Pollen pollen pollen

The New Jim Jones

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alright, so this morning i saw some pollen sacs on my plant on my male plant open, and now like twice as many are open this afternoon, and i was wondering when you harvest the pollen for female pollination, and how long you can keep it in the freezer ( it being pollen) also i was wondering what would happen if you light stressed a male? would it grow calyxes and pistils and make some crappy male seeds? just a highdea of mine
 

growone

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you can freeze dry it, it will last a good long time
i put some on absorbent paper(just cheap stuff), then in a bottle filled with rice, lasted about 2 years
 

growone

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you wait until the banana's are ready to pop, and they really look like banana's, just tiny versions
the male flowers will be closed to start with, then the banana parts show
you can tap them lightly and pollen will drop off, surprisingly a lot for such small flowers
so you leave the male plant in safe spot until it ripens up, and carefully harvest some pollen
safe spot is important because you can contaminate your grow area with pollen, which may make more seeds than you want
 
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