when are fems ready for pollen?

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greentrich

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• Nov 9, 2010

• #1

Kind of a basic question. But was just wondering how long a fem should be blooming before I can pollinate. Mine have been flipped for two weeks, been blooming for a week of that...so they've been blooming for 1 week. Should I wait another week or two before they're mature enough to accept pollen viably?

TIA

 

High Country

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• Nov 10, 2010

• #2

greentrich said:

Kind of a basic question. But was just wondering how long a fem should be blooming before I can pollinate. Mine have been flipped for two weeks, been blooming for a week of that...so they've been blooming for 1 week. Should I wait another week or two before they're mature enough to accept pollen viably?

TIA

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I have wondered about the same thing and am currently trying to produce feminized seed with colloidal silver. I figure once the pistils start showing at about 2-3 weeks they should be ready to receive the pollen.

 

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greentrich

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• Nov 10, 2010

• #3

Hey there HC, thanks for the reply. I'm hoping you are right as I don't feel comfortable storing pollen for too long. I harvested it two days ago and will probably pollinate some flowers next week. I have one lady that's not flowering as quickly as the rest, so that one might take a bit longer .

Trial and error I guess.

 

fjällhöga

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• Nov 10, 2010

• #4

i put my male´s to bloom at about 12 days , pollen drops at 25 days in .... , at 25 days your female should have many viable stigma´s to produce seeds

hope this helps a bit

 

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edgey

• Nov 10, 2010

• #5

the more pistols you dust the more seeds you get . but make sure you give at least 6 weeks before you harvest the seeds preferably longer

edgey