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[stillsmokinone]

I was wondering if it’s possible to encourage a plant to get Nanners and if you can use those to pollinate a different plant… And how you’d go about it..?

I already know the “you shouldn’t do that side of it, but I just want to breed these two female… Lol.

• This discussion was modified 4 months ago by  stillsmokinone.

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[one-eyed-cat]

This is actually the process of how feminized seeds are made. You would take a product like colloidal silver or silver thiosulfate (STS) and spray it on the plant To get it to pollen sacks. Rasta Jeff actually has some great videos on how to make STS solution.

https://youtu.be/CryIYWbg-so

This is just one video, check out his YouTube channel. he has more on the subject.

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[soulbag]

have some gdp seeds from years ago that hermied. ( from msnl. big bud X purple urkle ). all i did was tap the main stalk with my stirring stick at what seemed to be the right stage of flower. now i have ice cream crossed with the gdp. they seem vigorous and strong , but don’t know about smoke yet.

i would not stress a plant intentionally to make a herm

just my 2 cents.

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[Angus420]

Im working on doing the same thing. I have 1 im going to self and 2 others im crossing with. All females clones from what’s currently in my garden. Someone told me if i want to breed to start now, because if I wait I might not have the experience for a successful cross when I find my unicorn.

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[bhangdog]

Here’s some of my research on this topic:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8591233/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10574327/

https://youtu.be/2pT_TunWZL4

This is a good step by step guide: Complete Guide To Using STS To Create Feminized Seeds | 420 Magazine

Good Luck!

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[confusedunicorn]

Thank you for these, much appreciate you for doing some of the hunting for good sources of info.

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[soup]

Plants that throw pollen sacks naturally or under light stress arent great to use for breeding. This will encourage more nanners and more herms in your future generations. You are better off selecting a plant that DOESNT naturally herm, and using a chemical like silver thiosulfate to get pollen from it.

It sounds scary but its actually not. Silver thiosulfate is a basic chemical you can make yourself with ingredients ordered on amazon. It works by blocking hormones, encouraging a female plant to produce pollen sacs. This is better for breeding because you arent passing on problematic herm genes like you would if you used pollen from a herm plant. (This is also how breeders make feminized seeds btw. Since you are collecting pollen from a female and using it on another female, the resulting offspring can only be genetically female.)

Heres a great guide on fem seeds from Raw Genetics, as well as my video on making your own seeds if you want to learn more about the process. :-)

https://rawgenetics.com/feminized-seed-production/

https://youtu.be/jP5K3uWnOdY?si=h-Eq-Zl6s3d5b_Sh

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