I think the main thing is making sure the pollen is completely dry, ive went as far as placing pollen in a small room or closet with a dehumidifier and getting the humidity as low as possible, then the container im storing in has to be completely air tight. I like to triple bag my plastic vials with good brand name freezer bags vacuumed tight. Also a good desiccant, I’ve used everything from rice to water storing crystals. You know when you pick up a vial and the pollen don’t move it’s garbage.
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Shua1991
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I know pollen is sometimes strain dependent, many landrace sativas don't have viable pollen when reversed with CS, my Golden tiger didnt(its not a landrace). My Plushberry from 2019 is like you said, clumped together and is still viable as of last use around march.
higher self
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Purple Orange CBD x Double Jamaican at 53 days, she is still stacking. Same Jack, lemon haze kinda terps but a little bit more mellower & some bubblegum sweetness added. Buds are airy but this might still yield the best by the time I chop
Alter Jean
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I'm real stoned so the colas made me think about subway sandwiches. Just thought I'd let you know
Dank
higher self
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Thanks! The F2 Double Jamaicans I grew in 5 gals before had Purple colas as big as my arm. Airy but it stacks long spear shape buds. I like this Double Jamaican line but feel like the father is too strong, most come out DJam dominate.
Dividedsky
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Not my cup of tea but still impressive, those are some big donk colas. I imagine the bud pulls apart like warm bread when finished. Satties when done right are impressive to behold. Even though it's half a cbd strains does it still have decent thc % when finished? Will she go 75-80 + days easy?
higher self
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Thanks! Yeah long as you don't over dry or it turns to powder lol. 1st time with this cross, wasn't really interested in it just chose the worst cross from the DJam chucks just to see how male comes through. I doubt it will have much cbd but I'm hoping it does, I'll only be able to tell by feeling & no testing. Probably take it to 85 days max but I bet it will still keep growing & start foxtailing
Love the Sativas my next chuck I'm about to flower should be a banger!
Dividedsky
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Ya you you're definitely right about satties if you over dry em...most of them just don't have the density of indicas like cookie and gelatos, so if they are over dried they become so brittle the puffed out calyxs turn to sawdust. At least you get some crazy variations with sativas and sattie x's...
Lots of the modern strains of cookies- gelatos, and runtz crosses are starting to blend together, they all start to look very similar. Most good phenos are all fire but very similar with only slight variations here and there.
higher self
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Some very unique sativas tho a lot of have terps similar to Jack or SSH imo. When I noticed that is when I got burnt out on them & started growing OG then cookies. I plan on using Shave Ice male a Sherb cross to hit to a good few plants, hopefully the males can improve the bud density. Sativa males to OG plants still gave me airy buds even with Irene s1 x DJAM I ran but it was some killer stuff & tasty.
Six weeks down around two and half to three to go. Two main pheno's, pretty much as I remembered them. One stouter with more compact buds, one taller with lot's of golf ball sized popcorn buds. These will still fill out some more but not a ton more and they will probably foxtail with the heat that's on them if I push the nutes too much or let them run the full nine weeks. I might cut the lights down to eleven on and 13 off. Maybe? IDK I rarely mess with it. I've kept an eye out for balls and so far so good despite the stress. They smell banging, all of them are very frosty, stems are strong. 
numberfour
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Thanks for the info regarding pollen guys.
My stoned ass missed out the important bits...The pollen was from six different males which I had used successfully about a year ago, it was dry and viable (I got seeds from the crosses) when going into storage. I'm thinking maybe its better to use glass for storage with a carrier and the plastic is possibly cheap and porous. Strange thing is the pistols browned and had the frizzed shaggy receding look like the pollen had taken. Had me fooled.
Popped a few seed last week and will see what males I can find in the Fireballs f3, Slice Cream Cake and Urinal Cake.
My stoned ass missed out the important bits...The pollen was from six different males which I had used successfully about a year ago, it was dry and viable (I got seeds from the crosses) when going into storage. I'm thinking maybe its better to use glass for storage with a carrier and the plastic is possibly cheap and porous. Strange thing is the pistols browned and had the frizzed shaggy receding look like the pollen had taken. Had me fooled.
Popped a few seed last week and will see what males I can find in the Fireballs f3, Slice Cream Cake and Urinal Cake.
natureboygrower
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Figured I'd ask over here. What do you all do with an ugly plant? I havent had much success growing out Swamp Boys BRZKR , but it appears i have a female. Hardly any side branching. Would this be the same for a clone? I'm thinking about cutting the top to root just to see how it grows in flower.
Alter Jean
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Ooo. If it were me I'd top that thang to those bigger side shoots and get rid of those bottom 3 nodes.
He says ugly plant... lmao
natureboygrower
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It would be an ugly shitshow of a grow if i threw that into flower in it's current state. Ugly may be a strong word, but i have height restrictions so I was mainly speaking on that. I would like to see some stronger side branching though.
Getting ready to throw some useful stuff outdoors next to a bodhi dragonfruit dad. Bag of oranges and blueberries and chocolate on deck for 2021.
Dividedsky
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Ya things get interesting with satties with some of the tropical flavor terps. I've seen Mr Nice, mago haze that made my mouth water. I didn't grow it but had a large amount of mango haze flower and it was excellent bud. I'm just not a big fan of growing straight up sativas because of the longer flowering times, and overall airy bud even when pumping co2 and dialed in to the max. Last predominantly sattie I grew was pineapple fields from dynasty genetics and its was fire. Reeked of pineapple fruit, though some phenos took forever to finish.
Alter Jean
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Same way with the height restrictions so have to pack it. This is how I find the branches not sure it is relevant to your question.
Totally different variety. Southern Humboldt Black Dom x Beatrix Choice
All the tops are cloned and saved. These are uglier than yours.
I would top that thing at those bigger side shoots and clean the bottom.. I don't think it's ugly it just needs to be adjusted a bit
Alter Jean
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Here's a chuck. Probably only get a few seed if any. My pollen was compromised and I have to save it for something else now.
Not as stacked as that subway sandwich Double Jam up there from Higher but I'll give the Sallie some shine:
Michoacán x Guererro
After the pollen got compromised, I felt my effort go toward other things.
I told her to finish herself off.
Amended a bit and nothing but water...
Not as stacked as that subway sandwich Double Jam up there from Higher but I'll give the Sallie some shine:
Michoacán x Guererro
After the pollen got compromised, I felt my effort go toward other things.
I told her to finish herself off.
Amended a bit and nothing but water...
higher self
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The flowering time became an issue for me when I started more hybrids, having to chop everything at once left stuff unfinished at times. Now I'm doing a perpetual tent so can leave them in there. Pineapple Fields sounds dank, I need to try Dynasty out, passed up on those packs back then smh.
higher self
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Looks great, how many days & any terps yet?