Reversed plant with another reversed plant

Here’s a thread I started a few years ago about sts. I had questions. :slight_smile:

The video @Pigeonman links to in the thread from @Sebring is great. It’s really all you need for how-to make your own STS.

I think there are some links in there as well to ingredients available online.

As far as using it:

  1. Handle the chemical with care. Use PPE - gloves - eye-glasses + mask when spraying. Breathing in heavy metals is not a good thing. Wash your hands or any skin directly exposed to the spray when done.
  2. Cover the soil on the target plant before spraying to avoid contamination of the growing medium. A piece of cardboard with an “i” split for the stem works well and can be discarded after you spray.
  3. Keep the spray focused on the pre-flowering areas you want to reverse. Do this before “lights-out” and avoid returning a dripping target-plant to the grow-space in full-grow-light-power. Be careful not to get a wet-drippy sts-treated plant rubbing up against your girls. Let it dry before returning to the grow space if you can.
  4. Apply at least 2 x 5-7 days apart and in about 10-14 days you should see the staminate flowers forming.
  5. Store the leftover STS in an opaque-container in a refrigerated space and it should keep. I’ve used the same batch for 2-years with no loss in potency.
  6. Have a plan for disposal of the leftover STS if you don’t plan to keep it. Don’t simply pour it down the drain. It’s a heavy metal that can be toxic if ingested. Dispose of it as you would motor-oil or other chemicals/pesticides.
  7. Throw away the target-plant after he’s completed his work. Others may disagree, but in my opinion, do not ingest products of an STS (heavy-metal)treated plant. Your goal should be feminized seeds, not making concentrates or smoking IMO.
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