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Collecting - Removing Pollen
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kannubis
1 cut the sacs off when they start opening and lay on a piece of screen over a box
2 spray bottle with water will neutralize pollen
2 spray bottle with water will neutralize pollen
junior_grower
Active member
I use a garden pressure spray and hose the room down good then mop up the floor and its usually 99.99% effective.
Cut flowering stems (before flowers open obviously) place in a cup of water on a sheet of glass in another room. Allow enough stem so the flowers lean over the side of the cup, not directly above it. When flowers open, they'll drop pollen on the glass which you scrape up and either use or store.
LittleAmsterdam
Member
Here's a few thoughts...
1. You should never pollinate within your flower room. Therefore there's no need to hose the room down and introduce potential mold.
2. Grow your males in a spare room with ample sun light. They don't need a lot of light to flower and produce a lot of pollen.
3. I also grow my spare clones within these extra rooms and pollinate here; NOT with my girls!
1. You should never pollinate within your flower room. Therefore there's no need to hose the room down and introduce potential mold.
2. Grow your males in a spare room with ample sun light. They don't need a lot of light to flower and produce a lot of pollen.
3. I also grow my spare clones within these extra rooms and pollinate here; NOT with my girls!
LittleAmsterdam
Member
To answer your question; Here's a few tricks I've learned over the years.
1. I'm not allergic to much, but loose pollen will play havoc on your nose. Where a mask to protect yourself from a pollen attack from HELL !
2. I make a catch basin out of a 5gal bucket lined with butcher paper rolled into a cone so there's no corners or edges. I suspend the cut stems above the bucket and allow the pollen to fall. I check daily and will lightly tap the hanging stems to continue to loosen the vital pollen. The majority of pollen will ripen and fall between day2 and 4.
3. After I think I've collected all vital pollen; I unroll the butcher paper and use razor blade to help separate the pollen from the open flowers that have fallen.
1. I'm not allergic to much, but loose pollen will play havoc on your nose. Where a mask to protect yourself from a pollen attack from HELL !
2. I make a catch basin out of a 5gal bucket lined with butcher paper rolled into a cone so there's no corners or edges. I suspend the cut stems above the bucket and allow the pollen to fall. I check daily and will lightly tap the hanging stems to continue to loosen the vital pollen. The majority of pollen will ripen and fall between day2 and 4.
3. After I think I've collected all vital pollen; I unroll the butcher paper and use razor blade to help separate the pollen from the open flowers that have fallen.
I don't have any need to store pollen...so
I just cut a branch off and tap it over a black plastic garbage bag; spread out on the floor.
(separate room, no fans or vents open)
I take a small pencil brush and dip it in the pollen and paint selected bud sites with pollen.
I just did this 2 hours ago...I should have used a dust mask...ouch....my nose is burning....
I just cut a branch off and tap it over a black plastic garbage bag; spread out on the floor.
(separate room, no fans or vents open)
I take a small pencil brush and dip it in the pollen and paint selected bud sites with pollen.
I just did this 2 hours ago...I should have used a dust mask...ouch....my nose is burning....
LittleAmsterdam
Member
Guess I need to be more careful when working with fresh pollen.... That stuff can kill you or your allergies
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HippyJohnny
Search "Man Cave" by Marlo.
Peace
Peace
There's a sticky on harvesting and storing ...
way to pollinate one female with few males
way to pollinate one female with few males
Hey, sorry for the offtopic, couldnt create a new thread;/
So, i was thinking how it would be possible to pollinate one female with few males and get wanted seeds. (avoid getting both males` offsprings on the same branch of the female)
My idea was to use plastic bag with mini usb keyboard hoover on one side and a gap on the other side. The principle would be to pour some pollen to the bag, attach to female branch, seal the gap somehow, shake a bit, wait around 20mins for pollen to germinate and hoover what has left (not germinated on the pistil). That maybe would help not to spread the pollen on other parts of the plant.
What do you, guys, think? Maybe someone has a good method?
Thanks
way to pollinate one female with few males
Hey, sorry for the offtopic, couldnt create a new thread;/
So, i was thinking how it would be possible to pollinate one female with few males and get wanted seeds. (avoid getting both males` offsprings on the same branch of the female)
My idea was to use plastic bag with mini usb keyboard hoover on one side and a gap on the other side. The principle would be to pour some pollen to the bag, attach to female branch, seal the gap somehow, shake a bit, wait around 20mins for pollen to germinate and hoover what has left (not germinated on the pistil). That maybe would help not to spread the pollen on other parts of the plant.
What do you, guys, think? Maybe someone has a good method?
Thanks
A sticky, you say?
A sticky, you say?
An excellent sticky, and it can be found here; http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=1034
Enjoy,
Weez
A sticky, you say?
An excellent sticky, and it can be found here; http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=1034
Enjoy,
Weez
