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SeedyPast · 06-20-2016, 12:18 PM

[Nigerian Silk x African Haze (Malawi x JJ's Nigerian)]

Slightly wider leaved pheno, confirmed female

Two thin leaved plants, shy about showing sex

One thin leaved male. Nice resin, but so far looks like he's shooting blanks. No detectable pollen from the flowers :(

Picarus · 06-20-2016, 06:08 PM

Nice. I hope you will follow up with a smoke report. Good luck this year!

SeedyPast · 07-03-2016, 03:21 AM

Less than perfect news. The one confirmed female planted outdoors was gnawed off at the base by mice.

The male is gorgeous, but shooting blanks (zero pollen)

These two are still unsexed. Preflowers are very indistinct, but looking like they may be males as well

Picarus · 07-03-2016, 07:31 PM

Sorry to hear, hoping for a late fem for ya.

algol · 07-03-2016, 08:57 PM

did you make this cross or did you bought those seeds,actually looks nice,plant the structure its ok.

algol · 07-03-2016, 08:58 PM

The male looks gorgeous man ,but i see no pistills on the plant,why how long does it take to mature, i mean to go on the flowering stage the male has sprout his balls :P where are the ladies?

SeedyPast · 07-05-2016, 04:35 AM

The seeds were bought elsewhere than the Bay or Bou, but googling for TopDawg should yield some results. I'm not sure if this exact cross is still available, but there were several crosses made by TopDawg that used African genetics.

He's as mature as he's gonna get, maybe 3 months from seed, kept under-potted. The flowers open to reveal fully formed stamens (there's one visible in the upper part of the closeup). The anthers just aren't producing any pollen. He's just genetically infertile, I'd guess, as plant health is otherwise good, There are even beads of resin on the anthers, just zero pollen, viable or otherwise.

MJPassion · 07-05-2016, 03:25 PM

Have you attempted to dry & crush the male flower to see if you could get some pollen to release?

Charles_Scott has a thread on making fem pollen & he was discussing drying & tumbling in a dry sift drum to get pollen to release.

Just a thought.

Your plants look nice as well. I like those thin leaves.

SeedyPast · 08-29-2016, 03:41 AM

That first male made plenty of flowers, but nary a drop of pollen.

The two remaining plants proved male as well, but flowered normally, with copious pollen. Don't have any females of the African Silk, but the boys will have their way with several other extreme sativa ladies.

First virile male, full flower early August

Late male, just now dropping pollen, end of August

06-20-2016, 12:18 PM	#1
SeedyPast Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 59	African Silk [Nigerian Silk x African Haze (Malawi x JJ's Nigerian)] Slightly wider leaved pheno, confirmed female Two thin leaved plants, shy about showing sex One thin leaved male. Nice resin, but so far looks like he's shooting blanks. No detectable pollen from the flowers :(
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06-20-2016, 06:08 PM	#2
Picarus Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 476	Nice. I hope you will follow up with a smoke report. Good luck this year! __________________ Instagram = Vimutti_Ca
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07-03-2016, 03:21 AM	#3
SeedyPast Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 59	Less than perfect news. The one confirmed female planted outdoors was gnawed off at the base by mice. The male is gorgeous, but shooting blanks (zero pollen) These two are still unsexed. Preflowers are very indistinct, but looking like they may be males as well
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07-03-2016, 07:31 PM	#4
Picarus Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 476	Sorry to hear, hoping for a late fem for ya. __________________ Instagram = Vimutti_Ca
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07-03-2016, 08:57 PM	#5
algol Newbie Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Earth, for now Posts: 40	did you make this cross or did you bought those seeds,actually looks nice,plant the structure its ok.
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07-03-2016, 08:58 PM	#6
algol Newbie Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Earth, for now Posts: 40	The male looks gorgeous man ,but i see no pistills on the plant,why how long does it take to mature, i mean to go on the flowering stage the male has sprout his balls :P where are the ladies?
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07-05-2016, 04:35 AM	#7
SeedyPast Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 59	The seeds were bought elsewhere than the Bay or Bou, but googling for TopDawg should yield some results. I'm not sure if this exact cross is still available, but there were several crosses made by TopDawg that used African genetics. He's as mature as he's gonna get, maybe 3 months from seed, kept under-potted. The flowers open to reveal fully formed stamens (there's one visible in the upper part of the closeup). The anthers just aren't producing any pollen. He's just genetically infertile, I'd guess, as plant health is otherwise good, There are even beads of resin on the anthers, just zero pollen, viable or otherwise. Last edited by SeedyPast; 10-22-2016 at 03:40 AM.. Reason: Corrected names of male flower parts
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07-05-2016, 03:25 PM	#8
MJPassion Observer Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: uni-verse Posts: 5,584	Have you attempted to dry & crush the male flower to see if you could get some pollen to release? Charles_Scott has a thread on making fem pollen & he was discussing drying & tumbling in a dry sift drum to get pollen to release. Just a thought. Your plants look nice as well. I like those thin leaves.
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08-29-2016, 03:41 AM	#9
SeedyPast Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 59	That first male made plenty of flowers, but nary a drop of pollen. The two remaining plants proved male as well, but flowered normally, with copious pollen. Don't have any females of the African Silk, but the boys will have their way with several other extreme sativa ladies. First virile male, full flower early August Late male, just now dropping pollen, end of August
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