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subd,
did you notice the pistils shrivel up after pollenation,
ive had a quick flick and looks like you done a good job, a little pollen goes along way, theirs a method of making the pollen go further but not tried it myself, but basically when you use pure pollen only a small amount is actually used and the rest is wasted when you wash it off the plant, so a method to make it go further is to add a small amount of flour to it, this gives you more pollen to work with, not tried it so cant comment on it working or not.
now for seed development times i find it all depends on when you pollenate the plant, if you pollenate really early then the seeds tend to take longer to develop and you get a lot less seeds, but from my own experience with both male and female pollen i usually find my seeds are ready and splitting the seed pods at around week 4 from pollenation, but the longer you can leave them the better, the seeds will fall out when ready and when the buds dried, so leave the seeds in the plant as long as you can but 4 weeks id say is the earliest id harvest after pollenation, plus the seeds still develop after harvest, i have harvested plants before that i didnt know was seeded and at harvest the seeds where still green, i thought they would be wasted but once the bud was dried the seeds where looking like regular seeds and all i planted germed,
back DP! I am so glad to have you here.
This is great information, I didn't have a lot of pollen in that little jar...so I was concerned a bit. Good tip with the flour.
And yes, the pistils are turning brown and pulling into the bud. YEY
4 weeks sounds just about perfectly in line with the harvest time, so I may leave the seeded branch on another week after harvest.
I was told prime time to pollinate was perfect when I did it. I'll get that day figure later, it's on my other thread.
I did let the pollen come to room temperature after taking it out of the refrigerator, but I know now it can be stored at room temp in the dark if I will be using it very soon. Thanks for that info!
This is going to be so cool to watch.