[Complete Noob]

I have a beautiful male I found in bagseed. There are five plants total they all seem pretty homogenous thru veg

I topped him to keep a cut in case he was female I really thought he was I have a very big, broad thick plant that I haven’t gotten a chance to sex yet, then this male was second in maturity/height. They appear to be sativa and this male has a musky/pine smell. I really like his short, stout structure

How do I collect the pollen without disturbing my garden I only have enough space for one room I use the closet for veg

[Complete Noob]

Can I cut one of the two tops off and leave it in a jar outside the room until it releases?

[igrowone]

males don't require much light to make their pollen
if possible, you want to move your male to another room with a window
then watch the flowers closely, you can get more pollen than you want if it's allowed to go too long

[igrowone]

Originally Posted by Complete Noob

Can I cut one of the two tops off and leave it in a jar outside the room until it releases?

i tried that myself, didn't work for me
pollen just wouldn't release
may have been the plant, it was an odd male

[Complete Noob]

Originally Posted by igrowone

i tried that myself, didn't work for me
pollen just wouldn't release
may have been the plant, it was an odd male

Ok so the Next room over won’t contaminate my garden right? I will be careful of course

[xavier7995]

It takes a week or two for them to drop pollen after you switch to 12/12. What works for me is to flip to flower and wait about a week for balls to form. Then I cut the branches off, you want them to be a uniform length. Stick those is a cup or bowl of water and get a decent sized piece of foil/parchment paper/wax paper. What you want to do is have then leaning over the edge of your container of water so they can drop pollen down onto the foil/parchment paper below. Just the cut tips need to be in the water. Use whatever light source you want, but I have better results keeping them on 12/12, they can sort of stall out in developing if the light schedule gets messed up. They should drop pollen after a few days, and will continue to do so for a few more, you can give the bundle of branches a little shake to encourage more to drop.

Obviously keep these away from any plants you don't want preggers. What works for me is to get a clear plastic tote to put in the flower area and stick the male branches in there to do their thing.

[igrowone]

Originally Posted by Complete Noob

Ok so the Next room over won’t contaminate my garden right? I will be careful of course

that's what i've done, and it didn't contaminate mine
but that was with careful watching of the blooms, and some gentle tapping to collect pollen flower by flower
i didn't get extra pollen spreading all over
each male is different, some can spray more than others

[Complete Noob]

Originally Posted by xavier7995

It takes a week or two for them to drop pollen after you switch to 12/12. What works for me is to flip to flower and wait about a week for balls to form. Then I cut the branches off, you want them to be a uniform length. Stick those is a cup or bowl of water and get a decent sized piece of foil/parchment paper/wax paper. What you want to do is have then leaning over the edge of your container of water so they can drop pollen down onto the foil/parchment paper below. Just the cut tips need to be in the water. Use whatever light source you want, but I have better results keeping them on 12/12, they can sort of stall out in developing if the light schedule gets messed up. They should drop pollen after a few days, and will continue to do so for a few more, you can give the bundle of branches a little shake to encourage more to drop.

Obviously keep these away from any plants you don't want preggers. What works for me is to get a clear plastic tote to put in the flower area and stick the male branches in there to do their thing.

Perfect so I can just cut some off and position them in a clear container in water. This is what I wanted to do thanks. Then when they drop I can just walk out of the room with the container

[bilko]

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[MJPassion]

Lotsa reading in The Breeders Labratory concerning this subject matter.