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Smeegol
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howdy guys n gals, so it's been a quiet day, beautiful sunrise this morning but no pic, not functioning that early.. So I think that tomorrow is going to be a pollen collecting day first time for everything and you have to start somewhere. I asked around and @Van Stank kindly advised doing it this way...
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Smeegol.....please don't collect the sacs. The sacs really need to pop. Here is my suggestion....but do it away from any girls you don't intend to get pregnant because it will happen.
Get a mirror or something else smooth and flat. Bend your branches over and gently tap the branches so the burst pollen falls onto the mirror. From there just use a credit card and scrap it up into a pile and place in a vial. You can put some flour in to mix it to cut it a bit. Also I add a bit of rice into the vial to absorb any moisture that might make the pollen nonviable. From there, put it in a freezer.
Pollen doesn't store well at all in their little pods. Wait for them to burst and harvest. I usually harvest ever 2 days.
One other warning. Don't go near any flowering plants after messing with the boys. Shower and change your clothes and wash your clothes immediate. The pollen is very potent and you will have accidental pollination even if you don't want it. You have to be very careful.
So for anyone wanting to collect pollen I'll take 1 for the team and let you know how it all turned out....lol
Otherwise on a surprising note, you know that 1 seed that doesn't want to pop a taproot..?? A cpl weeks I popped a regular Purp Crack seed in water with h202 and nothing happened for bout 2 weeks no sinking nothing so as you do I forgot about. Opened the cupboard this morning and here's the forgotten seed with a taproot.......so didn't know what to do, but nothing to plant in at hand I had to improvise......
Hopefully the toilet roll will do well by me till I have a decent pot lined up if PC comes up...???
Anyhow as the Brits say " toodle-loo " got some scots in me close enough...lol
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Smeegol.....please don't collect the sacs. The sacs really need to pop. Here is my suggestion....but do it away from any girls you don't intend to get pregnant because it will happen.
Get a mirror or something else smooth and flat. Bend your branches over and gently tap the branches so the burst pollen falls onto the mirror. From there just use a credit card and scrap it up into a pile and place in a vial. You can put some flour in to mix it to cut it a bit. Also I add a bit of rice into the vial to absorb any moisture that might make the pollen nonviable. From there, put it in a freezer.
Pollen doesn't store well at all in their little pods. Wait for them to burst and harvest. I usually harvest ever 2 days.
One other warning. Don't go near any flowering plants after messing with the boys. Shower and change your clothes and wash your clothes immediate. The pollen is very potent and you will have accidental pollination even if you don't want it. You have to be very careful.
So for anyone wanting to collect pollen I'll take 1 for the team and let you know how it all turned out....lol
Otherwise on a surprising note, you know that 1 seed that doesn't want to pop a taproot..?? A cpl weeks I popped a regular Purp Crack seed in water with h202 and nothing happened for bout 2 weeks no sinking nothing so as you do I forgot about. Opened the cupboard this morning and here's the forgotten seed with a taproot.......so didn't know what to do, but nothing to plant in at hand I had to improvise......
Hopefully the toilet roll will do well by me till I have a decent pot lined up if PC comes up...???
Anyhow as the Brits say " toodle-loo " got some scots in me close enough...lol