It is not a pure sativa. There is definitely a lot of indica influence. I think you're gonna have some awesome smoke, regardless of what it gets called.
The seeds will be produced in the female flowers. Making seeds will not make them unsmokeable, but when pollinated, the flowers will stop growing and make seeds instead.
I would recommend moving the males to a different location once they begin to flower. This will allow the females to...
By the way, you will love a pure sativa smoke. It's very uplifting, energetic. You'll smoke and then do things, rather than lay around talking about how stoned you are.
We are smoking some homegrown sativa that is way short of mature (probably needs 4-6 more weeks...only 5-6 weeks into...
I concur. If you can preserve a 1965 Panama Red strain, you have a moral obligation to do it and pass those seeds around. You have a treasure there, my friend.
The seeds you have are probably very sativa dominant if the weed was from Mexico. They can provide a very energetic, mind stimulating high. Just grow them to maturity and pull the males and hermies if you get any, and you'll get very good smoke. Height might be a problem, though, so consider...
Some smell more than others. In my experience, they smell stronger when the air is warm, less when it's cool. Growing on the cool end of the acceptable temperature range may help some, but it won't eliminate the odor.
I only mentioned spider mites because I've seen similar damage from them on soft leaved plants. It's easy enough to take a look with a magnifier and see. If you don't see any, then you move on to other things. I once had spider mites killing plants in a different family and thought it was a...
They would be turning black by now if they froze. You're ok, but they really need to stay above 60 to grow well. Try to find a sheltered spot with a south exposure.
Take a look at the underside of the leaves with a 10 power or better magnifier. If you see spider mites get that plant away from the others pronto before they get infested too.
From what I've read, pollen doesn't last a long time. Maybe a month in the freezer? Any experts out there to correct me?
Here's what I recently did. I had a herm growing in a different location from my females. I collected pollen into a paper coffee filter and then pulled the sides together...
Some of my plants did that and turned out fine. Plants (in many different plant families) often create red pigments called anthocyanins in response to strong light. It's kind of like you or me getting a tan.