VV is singing the blues. From seed to Perpetual Weed.

Did those male flowers get open?


If you store the pollen in the baggie
with the rest of the plant material,
as the leaf and stems dry,
they will give off moisture
that will ruin the pollen.

The only way to collect pollen for later use
is to shake the open flower pod over a piece of paper
and then store the powdery pollen,
in a very dry container,
to prevent moisture contamination.

I pulled my male,
right when the pods opened,
and then let them dry on a window screen,

After drying,
I shake the dried plant
on the girl I want to pollenate.

I'm afraid that letting the pollen dry in the baggie
with the leafy material in it,
will probly ruin the viability of the pollen.

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Earl said:

Did those male flowers get open?

If you store the pollen in the baggie
with the rest of the plant material,
as the leaf and stems dry,
they will give off moisture
that will ruin the pollen.

The only way to collect pollen for later use
is to shake the open flower pod over a piece of paper
and then store the powdery pollen,
in a very dry container,
to prevent moisture contamination.

I pulled my male,
right when the pods opened,
and then let them dry on a window screen,

After drying,
I shake the dried plant
on the girl I want to pollenate.

I'm afraid that letting the pollen dry in the baggie
with the leafy material in it,
will probly ruin the viability of the pollen.

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SOme of them did, some of them are. I agree they should not stay in the baggies, I put them on a screen over a tray to let them dry out a little. I figure wuth the rh as high as it is here right now it will take a day or two to let them dry. I just used the baggies to carry them around until I got the screen set up. Question still is do you think this will be enough or do you want me to try two more males. I can't keep them in here much longer, few days at most. VV

Can you leave them outside, or in a closet?

They don't need any more light,
and very little water.

A closet would be best, and let them open fully,
then place news paper under it, and shake it.

It will snow pollen onto the paper.

Wrap the pollen in a small piece of paper,
place that into an envelope,
with a couple of grains of rice for desiccant,
add a 41¢ stamp and it's ready to mail.

If you want to save some for long term here is what I do.

Go to the grocery store and get one of these,
or you can get them on ebay.



The pump comes with three bags.




Get a jar,
a thumb tack, to poke a hole in the lid,
some glue,
and an applicator stick.


Cut the blue valve from the ziplock bag,
and apply some glue to the blue circle.

Stick the plastic valve to the hole you made in the lid,
with the thumb tack and let it dry.



After the glue is dry,
put the pollen in the jar,
and pull a vacuum with the pump.


Works great and I just opened some vacuum packed afghan
that is 6 months old and still fresh.






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Earl, U Are The Man!!! That Is Way Cool Mister. Is It Ok If I Cut And Paste This Hole Piece In My Journal... Any Objections.??? U Get Full Cred. Got Spread Some Love, But Some Reps Coming For This One...!!! Me!~

My Pleasure.
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Ill Put A Link In With It For The Vv.' And Your Journals With It... Thanks!!!
I Like That.!!! Its Right Down My Alley!!! Thank You! Me!

Yep, I can find a spot for em some where. VV

What's up VV? I'm trying to do a bit of catching up on my subscriptions and thought I'd hit your journal.

Hey GrnMn been a while saw the new pix. Now that we all know what I should be doing I am working on it, slowly today, still working on somhag and A_knock_your_ass_down type of someothershit, your invited for milk and cookies, better make it quick. Like by tomorrow you might have a chance, Boston is a ways, about 14 /2 from here, I think koosh is closer than you. VV

So U Like A The Juice... Heheheh!! Very Nice V. I Like That Post.! In Me J' Lol! Db.

VictorVIcious said:

Hey GrnMn been a while saw the new pix. Now that we all know what I should be doing I am working on it, slowly today, still working on somhag and A_knock_your_ass_down type of someothershit, your invited for milk and cookies, better make it quick. Like by tomorrow you might have a chance, Boston is a ways, about 14 /2 from here, I think koosh is closer than you. VV

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AHHH, so wish I could join! Sounds very enticing to say the least.

B. THC R+D said:

So U Like A The Juice... Heheheh!! Very Nice V. I Like That Post.! In Me J' Lol! Db.

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Newdaddy Made it by and enjoyed it as well. Both of them have a taste similar to crstal and widow, crystal's show through the bag, as you know, long lasting high. Still have part of that second one, fired it up this morning so I would have that alone, needless to say i am not in any particular pain today. You know it was hard for me to wait a few hours, when is hazy coming back. lol VV

Soo... I made a spot for the males, six of them. Two weeks you should be able to pollinate a couple of plants. when are you leaving for vacation?

He's Gone Already And Wont Be Back For A Month. So Its All Yours Too Enjoy!!! Heheheheh!!!! Well Deal With Him When He Gets Back.!!! Db.!

Soo~ Cookies Today. A' Hehehehehe!!! Thank, The Letter Writer For Me!!! And It Sounds Like U Guys Are Having A Good Time. Lol! Rem. Its All Yours.!
Will Just Make More.!

No, I have to pick my wife up from her trip to PuertoRico today, so the cookies will have to wait until tomorrow for me. My momma didn't raise no fools. VV

Great. I Hope She Had A Good Trip... And Enjoy! Witch It Sounds Like You Mich Boys Are.!!! Lol Allways Db.!

B. THC R+D said:

Great. I Hope She Had A Good Trip... And Enjoy! Witch It Sounds Like You Mich Boys Are.!!! Lol Allways Db.!

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I think she did, she talked about it non-stop, a sure sign she is to tired. And I had a good trip too. Started with 1/2 cookie and intentions of posting how the grow room stands. Instead I pursued a project I had been meaning to start. Always remember, if you are going to use net pots, check the size of the pots before you drill 22 holes in the top. If the holes are 2" and the net pots are 2" you will be in the 'hole'. Use a 1 3/4" hole saw, you will be happier with the results, trust me on this one.

Through out the rest of the day, I had somehag along for the ride, made pleasant visits to the hydroshop, and Menards and Lowes and Menards and Lowes and another 1/2 cookie and home depot. I have a pretty good idea of how to install an automatic sprinkler system for your lawn and shrubs now. I have been working on that project for a while now with just a few modifications. Whoops mind is wandering again, I was going to post some pictures so let me do that and then we can get back to discussing the automatic watering system.

The Blue Varieties are finishing now, a little longer than expected, about ten weeks, so I moved the tall trees down to the floor. Since the floor in concrete I can just flush them there, they still get ok lighting from the tables beside them. All of them and the HempWarp and SkunkBerry will be harvested over the next two weeks, we have about 70 plants that have been flowering for three weeks now, and a few back ups that have been in flowering light for a little over a week. The MediBud Mother is right in the front of the 3 week flowering table picture and command central is a mess. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, it is a few miles away yet. VV

NICE UPDATE, DEFF. NEED MORE! OF YOUR PORN.!!! SOO! U LIKE THE COOKIES.? TRY A HOLE ONE. AND KEEP THE NUTE CAN AND BIBBS CLOSS. LOL!


JUST CLONED YEST. AND TOOK YOUR ADVICE AND GOT ME A PHOTOGRAFER AND RAN ABOUT 300 PIC.S THANK G' FOR DIGG. CAMM.S AND MEMCARDS. LOL! NEW J' COMING FOR THIS TURN, STARTING TO LOOK ALL THE SAME AND MERGED IN THE OTHIER...! SO I FEEL ITS RIGHT. YUR THOUGHTS ON THIS.!!! RUNNING?

DB.~TLB!

I think it smokes right, tastes right and hits you right. Man I need to get some of this stuff up, so here we go. As I have mentioned I am working on an automatic watering system. The idea is simple, install an ro reservoir with a pump and run water lines to each of the five tables I have right now. Each table will have one of these valves, about $14.00 for the anti -siphoin model, it is controlled by a celenoid, normally hooked to a timer, I bought the 8 station timer for $9.00. Of course this projec has my workbench a little crammed right now, and I am working on this, well actually two, aero cloners. I made two different sprayers, Filthy Fletch told about the first one and I pulled the other one from a build on the internet. You can see the spray patterns for both with a 396 gph pump. And this is what it look like with the lid on and the wrong size holes. Back to Menards again.lol VV

thats a sweet setup. gotta love perpetual weed.