How many days into flowering should one pollenate?

Treevly

Active member

• Aug 3, 2020

• #1

A 'pollen specialy' company says 24-32 days. Other say "as soon as you see the whites of their hairs." What's the word here?
Thanks.

NB: [Hybrids, more Ind. than Sat.]

 

gorilla ganja

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #2

3-4 weeks is what i do, so they are right.
Depends on how many seeds you want. A light dusting eariler will still give you lots of seed.

 

Fixer

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #3

Interesting. Where did you find pollen?

 

Chappi

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #4

The earlier you pollinate the less seeds you’ll get but they will be mature and of great quality. The later on you pollinate the more seeds you will get but the quality of the seeds won’t be as good. Depends what you’re going for.

 

brickweeder

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #5

I like to pollinate buds between 2-3 weeks. 2-week buds are sparse, so I usually hit them again a week later. I like to shoot for at least 5 weeks from the last pollination before harvest. For long flowering sats, maybe week 3-6, just give your plant enough time to finish the seeds with a buffer.

 

Treevly

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #6

Fixer said:

Interesting. Where did you find pollen?

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I found it on a male plant about 5 days ago. My outdoor stuff got stressed badly by bugs and heat, and stress causes earliness as the plants hastens to reproduce:

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=375749

I am now collecting from it daily. 28 Days from first pollen would be the last week of August. Is that early to pollinate?

 

Treevly

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #7

Chappi said:

The earlier you pollinate the less seeds you’ll get but they will be mature and of great quality. The later on you pollinate the more seeds you will get but the quality of the seeds won’t be as good. Depends what you’re going for.

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That makes sense to me. I have some seeds which look OK but were late pollinating, and I am worried about the quality. In fact, the early male is from one of those seeds so I am going to be cautious about what I pollinate with it.

 

Treevly

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #8

brickweeder said:

I like to pollinate buds between 2-3 weeks. 2-week buds are sparse, so I usually hit them again a week later. I like to shoot for at least 5 weeks from the last pollination before harvest. For long flowering sats, maybe week 3-6, just give your plant enough time to finish the seeds with a buffer.

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Good advice, except I can't agree with this part: ""... so I usually hit them again a week later."" I did that and ended up with seeds with two separate 'best maturity' dates on the same plant, another headache. Even if I use 2 separate types of pollen on a muther I will do it all in a period no longer than 2 days, max.

 

aridbud

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #9

Chappi said:

The earlier you pollinate the less seeds you’ll get but they will be mature and of great quality. The later on you pollinate the more seeds you will get but the quality of the seeds won’t be as good. Depends what you’re going for.

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Agreed! Usually 1.5-2 weeks after seeing pistils and early bud formation.

 

Treevly

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #10

If 6 weeks maximum is a good cook, that or even 5 weeks requires a 15-21 August pollination for a Sept. 30 harvest. I should go sooner rather than later, and these critters look pretty horny, so I may just count white hairs in mid-Aug. and go then. If they are showing decent white hair, is that good enough to pollinate?

 

Treevly

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #11

aridbud said:

Agreed! Usually 1.5-2 weeks after seeing pistils and early bud formation.

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In that case I should be good with 12-14 August.

 

HAZENACIOUS

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• Aug 3, 2020

• #12

It varies from strain to strain. As a general rule you should pollinate when the buds look something like this: