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ghb
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dst broke his 300w cfl, there is just no replacing a quality flourescent when it comes to vegging.
MuntantLizzard
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Dezracer
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Anybody have some ideas for me on a little side thing I've got going?
I've germinated the other 5 Raspberry Cough reg seeds and am putting them in RW cubes today and in the humidity dome until they sprout.
The plan for them is to grow them 12/12 from seed to keep them small so they don't take up much space. I want to let a male or two go full cycle and pollenate a female of this strain so I can get more seeds without buying more. I'd also like to cross it with a couple other strains I have by putting a clone of each in with the RBC plants once they show sex.
The issue is I want to try my best to not end up with 30+ plants full of seeds in the process so I need them to be separated really well. Was thinking of putting a tote on top of another tote but upside down so they're top to top with the plants inside and seal it up. The top tote either being a clear one or I'll attach a piece of plexi to the top one so I can see inside to monitor the plants.
Was thinking of cutting holes in the bottom of the lower tote and dropping the plants through and doing either a E&F or DWC since if I seal the box up I wouldn't be able to get inside to water them if they were in soil. My concern is heat and humidity in there with no ventilation and if I ventilate it, I worry about pollen getting out and ending up on the other plants.
Ideally I'd have another space to do this in but I don't. Can't put them inside the house because the wifey and kids will complain about the funk.
Any help I can get from the 600 would be greatly appreciated. I'll rep everyone that has a suggestion too if RIU will alow me. It won't let me rep some of you though, says I need to spread it around.
I've germinated the other 5 Raspberry Cough reg seeds and am putting them in RW cubes today and in the humidity dome until they sprout.
The plan for them is to grow them 12/12 from seed to keep them small so they don't take up much space. I want to let a male or two go full cycle and pollenate a female of this strain so I can get more seeds without buying more. I'd also like to cross it with a couple other strains I have by putting a clone of each in with the RBC plants once they show sex.
The issue is I want to try my best to not end up with 30+ plants full of seeds in the process so I need them to be separated really well. Was thinking of putting a tote on top of another tote but upside down so they're top to top with the plants inside and seal it up. The top tote either being a clear one or I'll attach a piece of plexi to the top one so I can see inside to monitor the plants.
Was thinking of cutting holes in the bottom of the lower tote and dropping the plants through and doing either a E&F or DWC since if I seal the box up I wouldn't be able to get inside to water them if they were in soil. My concern is heat and humidity in there with no ventilation and if I ventilate it, I worry about pollen getting out and ending up on the other plants.
Ideally I'd have another space to do this in but I don't. Can't put them inside the house because the wifey and kids will complain about the funk.
Any help I can get from the 600 would be greatly appreciated. I'll rep everyone that has a suggestion too if RIU will alow me. It won't let me rep some of you though, says I need to spread it around.
MuntantLizzard
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I made a "Tent" out pf an aquarium stand. just for male.
You dont have to fully flower a male the pollen is good befor the flower opens(how I made Strawberry purple).
I just chop pollen sacs right befor they open and keep them on a paper plate till dry enough to open, some open on their own.
Save pollen in a bottle Green or brown Or taped up from light.
apply with paint brush.
You dont have to fully flower a male the pollen is good befor the flower opens(how I made Strawberry purple).
I just chop pollen sacs right befor they open and keep them on a paper plate till dry enough to open, some open on their own.
Save pollen in a bottle Green or brown Or taped up from light.
apply with paint brush.
Dezracer
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I've read up on collecting the pollen and considered just doing that but I've also heard many times where people put the female that's been pollenated back into their flower room and ended up with seeds in other plants as well. I guess from the circulation fans in the room blowing the pollen all over?
That's why I would like to just keep them all separate from the time they show sex to harvest.
I've read up on collecting the pollen and considered just doing that but I've also heard many times where people put the female that's been pollenated back into their flower room and ended up with seeds in other plants as well. I guess from the circulation fans in the room blowing the pollen all over?
That's why I would like to just keep them all separate from the time they show sex to harvest.
OB 1
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If you spray down the plant real well after pollinating, the water should take care of any stray bits of pollen.
Dezracer
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Hadn't heard that before. Water doesn't affect/hurt the pollen at all?
DST
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I moved my veg tent inside while I cleaned out my grow room, then moved it back today and made the stupid error of screwing it in while holding onto part of the fluro glass, and I cracked it!
Anyway, I got 5 cfls in there, 4.1k, and some 6.5k, and a fluro tube. About 6 million plugs but fuck it, will have to do while I order and wait for the new cfl. I also put my bigger plants temp under the 400mh in the main flower room which I am still messing around with...so everyone has sunshine.
Off to train. Laters, DST
MuntantLizzard
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Just Wait about three weeks before sticking them back in, you could 12/12 your little room too, once pollinated the plant will make seeds in any lighting condition/.
mcpurple
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well made brownies the other day and they turned out dam strong, still not a huge fan of mediables though, i just dont like the weed taste at all it did knock me on my ass for about 6 hours though and i only ate 1 1/2 i put in a lil less then 2/3 cup of canna butter in and the rest reg butter cuz i ran out, i used 1 1/4 cup of butter to cook it in but the butter cooked off leaving me with less, next time i do it i am just using veg oil cuz it does not burn off. any way they turned out good and strong and great to go to sleep or help strong pains
Dezracer
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Yeah I planned on growing them 12/12 from seed but mainly to keep them small so they don't take up too much space. I may just take your suggestion of trying to collect the pollen from the male and then brush it on just a few buds outside the grow room, keeping them separated for a few weeks and then sticking them back in with the rest of the bunch. I could do a temp tent when it's time to put some pollen the girls and keep them in there for a few weeks I guess.
OB 1
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They both look fine to me - it looks like those are hairs coming out on the second one too. If you get balls that don't open right away, then you have problems.
OB 1
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You'd want to make sure the plant is pollinated before you spray it down - the water spray should just keep the bits of left over pollen from getting back in the air and on to a plant you don't want seeds from.
Heads Up
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Dez, by the time the males show sex...and if you're doing a 12/12 from seed it could be in as little as fourteen day or less, you can pull the males when they show sex and put them in a plastic trash bag and seal it real good. They should live long enough to splooge some pollen into the bag and then just collect some out of the bag. You can then paint the buds you want to pollinate. Another thing you can do, take a party cup and poke a hole in the bottom, big enough to get a cutting from your male through it, take the cutting before the balls explode all over your girls, push the stem through the bottom so only the flowers are in the party cup, sort of like a clone, and then take the party cup and sit it in another cup of water to keep the cutting alive. Put a baggie over it so it doesn't spread and wait till some of the flowers pop and collect the pollen out of the party cup. If it sounds confusing, I'll get some pics up so you can visualize what I'm trying to say.