Does it matter when pollen is harvested?

[oceangrownkush]

So I read from Chimera that a good way to harvest pollen is to cut the male flowers down and put them in a vase with the flowers over a piece of paper in an area with no wind and that the pollen sacks will open slowly. My question now is does it matter when I chop down the male plants?

My plan is to grow out packs and chop males about 20-30 days into flower depending on how long the strain itself takes, take the males to a completely different geographical location than the grow and chop the male flowers, put them into a vase next to my freezer and collect the pollen, store in the freezer. Then the females can be harvested at maturity after cuts are taken, the keepers kept and lower branches pollinated for f2's on the second run, the lacklustre phenos turned into BHO and disposed of. Would this work? Does immature male pollen give a low seed yield? Or is there just less pollen?

Would be real rad to be able to get f2's off each pack without pollinating anything on the first run so I can choose my keeper phenos (or at least the ones I'd like represented in the 2nd gen) sans the seedy bud part

Thanks errybawdy

 

[Hammerhead]

once the yellow gold starts to fall put sheets of paper all under the male flowers and shake This is how I do it

 

[oceangrownkush]

I can't afford to let pollen drop naturally, have you ever chopped the male plants down before they reach maturity with success? I guess I'll be experimenting anyways so I'll see whats up..

 

[mack 10]

easy, takes a good week to 14 days for the pollen sacks to pop.

 

[Hammerhead]

Yes I do.. I'm getting ready to use some of it.. When the cookies are ready I will dust 1 with Querkle pollen

When I find males I want to breed with I grow it all by himself until he dies collecting pollen along they way. I make those little pouches out of paper. I put enough pollen in ea one to do a whole plant. that way I dont have to unthaw all of the pollen. Singe use pouches what I dont use gets tossed.

 

[Chunkypigs]

hammer would you explain how you do the whole plant and about how much pollen you use? thanks. I'm chunking blind over here.... it's my 1st time with no protection.
thanks.

 

[Hammerhead]

lol I would say about 1/2gram of pollen per 3-4' plant.. I'm guessing here I did not weight the pollen pouches..

I take the lady to the extra BR tub I bring a small table fan. I do this in early AM.. when she is 4-5 weeks into flower i use a Air Puffer. I fill it with the pollen and shake it then puff all the buds. dont turn it upside down or all the pollen will fall out... After I'm done I turn on the fan and lever her until bedtime. I then spray mist the plant with h2o to kill off any pollen that's left on the leaves and return her to the flower room. there's other ways to do it there's no wrong way just make sure you dont have any pollen left on the plant before returning her to the flower room

 

[Chunkypigs]

thanks! figures it would be rocket science with a tool to boot!

 

[supermanlives]

hell ya .never thought of an air puffer. your is cool looking to boot.

 

[TGT]

I have a quick question and thought I would ask it here as it pertains to pollen. I had collected pollen and left it in my basement for three weeks before finding it and packaging it to put in the freezer. Would all of it be non-viable, or is there enough alive probably to pollinate with? I would only need a few to take, so what are the possiblilities all of it is dead? It is very dry where it was temporariliy lost.

TGT