BeaverIslander's First Combo Grow - Grand Daddy Purple - PainKiller XL - Blue Blo

OldMedUser;2663501 said:

Just caught up on the goings on here and it's all looking great!

As an aside to dealing with males and collecting some pollen. You can cut a branch off of a male and stick it in a glass of water. Put that in a box in a closet somewhere away from the grow room with a small 2700K CFL light over it and some tinfoil under the drooping branch to catch the pollen. Clean the pollen from any flower bits and save it in a jar, vial or even some more foil. Use a Q-Tip or small paint brush to dust a few buds at he bottom of some girls and leave that branch on the girl until you see seeds busting out of the calyxes about 6 weeks after dusting. I've done 4 strains off one mother like that and it's dead easy. Put a garbage bag over the plant and just leave one branch out for each pollination.

Chucking pollen is easy and fun and gets you lots of free seeds. Just a few popcorn buds can give you a few dozen seeds and not bother the plant as a whole. Why every grower doesn't do it is beyond me.

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