how to prevent pollenation outdoors

The only ways are to pinch off flowers or cover the plant with plastic.. neither are desirable... Unfortunately, hemp pollen can use the air to travel for miles.... If you live far enough south, you can start your plants indoors and move outside to flower in late winter, early spring.

I have the same problem, lol.

Got some Ak48xIBL hemp seeds i want to try an plant an forget.
Ill bet they would grow wild like the hemp?
Wonder how the potecy would be?

I noticed that when I sprayed for spider mites using Safers Soap that the pistils would die off overnight. So, no pistils no pollination right ?

Serapis said:

The only ways are to pinch off flowers or cover the plant with plastic.. neither are desirable... Unfortunately, hemp pollen can use the air to travel for miles.... If you live far enough south, you can start your plants indoors and move outside to flower in late winter, early spring.

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Ya im too far up north for that and Im definitely not covering the girls with plastic. so I guess Im SOL again. There has to be something, maybe I'll invent cannbis birth control or something.

Try walking around in your local fields and woods searching for the offending males.
Walk a couple of miles each day, in different directions, till you find them.
Cull those bastards, cull them all!

Side-note: If you do find your pollinators, you will also find a wicked spot for a hidden outdoor grow.
If the hemp there has grown wild for this long without anybody finding it, the location must be remote and well lit.
I'd take advantage of that, but that's just me.
Good luck.

I'm guessing you don't have the money or desire to build a big expensive greenhouse. Any other idea is just too much hassle to put up with. I really think the most effective idea over the long run is a really big hoop greenhouse.

Beansly said:

I'm guessing you don't have the money or desire to build a big expensive greenhouse. Any other idea is just too much hassle to put up with. I really think the most effective idea over the long run is a really big hoop greenhouse.

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A greenhouse would be nice but It still wouldn't stop plants from getting pollinated, greenhouses would get waaaay too hot if they were airtight and plants need to breathe as well.

Try walking around in your local fields and woods searching for the offending males.
Walk a couple of miles each day, in different directions, till you find them.
Cull those bastards, cull them all!

Side-note: If you do find your pollinators, you will also find a wicked spot for a hidden outdoor grow.
If the hemp there has grown wild for this long without anybody finding it, the location must be remote and well lit.
I'd take advantage of that, but that's just me.
Good luck.

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ya i'll do my best with that, but hemp is everywhere around here. mostly pastures. around here people ignore hemp, its no big deal. no one goes out of their way to kill the hemp plants.

WillyPhister said:

A greenhouse would be nice but It still wouldn't stop plants from getting pollinated, greenhouses would get waaaay too hot if they were airtight and plants need to breathe as well.


ya i'll do my best with that, but hemp is everywhere around here. mostly pastures. around here people ignore hemp, its no big deal. no one goes out of their way to kill the hemp plants.

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It wouldn't stop it completely but it would make controlling it a lot easier.

about the only control you have over this is to not have a male plants in your garden, this will still not stop your from getting pollinated.

If I were you I would get high and begin the process of finding the wild hemp patches with my machete and eliminating them. But then again I have time on my hands. If it took a few days well then I got pretty high didn't I.

If you are a big wig you can simply rent a small town pilot for a couple hours. take your gps and find them all. But if you are just planting a few that woould not be worth it would it?.

hic said:

If you are a big wig you can simply rent a small town pilot for a couple hours. take your gps and find them all. But if you are just planting a few that woould not be worth it would it?.

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No im just a small time hobbyist. I'll get the machete out and go after the big patches that grow in pastures near by, I know theres no way i can get all of them especially since they say that hemp pollen is viable for up to 11 miles or whatever. but I think I can put a good dent in the nearby hemp population. one thing that bugs me though is I hear so many stories about people throwing out their male plants or chopping them in the garden and then they end up re-rooting and coming back to life. I have an idea to prevent that though, when i make my rounds with the machete this summer i'll keep an eye on the weather. Ideally Im gonna want to go hemp chopping during a dry spell to make damn sure that these males arent able to re-root themselves. this is gonna be fun Im getting pretty jacked now.