OOOOOO lots of seeds dpq's for everyone lol
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dawn of a new era. seriously could be the next clone only were it not for the seed run of course haahah but then again there could be some awesome pheno's come out
It would def be cool to see a few pheno's, hopefully not too many though. I am wanting a mix of extremely dusty version, with fat bud version, haha...naturally.
hey D that's pretty cool, is that how you always pollinate your plants? what is the success rates on that? how long does it take? ive always wanted to grow out a male and pollinate a female, but i thought that i would need a whole other area to do it in. if you wouldnt mind would you explain your processs? thanks.
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Yeh, I like to use bags in the process, kinda limited in space so not much choice really. Not really done the two in a bag routine until today so I hope it works....will tell you how long, etc hopefully soon. There was loads of pollen coming off the male so I imagine it will. Won't take too long really, the calyx swells quickly and the stigma crinkles back. In another few days I will repeat the process as the male will start to open more of its sacs.
Generally I stick the male in a big bag and give it a good shake. This gives you plenty to play around with. I have put the DPQ male back and will do that again before I chuck it. With the bag I then portioned off some polen into a sandwich bag and then tied that off. I then use the little baggies on branches, just stick the top of the branch you want to polinate into the bag and tie off and then shake it baby! I left it for a doob to settle and then carefully removed the bag.
With the male if I want to keep it I remove it from the room of course. If it looks decent I don't really care what sort of light it's going to get so I put them in a spare room the other side of the house. My grow room is outside of the house anyway so not a biggie, but I don't want it somewhere that I am walking past, any sort of breeze and the pollen gets everywhere. I have only done a few males but as soon as I feel there are enough sacs I start to ignore it and no longer water. This seems to get those flowers opening up and if you leave it over night you will see a very dusty plant in the morning (not a big problem as you can just stick it in a bag and shake anyway.)
I have some mango pollen from a while back that I have kept in the freezer, I may also give that a go, will let everyone know if it works naturally....
My method is for limited production for a few seeds, to maximise you would obviously grow the male out more and treat it with a bit more respect to get a bigger plant, and have the plants share the space to maximise pollination.
cheers, DST
doing what plants in bags do....
