How To Tell If A Bud Got Pollinated?

I've looked around and haven't found a solid answer about this so I was wondering if from personal experience if anyone knows what to look for exactly when they are about 4 to 5 weeks in flower and pollinated?

I will post a pic in a few of the plant I think got pollinated because all the pistils are red and I see no new white pistils forming in three days.

The strain is Kalashnikova By Green House Seeds. Its a AK47xWhite Widow cross and its 6 weeks since flip.

What would lead you to believe it got pollinated?

Terk1974 said:

What would lead you to believe it got pollinated?

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Early maturing of the pistils with no new white pistils emerging. Its been about a week almost since Ive seen any new whit pistils on this plant so Im getting nervous cause there is other plants that don't loo the same yet. Ive scoured the plant for male parts but I have yet to see any male parts, also scoured the rest the best I can. Its hard cause they are so dense and compact they are like evergreen shrubs so I am hoping I didn't miss one. I had a bunch of Reverse By dutch masters that I used accordingly to the directions the stated so I was hoping that would ward male flowers off. Its discontinued now so I cant get anymore but that stuff is the shit. I was running low on this run I made with what I had and didn't fully soak the plants as reccomeneded.

i noticed a day or 2 after i pollenate a bud the hairs go from fuzzy white to dry white hairs, then if you keep watching the calx will swell or seed pod, i always pollenate at 2 weeks into flower so that the seeds are done same time as plant

TheChemist77 said:

i noticed a day or 2 after i pollenate a bud the hairs go from fuzzy white to dry white hairs, then if you keep watching the calx will swell or seed pod, i always pollenate at 2 weeks into flower so that the seeds are done same time as plant

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Is there anything you see in the pic showing pollination?

Lightly pinch the calyxes where applied the pollen. If there's a seed developing you'll easily feel it.

Uncle Ben said:

Lightly pinch the calyxes where applied the pollen. If there's a seed developing you'll easily feel it.

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How long after it gets pollinated will the seed be formed enough to feel? I don't feel anything yet.

Some pollinated flowers around 24-48 hours after pollinating:


Notice the brown pistils, indicating they've done their job.

Within days seeds will start to develop. Instead of a pompom of white pistils it'll look like this:


Another later example:


Find the seeded calyx:


So the very first indication is brown (orange/golden/amber) pistils. Second is early swelling of calyxes. At some point they will crack open and you can see the seed, this one's in a preflower:

looks to me like its just a fast flowering strain, probably near finished..doesnt look to be pollinated.. i would look from underneith the bud by the stigmatas, if they are swollen to seed size and feel hard then theres a seed..most ripe seeds seem to gather hidden deep within the buds close to the stem..some plants have oversized calxs that look to be seed pods but are not, i dont see any seeds in ur pics, harvest soon and after she is dry u will know for sure..

check sativied pics above,, he really knows his shit..i pollenated a plant a few days ago, and the hairs look dried thin but still white, i am now wondering if they took because they havnt turned color, maybe i need to try again..

@Sativied great pix.

If they were stressed or you sprayed them then you may kill pistils. Fondling them will do it as well.

Nice camera work!

TheChemist77 said:

looks to me like its just a fast flowering strain, probably near finished..doesnt look to be pollinated.. i would look from underneith the bud by the stigmatas, if they are swollen to seed size and feel hard then theres a seed..most ripe seeds seem to gather hidden deep within the buds close to the stem..some plants have oversized calxs that look to be seed pods but are not, i dont see any seeds in ur pics, harvest soon and after she is dry u will know for sure..

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I've had plants do this before
Didn't look like i had any seeds but they were close to the insides of the buds , also i noticed seeds like to hide towards the bottoms of buds sometimes

O.p. you get any seeds ?

Looks to me like swell with age, hard to tell though. Often when plants are truly mature the calyx can swell so much the pistils recede they can look seeded.