What to do with male?

David Ferguson

David Ferguson

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I don't know if this is the appropriate place for this question, but believe it or not, I have my first Male (isolated in a 2nd tent away from females). Its outgrowing my tent and many sacks have opened already. How do I collect pollen? Was thinking....can I put the entire plant (cut down) in a sterile plastic tub to collect pollen? Better way? Just dispose of male?
Please help. Thank you.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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I pull it's balls off and put on a piece of tin foil. Let them open on there then sift out the plant matter from the pollen. Then fold like a taco to slide the pollen into a clean and dry pill bottle. Mix with dry cooking flower.
 
Gond00s

Gond00s

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I just use them to breed going to make f3s of my mcc got a male and a female gonna be a project
 
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spek9

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David Ferguson said:
What is cooking flower for, exactly?
What process is used to sift (separating pollen from plant material)?
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Mixing in a 1/3 pollen, 2/3 flour mixture has the flour bind to the pollen, so that when you're applying it to female plants (and after it is applied), there's far less risk of the pollen floating and blowing around, pollinating other plants in the flower rooms.

At least that's why I mix it.

As far as separation, all my pollen eventually ends up on a piece of bristol board. After I scrape it into a pile with a razor blade, I just use a pair of tweezers to shuffle the plant matter off to the side. I'm not too picky about getting all of it. If there are a few chunks in my pollen, it doesn't bother me.
 
Gond00s

Gond00s

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spek9 said:
Mixing in a 1/3 pollen, 2/3 flour mixture has the flour bind to the pollen, so that when you're applying it to female plants (and after it is applied), there's far less risk of the pollen floating and blowing around, pollinating other plants in the flower rooms.

At least that's why I mix it.

As far as separation, all my pollen eventually ends up on a piece of bristol board. After I scrape it into a pile with a razor blade, I just use a pair of tweezers to shuffle the plant matter off to the side. I'm not too picky about getting all of it. If there are a few chunks in my pollen, it doesn't bother me.
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can I store that in the fridge in vials with desiccant packs? for long term storage of pollen
 
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spek9

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Gond00s said:
can I store that in the fridge in vials with desiccant packs? for long term storage of pollen
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I always store mine in 35mm film canisters, and put those in the cold cellar in my basement in my seed collection bin. Recently, I used pollen I had stored for about 14 months successfully, but pollen I had stored five years ago didn't turn out to be viable.
 
Gond00s

Gond00s

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spek9 said:
I always store mine in 35mm film canisters, and put those in the cold cellar in my basement in my seed collection bin. Recently, I used pollen I had stored for about 14 months successfully, but pollen I had stored five years ago didn't turn out to be viable.
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so prob past a year they start to not becoming viable I might just pollenate and save the seeds for later thanks for the info doe really appreciated trying to start crossing and I just wanna make sure my crosses are gonna be safe.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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I sift mine with a sifter you could use a tea strainer. I like to get all the plant material out since it can hold moisture and ruin your work. The flower is used for a few different reasons I started using it so the pollen goes farther.....you only need a little pollen.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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My pollen goes in a pill bottle then into another container with different pollen bottles and a few desiccant packs sealed in the fridge. Seeds and cuttings go in the same fridge.
 
fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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Gond00s said:
so prob past a year they start to not becoming viable I might just pollenate and save the seeds for later thanks for the info doe really appreciated trying to start crossing and I just wanna make sure my crosses are gonna be safe.
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From most of my reading you start pushing it after a year and not many people have luck passed 2.
 
Gond00s

Gond00s

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well probably just gonna make seeds then with the pollen I get because I would like 2-3 year viability that's just me
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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Gond00s said:
well probably just gonna make seeds then with the pollen I get because I would like 2-3 year viability that's just me
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Yeah any way you want to play around is up to you......I have seeds in there also.....other crosses and some I want to cross with.....wish I could just grow it all out. But damn I wouldn't have the space for all that.
 
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