Element115
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I think dawn is dish washing liquid
If you're having trouble trying to find a Yucca extract then look also into Bio Nova FreeFlow. It's a commonly sold product in hydrostores or online webshops. It's pure Yucca extract. I use it personally too in my STS preparations.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bio-Nova-Free-Flow-250/dp/B01N3A585H
(This link is just for example, I wouldn't buy it from this seller, he vastly overcharges).
If you're having trouble trying to find a Yucca extract then look also into Bio Nova FreeFlow. It's a commonly sold product in hydrostores or online webshops. It's pure Yucca extract. I use it personally too in my STS preparations.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bio-Nova-Free-Flow-250/dp/B01N3A585H
(This link is just for example, I wouldn't buy it from this seller, he vastly overcharges).
A drop or two of dishwashing liquid works fine and won't hurt anything.
Detergents are surfacants, by design, so they disrupt the hydrogen bonding that makes water want to bead/pool together, so when you spray it as a mist on the plant, that mist will stay disbursed and cover more of the plant with a thin sheen, instead of beading together and dripping off (or, at least, dripping off even more).
Why spend so much more for yucca extract?
I used dish liquid this time, and my sprayer is quite powerfull, so it drips off a little bit. I sprayed only one branch as i want to self and get buds, and today was the first day of 12/12 and second spray... Hope it works...
I tried the same thing - pollen on the lower branches, harvested the main cola, and pollinated some of the branches in between. I was a bit skeptical that the timing would work (figured it might be too late in the maturity of the plant to pollinate and get fully developed seeds in time), but since harvesting the rest of the pollen and the smokeable portion it does look like the seeds are coming along.
Maybe, maybe not, I don't have the experience to tell. We'll know for sure in a few more weeks. I'm not messing with anything until that plant has died of old age.
Very great to hearing about all your guys success up until now. Keep up the good work!
And you would be surprised how long a plant can actually go beyond your typical harvest time.
If you have pollinated a bit late, then just keep on flowering the plant until it can go no more and falls over. It can go for a long time.
Let's us know how your current tests are progressing.
Cheers
So it worked for me, the branch i've sprayed is giving male flowers. The other plants are still straight females but they show more trichs than the treated one. 3 weeks of 12/12... To be continued...
I let seeds ripen a minimum of 5 weeks, and I prefer to let them go 6. At 6 weeks, some of the seeds should be splitting out of their husks and falling off the plant.
I am unable to stress how much less stress there is when pollen is saved and preserved. You can confidently pull out a bit of pollen when you need it, right when the plant is full of pistils and ready for it.
I let seeds ripen a minimum of 5 weeks, and I prefer to let them go 6. At 6 weeks, some of the seeds should be splitting out of their husks and falling off the plant.
I am unable to stress how much less stress there is when pollen is saved and preserved. You can confidently pull out a bit of pollen when you need it, right when the plant is full of pistils and ready for it.
Does a partially "sprayed" female give less trichomes on the non sprayed buds than if it was not sprayed ? (i hope it's still english)
Thanks