Harvesting pollen

MissinThe90’sStrains

MissinThe90’sStrains

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Hey, I have an idea I wanna know if anyone has tried. I recently collected pollen from a male I had isolated. After finishing, I shoved him into a white 5 gallon bucket and shut the lid before taking it outside. I went to shower and then forgot about it, for 2 weeks. I saw the bucket today, and went to add it to the compost pile. The male was fine. Temps had gotten down to the high 30‘s*F and low 40’s at night. He had continued to flower inside his lidded home and didn’t look bad, just cramped and bent. The root mass was still wet because the lid kept the moisture inside. There were tons of flowers that had fallen, and some pollen inside.

So, where am I going with this? Would it be theoretically possible to keep a male in the grow room, and let it go for a few days under 12/12 where it’s flowering but no sacs have opened yet. Then stick it in a bucket with a lid to let it continue to flower for a few days and safely drop some pollen, without pollinating your other plants. You can then remove the bucket and go outside to collect the pollen and dispose of the plant. If this worked, you would not needing a separate tent to collect pollen and breed.
 
kkt3

kkt3

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That’s a good question. I’ve never flipped a male so can’t answer that.

When I collect fem pollen, one way is to trim your buds off a few days early.
Let them sit out on the kitchen table till just the right time. Then pop a half dozen buds into a chip dip container. Throw a 1/2 wood screw in there.

Pop the lid on. Go check your plants for the 23rd time today. Gently shakin the container. Go back upstairs, place container on kitchen table, step outside for a refresher, come back inside and pop the lid off.

Admire all the loose pollen.

I like to tap the tilted container over angled tin foil. All matter rolls down and pollen stays up top.
 
MissinThe90’sStrains

MissinThe90’sStrains

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That’s a neat idea too, but seems like there’s some room for error if you don’t catch em in time and they open. This theory I had would allow you to keep and collect from several males at once, and not interrupt your current grow.
 
Willy B. Goode

Willy B. Goode

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MissinThe90’sStrains said:
Hey, I have an idea I wanna know if anyone has tried. I recently collected pollen from a male I had isolated. After finishing, I shoved him into a white 5 gallon bucket and shut the lid before taking it outside. I went to shower and then forgot about it, for 2 weeks. I saw the bucket today, and went to add it to the compost pile. The male was fine. Temps had gotten down to the high 30‘s*F and low 40’s at night. He had continued to flower inside his lidded home and didn’t look bad, just cramped and bent. The root mass was still wet because the lid kept the moisture inside. There were tons of flowers that had fallen, and some pollen inside.

So, where am I going with this? Would it be theoretically possible to keep a male in the grow room, and let it go for a few days under 12/12 where it’s flowering but no sacs have opened yet. Then stick it in a bucket with a lid to let it continue to flower for a few days and safely drop some pollen, without pollinating your other plants. You can then remove the bucket and go outside to collect the pollen and dispose of the plant. If this worked, you would not needing a separate tent to collect pollen and breed.
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Interesting idea. I'm wondering if you could somehow seal the top of the bucket/container with a clear cover, then the male(s) would still be able to get light and you'd be able to check the flowering progress through the cover.
 
MissinThe90’sStrains

MissinThe90’sStrains

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I was thinking about that too, but I haven’t seen clear lids. I used a white bucket because it’s what I had. You could probably stand a big clear Rubbermaid tub up sideways and use that if you tape the lid on.
 
Midwestgorillagrower

Midwestgorillagrower

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MissinThe90’sStrains said:
Hey, I have an idea I wanna know if anyone has tried. I recently collected pollen from a male I had isolated. After finishing, I shoved him into a white 5 gallon bucket and shut the lid before taking it outside. I went to shower and then forgot about it, for 2 weeks. I saw the bucket today, and went to add it to the compost pile. The male was fine. Temps had gotten down to the high 30‘s*F and low 40’s at night. He had continued to flower inside his lidded home and didn’t look bad, just cramped and bent. The root mass was still wet because the lid kept the moisture inside. There were tons of flowers that had fallen, and some pollen inside.

So, where am I going with this? Would it be theoretically possible to keep a male in the grow room, and let it go for a few days under 12/12 where it’s flowering but no sacs have opened yet. Then stick it in a bucket with a lid to let it continue to flower for a few days and safely drop some pollen, without pollinating your other plants. You can then remove the bucket and go outside to collect the pollen and dispose of the plant. If this worked, you would not needing a separate tent to collect pollen and breed.
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If you want to keep a male in a closed bucket with females, make sure to not open it in the same room. I don’t see any benefit to doing this unless there’s no other place to have the male isolated from females. Almost any other place in your home is a better environment for a plant. Put the bucket away from the females in a different room
 
MissinThe90’sStrains

MissinThe90’sStrains

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The idea being that you can still breed your own seeds in a controlled manner, while only having one tent/grow space instead of multiple setups. You’d take the plant outside or somewhere else to harvest the pollen, and then kill/compost the plant. Store your pollen, and then selectively apply it to branches to make seeds, with no interruption to your normal flowering schedule, or pheno hunting process. Some of us are just small-time hobbyists, who like to make seeds for preservation sake, and don’t have a lot of time or space to dedicate to it. My question was if the plant would continue to flower in darkness. If it would, then yes you can isolate the male and keep it elsewhere. There is still a pollen contamination/seeding risk doing it the “traditional way” of setting up a separate isolation tent in another area - due to central air, pollen drifting, or being carried and transported by you. If this method works, it makes it almost idiot-proof, and limits the amount of possible contamination.
 
Midwestgorillagrower

Midwestgorillagrower

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MissinThe90’sStrains said:
The idea being that you can still breed your own seeds in a controlled manner, while only having one tent/grow space instead of multiple setups. You’d take the plant outside or somewhere else to harvest the pollen, and then kill/compost the plant. Store your pollen, and then selectively apply it to branches to make seeds, with no interruption to your normal flowering schedule, or pheno hunting process. Some of us are just small-time hobbyists, who like to make seeds for preservation sake, and don’t have a lot of time or space to dedicate to it. My question was if the plant would continue to flower in darkness. If it would, then yes you can isolate the male and keep it elsewhere. There is still a pollen contamination/seeding risk doing it the “traditional way” of setting up a separate isolation tent in another area - due to central air, pollen drifting, or being carried and transported by you. If this method works, it makes it almost idiot-proof, and limits the amount of possible contamination.
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It’s probably going to flower for a little while (a couple days) but you’re taking light away. You need to keep having dark periods (approx. 12 hours) interrupted by light for the plant to develop. They need light to keep growing and keep flowering. Without light the plant will slow/stop growth once it uses its reserves.
 
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