollinated a Apollo 13 auto a few weeks ago. Hoping to use those seeds to make fem seeds later.
 
warrenb

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Day 18.
I am not overly happy with the second seed. The tap root seems very small and the shell has nearly come right off (see photo). I will plant it up in its final pot (40 liter) and see what happens. If it has any weakness in the first three weeks it will be chopped.
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Day 18.
third seed in for germination.
 
warrenb

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I took a few seeds off one of the plants I put on here a week or so ago. I then estimated both plants should be good for 300 plus seeds. I will change that estimate to 1000 plus seeds as the 111 I took of this morning didnt even scratch the surface.
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EverythingsHazy

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warrenb said:
I took a few seeds off one of the plants I put on here a week or so ago. I then estimated both plants should be good for 300 plus seeds. I will change that estimate to 1000 plus seeds as the 111 I took of this morning didnt even scratch the surface.
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That's great, that you got so many seeds. Just make sure you let them fully ripen. It might just be the picture, but they look a bit light. If they are mature, they are usually a bit darker with even darker stripes.
 
warrenb

warrenb

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EverythingsHazy said:
That's great, that you got so many seeds. Just make sure you let them fully ripen. It might just be the picture, but they look a bit light. If they are mature, they are usually a bit darker with even darker stripes.
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Thanks very much for that EverythingsHazy I do appreciate your input. Every seed I have pulled so far are darker than the ones I bought. I know that doesnt make it right.I will take on board what you have said and more or less leave them until they drop.
Thanks again.
Take care.
 
warrenb

warrenb

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Day 20 Third seed in final pot 75 liter ( everything seemed ok).
Day 20 forth and final seed in for germination.
 
warrenb

warrenb

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Day 22 fourth seed in final pot 50 liter.
I was not happy with seed 2 from the start. It really didn't perform how one would like. Seed two is no longer. So I am left with 3 seeds in their final pots.
Day 22 first seed has showed sex (female) so C.S. spray making and spraying will start tomorrow.
 
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EverythingsHazy

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killa1986 said:
I just chopped 2 fem autos and found 2 seeds in them! Any thoughts on this? Will they also be fem?
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If you didn't intentionally pollinate them, or have a male/reversed female in the house, then they are probably "hermie" created seeds. You can grow them and pick out any possible pollen sacs, but I wouldn't use them for breeding.

warrenb said:
I was not happy with seed 2 from the start. It really didn't perform how one would like. Seed two is no longer.
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Lmaooo
 
Seedlin

Seedlin

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I am too subbed to this one. The thought on making my own feminized seeds give me a little woody... :hump:
 
tazz&indy

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Well the blueberry kush that I sprayed with CS finally has given me sacs with pollen, so I took this pollen and applied it to a nice Jock Horror. The Jock is now showing many seeds.
I have another Jock that is being sprayed on the lower branches, I want this pollen for a white widow and a Jack Herer.
If all goes well, I will have great seeds to grow good plants with high THC.
 
warrenb

warrenb

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I apologies for not keeping this thread going. The main reason being I got over 3,000 seeds from my first attempt. I really did not expect that many. So the seeds that I was going to pollinate in this thread I am now just going to let them grow out.
If its of any interest. I put 5 of the seeds in a paper towel within a week of taking them off and three of them popped.
Best of luck.
 
tazz&indy

tazz&indy

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There must be a better way to collecting the pollen from a fem sprayed. It is not the same as a reg. male where you can just shake and it falls off, I am hand picking most male flowers form inside the female calyxes.
Putting the plant over a plate to collect does not work well either as very minimal will fall.
Can some members who create there own pollen share a better way of collecting.
Thanks
 
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EverythingsHazy

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tazz&indy said:
There must be a better way to collecting the pollen from a fem sprayed. It is not the same as a reg. male where you can just shake and it falls off, I am hand picking most male flowers form inside the female calyxes.
Putting the plant over a plate to collect does not work well either as very minimal will fall.
Can some members who create there own pollen share a better way of collecting.
Thanks
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I agree that some of the conventional methods that let the pollen fall out on its own, don't work as well with reversed females, as they do with regular males.

The good news, is that you really don't need a lot, so what you can do, is wait until the flowers are open and falling off when you shake the branch. That ensures they are mature. Shake the branch around over a plate, and then hand pick some stamens out while throwing away the remaining parts of the pollen sacs (they contain moisture). Let them sit out for a day or so to dry out, and then tap them with a credit card edge, or something thin, but not so sharp that it cuts them. They should shoot out little puffs of pollen. It's tedious, but honestly, using tweezers and both hands, to do this to each individual stamen, is more effective than trying to smash them all up, because if there is any moisture, it will cause your pollen to clump and be ruined. If you do this over glass, you can use a razor to push all the pollen into a small pile. Even a very little bit will get you hundreds of seeds.
 
tazz&indy

tazz&indy

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EverythingsHazy said:
I agree that some of the conventional methods that let the pollen fall out on its own, don't work as well with reversed females, as they do with regular males.

The good news, is that you really don't need a lot, so what you can do, is wait until the flowers are open and falling off when you shake the branch. That ensures they are mature. Shake the branch around over a plate, and then hand pick some stamens out while throwing away the remaining parts of the pollen sacs (they contain moisture). Let them sit out for a day or so to dry out, and then tap them with a credit card edge, or something thin, but not so sharp that it cuts them. They should shoot out little puffs of pollen. It's tedious, but honestly, using tweezers and both hands, to do this to each individual stamen, is more effective than trying to smash them all up, because if there is any moisture, it will cause your pollen to clump and be ruined. If you do this over glass, you can use a razor to push all the pollen into a small pile. Even a very little bit will get you hundreds of seeds.
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Thanks for sharing that information with me, well appreciated
 
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