First "real" grow...DoinIt2Gether and doin it right (hopefully)

I pm'd fdd2blk, and being somewhat of an expert on the matter, he says that if the hairs die, then the pollination took. So I'm pretty excited about that. I'm glad you read 3 weeks, cuz thats exactly where Destiny was at when I did her, I think. She is 46 days today, so i'm thinkin probably another 20 or so until harvest. Hopefully less

Oh, and Bill, I just gave you some +rep, thanks for stopping by and keepin me company so often...and with so much helpful advice. All hail Mr. Macro LOL

So now would be the perfect time if i was gonna pollinate mine. Hmm.

Hmm is right...being able to continue a grow for free is always nice... but you could hermie it and try for female seeds too. I might try that the next time around

You wouldn't believe all the pollen that comes off of just one male! Well, maybe you would, but I can't LOL. I haven't even cut a third of the sacks yet and I've got enough to cover the bottom of a glass baby food jar completely! That's alot and it only takes just a little to pollinate...

Hey, anybody know how long pollen keeps?

months if kept in the right conditions.

And if you have too much pollen, send some down this way

Cool and dark would be the correct conditions I assume, maybe in an airproof container?

PM me and let me know where ur at...

how do u start a thread????

DoinIt2Gether said:

Cool and dark would be the correct conditions I assume, maybe in an airproof container?

PM me and let me know where ur at..
Nice grow D2G!!
I was told to store pollen like bud for long term i.e Completely dry and freeze it, but, this is only what I was told and Ive never done it! I just thought it may be something for you to ask an experienced grower about. I'll be popping back to follow your grow if you don't mind?

Happy Growing

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Don't know if that post has come out funny but I didn't write PM me! I'm not a stalker pmsl!!

oh my D2G....

Male Harvest
Male flowers can produce pollen as early as
two weeks after changing lights to the 12-hour
day/night schedule. Watch out for early openers.
Three to six weeks after initiating flowering,
pollen sacks open and continue producing flowers
for several weeks after the first pods have
begun to shed pollen. Once male flowers are
clearly visible but not yet open, THC production
is at peak levels. (See "Sinsemilla Harvest"
below for information on trichome glands.) This
is the best time to harvest. Once males release
pollen, the degradation process speeds up and
flowers fall.
Harvest males carefully, especially if close to
females. Cut the plant off at the base, taking
care to shake it as little as possible. To help prevent
accidental pollination by an unnoticed
open male flower, carefully cover the male plant
with a plastic bag, and tie it off at the bottom
before harvesting. Or, if you can see an open
pollen sack, spray it with water to make pollen
unviable. Keep males used for breeding as far
from flowering females as possible. Make sure
to install fine screens for air coming into the
flowering room and wet them down regularly to
discourage rogue pollen. Isolate males until
needed. After a month, the male will start
reverting to vegetative growth even though it
Spray male plants with water to deactivate pollen
before harvest.
retains viable sacks of pollen. Males can also be
cloned and held in the vegetative stage until
needed. Induce flowering about three weeks
before viable pollen is needed. Within three to
five weeks, the male will be full of viable pollen
sacks.
Prolong male harvest by removing flowers
with tweezers or fingernails as they appear. New
flowers soon emerge after plucking old ones.
Continue to remove pollen sacks until females
are two weeks from full bloom. Picking off individual
male flowers is a tedious, time consuming
process, and it is easy to miss a few.
Harvesting most of the branches, leaving only
one or two pollen-bearing limbs, is practical. A
single male flower contains enough pollen to
fertilize many female ovules; a single branch full
of male flowers is necessary to produce enough
pollen for most home breeding needs.

Step Three: Store and protect pollen (optional).
Pollen does not have a long shelf life under
natural conditions; it is easily destroyed by high
temperatures and moisture. Pollen can, however,
be stored in the freezer for several months, if
needed. This is accomplished by carefully
removing the pollen from the collection bag and
subsequently passing it through a screen. This
removes any leaf matter from the anthers that
may have fallen into the bag and contaminated
the pollen, causing it to spoil. Wax paper is
placed under the screen, and used to catch the
pollen. The pollen can then be collected with a
sterile scraper, placed in a small coin envelope
or sterile test tube, and placed in the freezer.
Cleanliness counts! Pollen should not be
repeatedly frozen and thawed, which will
decrease its viability.

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Pic one is of the biggest mid and her first hairs...pic two is just to show the new growth on the second mid. It's been in flower...3 days I think, I gotta go back and check.

Hey do u guys like it better when I make the pics bigger, or better as thumbnails?

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Your girl looks good!

thanks lulu, stop in any time for updates, I actually have 4 different strains running right now...

Hey thanks for those pollination posts, Bill, very informative shit!

No Problem, it is straight from "Marijuana Horticulture" by Jorge Cervantes

Hiya

Thought id pop in and have a look after your kind words in the auto flower thread. That's a tidy looking set-up you've got. Nice to see you growing super skunk (one of my favourite strains that). I didnt look through the whole thread yet, so was wondering what you meant by 'mids' in the 'new flowering mids pics'?

Mid-Grade Seeds.

Thank you