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Stonecrusher
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That gives me a little relief. From the talk here people are quick to dispose of males but I have to assume they need time to develop some before they can actually deploy pollen.Depends on how developed the male parts were when they were noticed.
The photo is of a plant (Klingon strain) from seed. I had taken a cutting earlier in the spring and rooted it. As soon as possible after the weather permitted I put both the clone and the mother on the patio. The clone started showing male and I waited two weeks to get the photo I wanted and then tossed both "mother plant" and clone onto the big compost pile in the sky.
As advanced as the male flowers are in the photo there was no problem with the nearby female plants developing any seeds. Those other female plants were within 10 feet of the male shown in the photo. The 'balls' near the top of the plant are younger than those near the bottom but even though those have already started to open up and the anthers/bananas showing they still have not produced enough pollen to be a problem. In this case two weeks was not a problem.
I must also assume that the fems have to be in flower to get pollinated. A male throwing off pollen would probably not affect females in veg.