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need help picking the right males to collect pollen from.

Bigbruce

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I have a mixed bag of seeds from a trip to Jamaica. My favorite pheno is from a purple Sativa hybrid, my question is, if the females turned purple when budding will the males as well, I have to sprout a bunch looking for the needle in a haystack so I want to make sure I am pulling the right genetics to collect pollen from.
 

CannaRed

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I have a mixed bag of seeds from a trip to Jamaica. My favorite pheno is from a purple Sativa hybrid, my question is, if the females turned purple when budding will the males as well, I have to sprout a bunch looking for the needle in a haystack so I want to make sure I am pulling the right genetics to collect pollen from.
You will probably get a mix. Some might, some might not.
Only one way to find out.
 

Bigbruce

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Thanks!

Here's a pic of the pheno up close at the end of the season!
 

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clearheaded

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ya just have to grow and make the call when u see it. if male is crappy in all other ways but has purple flowers would u select it? prob wise not to. if find a good male that turns purp great, if not use one that has the smell or structure ur after(best u can extrapolate). grow out the children, select from those and u will have better odds for purple male with similar traits to ur keeper mom and will become more stable trait.

keep us posted!
 

exploziv

pure dynamite
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Go after vigor, trichome coverage and smell. At least that's what I am using to decide..
Or just cut down the worst ones till you only left with 1, or 2, or 3, and decide from those then, or use them all.
 

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