I've got an Apollo11 plant that's been VERY weird from the start. It was growing from seed along with a few others and when it showed preflowers (VERY male) it just kept flowering. Male flowers just started streaming out all over...like an autoflower. Everyone else is still vegging along in 17/7 light.
I had been wanting to breed it to another Apollo11, and some C99xHaze, Satori, Barney's LSD, and an Afghan. I've been keeping it trimmed back because my girls (another group 2 weeks into flower) aren't ready for any pollen. I was thinking I wanted to breed it because it started flowering so quickly. Is that a mistake? It's a Joey Weed Apollo11. Very "sativa" looking. Lanky, I LST'd it to keep it down, level with some others.
Well today I'm taking some heavily "ball filled" branches, to delay pollen until everyone else is ready to receive it...and after I cut them off, I took a closer look and damn...it's turning female on me. The tips of the branches are stopping the male balls and pistils are coming out. I broke out the magnification glass and sure as shit...a pile of ladies at the tips of the buds. There are more still on the plant...I've got more balls still coming, so I can get my pollen. My question is...SHOULD I use this pollen?
Please...no conjecture, no guessing, only those with real world, hands on experience offer advice...
Thank you!
I've got a pot ready to go if the answer is yes...otherwise, "he/she" get's the chop. I don't want bad pollen...I've got another A11 male I can use...
I had been wanting to breed it to another Apollo11, and some C99xHaze, Satori, Barney's LSD, and an Afghan. I've been keeping it trimmed back because my girls (another group 2 weeks into flower) aren't ready for any pollen. I was thinking I wanted to breed it because it started flowering so quickly. Is that a mistake? It's a Joey Weed Apollo11. Very "sativa" looking. Lanky, I LST'd it to keep it down, level with some others.
Well today I'm taking some heavily "ball filled" branches, to delay pollen until everyone else is ready to receive it...and after I cut them off, I took a closer look and damn...it's turning female on me. The tips of the branches are stopping the male balls and pistils are coming out. I broke out the magnification glass and sure as shit...a pile of ladies at the tips of the buds. There are more still on the plant...I've got more balls still coming, so I can get my pollen. My question is...SHOULD I use this pollen?
Please...no conjecture, no guessing, only those with real world, hands on experience offer advice...
Thank you!
I've got a pot ready to go if the answer is yes...otherwise, "he/she" get's the chop. I don't want bad pollen...I've got another A11 male I can use...