I took a look around and couldn’t find any topics on strictly colloidal silver use and it’s frequently asked questions, SOP’s and other related information so I decided to start that thread.
As a new breeder diving into selfing for genetic banking, I would love to see what everyone is doing that is successful to keep those unicorn genetics stored outside of mothers. What product is tried and true? How often are you spraying? When are you spraying? How long until pollen sacs are produced? How long until said pollen is available for collection? What is your viability rate?
All these questions are most likely pretty basic and worth learning in my opinion so I’d love to see what everyone’s doing and what works best. Hopefully this gives the opportunity to newcomer’s like me learn the basics and helps fine tune the vet’s!
Now I see it. I figured this would be easier to view if it could be more specific instead of searching through all those threads for tidbits here and there. But I’ll definitely be going through those threads
Here is some basic info on it I’ve slowly been collecting notes in google docs.
thoroughly mist a female cannabis plant with colloidal silver every day right
when she enters the flowering stage, she will start growing male “balls” full of pollen.
Keep misting the plants daily until you see the beginning of male pollen sacs
forming, usually around 10-14 days.
The concentration of silver ions in the water acts as an ethylene inhibitor/antagonist on
the plant, which forces the plant to create male pollen sacs instead of female buds.
After the balls start forming
You need to let the sacs swell like a big empty balloon.
You will be able to tell when they are about to open because the leaf section protecting
the pollen starts to crack.
At this point, simply take the pollen sacs off and place them in a cool dry place for a
week and let them start to dry.
The pollen will come out if you shake them about a little, or you can also cut open the
sacs to get to the pollen inside.
Use this pollen to pollinate female plants and you will get all-female seeds that are a mix
of both their mothers.
There is also a few methods I’ve come across to make your own colloidal silver spray if that’s something you would want to do, Im sure someone on here has a tried and true method for this instead of buying premade bottles. Could be cheaper depending on how much you need.
Most people here use STS rather than CS, but either can be homemade with some distilled water and a few other things… for CS you just need a silver rod and (I think) a battery - 9v, maybe? For STS, you need a little bit of silver nitrate and sodium thiosulfate. There’s a thread for STS instructions here - Sebring, the gentleman in the video who’s also the distributor for the forum’s seed runs, sells supplies on his website sometimes.
Items Needed:
● 9-volt battery
● 9v Battery Connector (less than $2 at a hardware or electronics store)
● Pure .9999 or 999 Silver (yes it must be pure)
● Distilled water (yes it must be distilled)
● Alligator clips (Optional: but will make things much easier)
● Soldering Iron (Optional: only needed if you want to use alligator clips)
When you first connect everything, you may be surprised because it will seem like
nothing is happening. You will know if it worked by the next day because the whole
process will leave a silvery residue on your silver. You may need to use sandpaper or
something else rough to clean your silver each time after creating a batch of colloidal
silver.
If you don’t have a soldering iron and would still like to solder alligator clips onto your
battery connector, then I recommend going to a hardware store and asking someone if
they will help solder it for you.
Remember to keep your resulting colloidal silver solution away from any light or it
will deteriorate and turn a dark gray color. If this happens, then you can no longer use
the solution for creating feminized seeds.
Avoid most problems when making colloidal silver by:
● using pure (distilled) water
● using pure (999/.9999) silver
● giving electrolysis enough time to work so you don’t get a weak solution (at least
overnight)
● make sure the solution has as little contact with light as possible until you use it
Once a day for 12 days,I like to do it when I first turn the lights on in the tent,then it has all day to dry out,some plants don’t like it but I bin the plant after taking the pollen,
First rule my friend said to me when he showed me how to do this never smoke the plant after spraying even one branch
So I stick to that rule,I’ve never tried STS I don’t want any chemicals like that in my house ,
I am not sure about smoking it, but CS is not toxic when ingested. The blue guy that everyone always posts was taking LARGE amounts for an extended period of time. And besides turning blue, he was actually perfectly fine. Unless you are intentionally trying to turn yourself blue and working hard at it, you are highly unlikely to accomplish it.
It has anti germ properties, and can be applied topically to cuts and scrapes, infections, and can also be ingested in appropriate amounts for health reasons also.
editing to add: Silverware is/was silver because it keeps your food utensils germ free.
That’s the brand that’s available for me too in Canada and was wondering if it’s good. Can easily be diluted but I don’t want to waste my time if it doesn’t even work.
I tried an off brand sold at the local grow shop but the stuff doesn’t work. Sprayed every day for over a month now. They are only showing nuts, but no pollen is dropping. Some of the nuts have fallen off onto the plate, but none have any pollen in them.
