Pollen application question

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Honeybadgergrows

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Hello everyone- I joined the server to further my knowledge and access information others awesomely share. I have a question about pollinating when using a q tip/ brush- I’ve been told any moisture at all deactivates the pollen- wouldn’t the qtip get moisture from the pistols? I’ve done this once before and didn’t get many seeds- my mind went to this as the issue- but my friend who gifted the pollen said he didn’t think it was very strong after the fact. Could I just get some general insight or breakdown on how to go about this? After this next time I will be doing an open pollination and won’t have to worry about this but in about 2 weeks I will be doing another pollination with either qtip or brush- any info that people actually have experience with is very much appreciated- the he said she said please I’ve heard all of it - thank you in advance!
 
Hey man
Here is how I do it. I do this a few times a year and it works for me.
Collect pollen
Allow to dry overnight (I just leave the jar open)
Mix in flour at 5 parts flour to 1 part pollen
Take a thin soft paintbrush.
Gently get the tip covered on pollen and flour
Flick the brush against the pistils and paint as many as you can. The flour will show you where you have already dusted. You get the hang of it pretty quickly. Just dust your girl down hard.
Isolate her if you have others you don't want to pollinate.
After 24 to 48 hours you can take her into the shower and get her drenched with water.
Dry her off and place her back under the lights.
Within 10 days you will see some swelling. Then tons of seed. You won't have any bud to smoke. Maybe make some edibles or hash. If seeds are what you are after, this works for me everyone.
Good luck and post some results here later please.
 
Lerugged said:
Hey man
Here is how I do it. I do this a few times a year and it works for me.
Collect pollen
Allow to dry overnight (I just leave the jar open)
Mix in flour at 5 parts flour to 1 part pollen
Take a thin soft paintbrush.
Gently get the tip covered on pollen and flour
Flick the brush against the pistils and paint as many as you can. The flour will show you where you have already dusted. You get the hang of it pretty quickly. Just dust your girl down hard.
Isolate her if you have others you don't want to pollinate.
After 24 to 48 hours you can take her into the shower and get her drenched with water.
Dry her off and place her back under the lights.
Within 10 days you will see some swelling. Then tons of seed. You won't have any bud to smoke. Maybe make some edibles or hash. If seeds are what you are after, this works for me everyone.
Good luck and post some results here later please.
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Awesome- never thought of that- so simple and such a good idea. Thank you the pollen is being sent to me by the same friend as prior- should I still do the file once it arrives? Ngl it makes me nervous lol but if you with experience says to do so I will follow your lead.
 
Lerugged said:
Hey man
Here is how I do it. I do this a few times a year and it works for me.
Collect pollen
Allow to dry overnight (I just leave the jar open)
Mix in flour at 5 parts flour to 1 part pollen
Take a thin soft paintbrush.
Gently get the tip covered on pollen and flour
Flick the brush against the pistils and paint as many as you can. The flour will show you where you have already dusted. You get the hang of it pretty quickly. Just dust your girl down hard.
Isolate her if you have others you don't want to pollinate.
After 24 to 48 hours you can take her into the shower and get her drenched with water.
Dry her off and place her back under the lights.
Within 10 days you will see some swelling. Then tons of seed. You won't have any bud to smoke. Maybe make some edibles or hash. If seeds are what you are after, this works for me everyone.
Good luck and post some results here later please.
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And then what's the easiest way to separate the seeds at harvest? When I did it, I got way more seeds than expected (many hundreds) but had to hunt them down and remove them from the plant material by the each.

Was a bit of a pain. Well worth it, though...
 
I use the same method as described above, but I use a 50/50 flour/pollen mix. The point I want to make is that you don't have to pollinate the entire female plant. Label a branch with a twist tie so you can know which one is the pollinated one, and use your paintbrush to pollinate the last 2 or 3 bud sites on that branch. If you are careful, you only need to pollinate that one branch where you should end up with 250 seeds or so, and then let the rest of the plant develop sensimilla bud. You can get your seeds, and still have plenty of good bud to smoke. I have also used this method to pollinate a single female plant with 2 different male pollen, developing two different types of seeds on the same plant. You can also use the same male pollen on several varieties of female plants, producing several hybrids on the same run. Have fun with this, and you will have plenty of seeds for the future. Good Luck!
 
Thanks for all the good info. I have a couple sativa males that I'm going to attempt to collect pollen from and pollinate one or more females to make hybrids.
 
I dust at 3 weeks in and again at 5 weeks. The strains I work are pure sativa so they still have plenty time to go.
Indica or indica dom, week 3 and 4 probably your best bet.
Of course, all this is only if you have a lot of fresh white pistils stacking up. Once you can see the buds start exploding with pistils, your window is open.
I've pollinated pre flowers on vegging plants before so anytime is possible but if you really want to max out the seeds then two dustings as mentioned above and you should be golden. Provided the pollen is viable.
Good luck
 
Honeybadgergrows said:
I’ve been told any moisture at all deactivates the pollen- wouldn’t the qtip get moisture from the pistols?
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Yes, water does deactivate the pollen.

The stigma, which is the actual name of those hair looking parts, are not as wet as they look.
 
Lerugged said:
I dust at 3 weeks in and again at 5 weeks. The strains I work are pure sativa so they still have plenty time to go.
Indica or indica dom, week 3 and 4 probably your best bet.
Of course, all this is only if you have a lot of fresh white pistils stacking up. Once you can see the buds start exploding with pistils, your window is open.
I've pollinated pre flowers on vegging plants before so anytime is possible but if you really want to max out the seeds then two dustings as mentioned above and you should be golden. Provided the pollen is viable.
Good luck
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Vial arrived today- I added the flour- will leave the lid off this jar overnight to ensure it’s dry- dust in the morning. Anything I’m missing?

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I would keep the jar sealed until use so that it doesn't pick up moisture out of the air
 
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