The Seed Collectors Thread

racerboy71

racerboy71

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damn, that's it, i'm going to go up and work on my up to date list of beans.. seeing what everyone has and what everyone wants is just driving me insane.. i've got to get on my game, lol...

i just ordered this test tube rack thingy for my slides, looks like it will work perfect for them, but it came with 11 test tubes as well that i surely don't need.. they are pretty badass, but kinda too big to put some seeds in them imo, but i'm sure i'll come up with a use for them sooner rather than later..
but yah, i'm going to start working on my new list tonight.. anyone a good secretary around these parts and willing to take short hand for me as i call out the names and how many of each and type them out for me?? anyone, anyone, anyone, beuller, beuller. beuller..
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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Pipe Dream said:
I was thinking of asking if you were gonna hire a secretary...haha
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would probably be worth it.. i hate doing this shit, which is why i have been putting it off, but i do oh so hate to be topped by others lists, lol, so i've got some work ahead of me.. boohoo..
 
matatan

matatan

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Maximus cannabis said:
Well, that's one way of thinking about it, but the thing about regular seeds is since you are working with a cross of one plant against another, you have a better chance of finding multiple genotypes of a strain as opposed to a single good female that is duplicated thousands of times. for example, I bought a pack of Qrazy Train that is a cross of Qwerkle and Trainwreck. I got 5 distinct genotypes, two that purple, two STRONG Trainwreck leaning ones, and one that was OK. So, I kept the best purple strain and I'm going to make fem seeds for storage.

If I sold them as fem seed, you could experience what I felt was the best, but what if you really like the genotype that I let go?

I think that if you just want to try a strain, fem is the way to go, but if you want to explore a strain and hunt for rare genotypes, you need regular seeds. Fem seeds also good for crosses of your own. Once I get my champion male, I'm going to grow out all my fem seeds and cross it with my male and use that to build my own strains.
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very well said. thanks for the explanation.
couple questions now..
how did u make fem seeds from the best purple? was it a male female? and you say u kept it for storage..? how ? doesnt havent to be deep in flowering to turn purple and after that its a rap for that plant, no?
 
matatan

matatan

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for example, u have 2 females, both turned purple, 1 gave u the high u wanted and the other gave u a headache or someshit unwanted. how do u reuse that 1 plants genetics?
 
Maximus cannabis

Maximus cannabis

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So first, I grow seeds and take clones off of them to grow and taste. Once I pick a mom, I grow as many heads as I want to clone + 2. so if i want 6 plants, i grow 8 heads. I use colloidal silver to turn 1 clone male then use that pollen on the other female to create feminized seeds. There are other ways to do it, some people use giberilic acid, some use sodium thiosulfate, some leave their flowers on for too long to force a female to grow bananas and harvest that pollen.

Some people think that it increases chances of hermaphrodite tendencies, but IMHO it has more to do with weak genetics than how you feminize the seed but I'm sure that can be debated.

This process creates an exact copy of the genetic code in seed form, and there is very little chance (10%) of a male. I've heard they're supposed to be 100% female but I've heard 10% male just as much.
 
Maximus cannabis

Maximus cannabis

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And yeah, my mother turns purple at around 4 weeks if you drop the night temps lower than 60. I want to keep a lot of seeds of her for the future when I'm growing on my island in the open sun.
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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Oh god, just got done w my list, fuck would have been soo much easier to hire some one, that's for sure.. I didn't get the list organised yet, just wrote them all down for now, n don't even think I'm going to attempt to type dat fucker up from my Droid, or your nuttier then I am, lol.. ill try n get it straightened out some tomorrow n get it up then or maybe Sunday, depending on how motivated I'm feeling..
 
matatan

matatan

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racerboy71 said:
Oh god, just got done w my list, fuck would have been soo much easier to hire some one, that's for sure.. I didn't get the list organised yet, just wrote them all down for now, n don't even think I'm going to attempt to type dat fucker up from my Droid, or your nuttier then I am, lol.. ill try n get it straightened out some tomorrow n get it up then or maybe Sunday, depending on how motivated I'm feeling..
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YOU CAN DOIT!!!!!! lol
 
GringoLoco

GringoLoco

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I have had luck light-stressing good females to produce pollen. I run a small tent lit with just a few CFLs and start 12/12 for the females I'd like to create pollen from, once flowers begin to show I change the timer to turn off for one hour during the middle of the lights on period. Some strains show pollen balls within days, others take 2-3 weeks, only one strain I've tried this way did not turn, a landrace Sativa from SA.

Colloidal silver seems simple enough to make, I may just try it on that stubborn bitch.
 
Maximus cannabis

Maximus cannabis

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GringoLoco said:
I have had luck light-stressing good females to produce pollen. I run a small tent lit with just a few CFLs and start 12/12 for the females I'd like to create pollen from, once flowers begin to show I change the timer to turn off for one hour during the middle of the lights on period. Some strains show pollen balls within days, others take 2-3 weeks, only one strain I've tried this way did not turn, a landrace Sativa from SA.

Colloidal silver seems simple enough to make, I may just try it on that stubborn bitch.
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I never got light poisoning to work, I tried it. I would prefer if that worked but oh well,CS is easy enough.
 
northernbandit

northernbandit

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and woohoo, just noticed I'm able to roll a joint...it was awhile learning how to roll, since I have been a member since 2009. Lookin forward to 420 time lol eventually
 
hempstead

hempstead

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So I gotta give props to G13 Pineapple Express. This is really the best I have grown so far. No tolerance build up for me at all after a nights sleep but in the day it slowly builds if smoking all day. I have been smoking it for about 2 months now and still bombed after 2-3(1 mini bowl) puffs the first smoke of the day every day. By the end of the day I may need 4-6(2 mini bowls). And it is the type of the weed you just wander off into lala land. You know the type you go to turn on the tv and look at the guide and all of a sudden 20 minutes goes by and the guide is still up and you were lost in your brain for a while then you come back and giggle and say good stuff. heh Plus it is upbeat and giggly, so yes awesome stuff. I think it kinda makes me emotional too because I found myself watching the movie Meet Dave with Eddy Murphy and I was cracking up most of the time and in some parts I was sucking back tears. lmao I don't get like that with any other stuff I have at the moment. Plus the shit is like viagra and will inspire a good hour of foreplay on your woman because you kinda get lost in your mind while you are eating at the Y. heh

Anyways, G13 Pineapple Express lives up to the hype for me. It has my approval and I plan on adding it to my collection.

lmao I looked at the clock and it took over 20 minutes to write this post. I guess I got lost in my head while writing. lol g13 pe is the shit.
 
Maximus cannabis

Maximus cannabis

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northernbandit said:
I probably mis-read this but are you guys saying I can get feminized seeds from a hermie?
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You are correct. when a plant that is female goes hermie, she is trying to protect herself against extinction, so she generates pollen, but with no male genetics, so the resuting offspring will also have no male genetics, or be feminized.

When you buy fem seeds, you're buying the result of someone else performing one of the fem techniques on a choice female. This is how they get seeds of elite clone only strains. Either fem seed, or they cross in a god male and back cross until they get a 99% pure version of the mother, usually about 3 or 4 generations.
 
northernbandit

northernbandit

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Thats good to know, since I've only bein buyin fem singles, i dont mind so much if it hermies on me. I wouldnt mind havin a bunch of extras for the singles I have. Saves from havin to buy them again right.
 
tingpoon

tingpoon

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yeah i mean they gotta keep the regular strains around or they wont have the building blocks for the fem strains so at least everything serves a purpose. i cant stand ppl who are like "i buy fem only, i buy fem only" like if you want to experiment with ur own strains you need the regular stuff!
 
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