This is a sign of too little ethylene production. Any pollen you do find would likely be sterile anyway. With that same product you might try a couple clones at once, spraying one at 2 weeks before flower, and one at one week before flower.Each time I've tried I've ended up with 1000s of male flowers all over the buds but none ever open up or have anything inside. I even tried collecting a bunch and grinding them up but there was nothing viable in there.
DC does the ethylene production stop due to spraying? Meaning sometimes it may be necessary to spray earlier or wait a few weeks longer for pollen production?This is a sign of too little ethylene production. Any pollen you do find would likely be sterile anyway. With that same product you might try a couple clones at once, spraying one at 2 weeks before flower, and one at one week before flower.
If it "Is" STS, the additional time should allow the plant to begin producing small amounts of ethylene again during pollen production. Best case scenario is you see a few pistils here and there begin forming alongside the male pods. This is a great indication the pollen will be viable and healthy.
It's all about the ethylene. With large amounts the flowers are female. With small amounts the flowers are male and drop pollen. With almost none the pods and pollen have issues forming properly.
Other options I might personally consider would be diluting the product or making my own STS. Either way I wish you the best of success in your projects.
Do you think it's advisable to use copper as a supplement at a certain point?Ethylene production by the plant requires copper being present. The silver binds copper, making it unavailable to the plant.
When the pods will not open it means too much of the copper is being locked out.
Over time the fresh influx of copper from the root system will bind all the available silver, and then proper pods will begin forming again. Unfortunately many males are nearly dead by this time.
The plant will only uptake so fast... on the other hand a supplement may just create... "Yo, Ed! What does copper toxicity look like again?" lol Too much copper will also stop pod and pollen formation.Do you think it's advisable to use copper as a supplement at a certain point?
I definitely react to some pollen sometimes, not every time, with allergic symptoms. Can't have it flying around in the flat.You'd have to inhale quite a bit of pollen to come anywhere close to a mildly toxic dose, but for those who deal with that kind of volume the warning is likely useful.
It's the pentahydrate form of sodium thiosulfate which needs a different mixing formula than the regular version.God bless the Postal service....Now like a kid at Christmas I can see my toys but have to wait.
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You mean 15 Liters? Of course you can prepare such an amount of sts, but for what? I don't know if I am getting it right, you want to mix the salts and the water in one go? No, that is wrong...Please search for the recipe, its in the very first post of this thread.Hi N4S. The supplier has given the formula with the package designed on a 300ml bottle of 0.18g of STP with 0.030 of Ag-n.
Or I can mix it at once to make 15,000ml In one go.
Thanks for you concern N4S, I was merely sharing what I was instructed to by the seller. You can guarantee I'll be following the formula as laid out by DC.You mean 15 Liters? Of course you can prepare such an amount of sts, but for what? I don't know if I am getting it right, you want to mix the salts and the water in one go? No, that is wrong...Please search for the recipe, its in the very first post of this thread.