Collecting Pollen?

What is the best way to collect pollen from a male plant?I want to use it to cross with another strain.

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That post didnt answer my qustion for collecting pollen and that is how to know when?

what the hell are you talking about merlin ,the link shows how to collect pollen are you running two accounts on here the OP was deesbarrett

Recent pollen collector myself. I included a couple of other links to different pollen collection methods as well. As for the When? question...Basically, you want to identify your male plant and let it start producing pollen sacs. Males will make tons of these. It's really not going to be releasing too much pollen until those sacs open, which they will do as the plant is starting to end it's cycle of life. All the instructional threads basically tell you to allow the male plant to produce a bunch of pollen sacs before cutting any branches off to collect. The more sacs it has, the more pollen you get. But if you notice lots of open pollen sacs, you're waiting a bit too long. You want to cut off the branch with the most pollen sacs and put it in the cup of water (or whatever method you want to use). From there. just keep the light schedule the same and forget about the plant for like a week. As the days go on, the pollen sacs will begin to open up and whatever method of collection your using will catch said pollen. I hope that answers most of your When question Merlin. The whole sac opening thing will vary plant to plant and may be dependant on conditions. As long as you see lots of closed sacs on your male, you're not too late so no worries. Just follow the directions in all of these links and you'll be fine. Best of luck. I think I saw you post a similar quesion in another related thread as well and remember that you already have a viable female ww or something right? If so, you may not necessarily need the male to make seeds. Their are ways of "tricking" the female plants into making seeds as well (feminized seeds actually) that you can explore if interested. Here is a link to one way of doing this in the event that it will help you http://www.420source.com/post/82

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/940-1-2-3-breeding.html

http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-5958.html

http://www.420genetics.com/forum/growguide.php?do=viewgrowfaq&faq=38

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/20319-seed-production-tutorial.html

(Butters) said:

Recent pollen collector myself. I included a couple of other links to different pollen collection methods as well. As for the When? question...Basically, you want to identify your male plant and let it start producing pollen sacs. Males will make tons of these. It's really not going to be releasing too much pollen until those sacs open, which they will do as the plant is starting to end it's cycle of life. All the instructional threads basically tell you to allow the male plant to produce a bunch of pollen sacs before cutting any branches off to collect. The more sacs it has, the more pollen you get. But if you notice lots of open pollen sacs, you're waiting a bit too long. You want to cut off the branch with the most pollen sacs and put it in the cup of water (or whatever method you want to use). From there. just keep the light schedule the same and forget about the plant for like a week. As the days go on, the pollen sacs will begin to open up and whatever method of collection your using will catch said pollen. I hope that answers most of your When question Merlin. The whole sac opening thing will vary plant to plant and may be dependant on conditions. As long as you see lots of closed sacs on your male, you're not too late so no worries. Just follow the directions in all of these links and you'll be fine. Best of luck. I think I saw you post a similar quesion in another related thread as well and remember that you already have a viable female ww or something right? If so, you may not necessarily need the male to make seeds. Their are ways of "tricking" the female plants into making seeds as well (feminized seeds actually) that you can explore if interested. Here is a link to one way of doing this in the event that it will help you http://www.420source.com/post/82

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/940-1-2-3-breeding.html

http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-5958.html

http://www.420genetics.com/forum/growguide.php?do=viewgrowfaq&faq=38

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/20319-seed-production-tutorial.html

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I get it thanks!! Ill cut it put in a cup of water and see what happens. So do I have to keep 12/12?
Can I keep in the dark?

robert 14617 I think you need to smoke a little more herb and chill man?

I have kept mine in the dark before and it appears to have worked fine. Everything I've read indicates to keep it in a windowsill or keep it in indirect sunlight. Trial and error will tell I guess. My thinking around the darkness is that this should trigger those sacs to release pollen a little quicker, signaling to the plant the end of life and the need to release it's pollen for long term species survival.

Thats just what I was thinking. I found one sack that seemed to open but with no pollen. The husk part opened looked like a flower with bananas hanging but no pollen? Must be getting close. Thanks Butters for helping and not freeking out at someone trying to learn. (what do you think about that rob?)

if you want to store the pollen 4 a longer then put it in a freezer.it should stay potent 4 a 6 months.