How do I make pollen? Have I made pollen?

[egger]

Hello all,

I need some advice with regards to making viable pollen.

I have attempted to make some pollen from a feminized Gorrilla Bomb Photoperiod plant and a Fastbuds Pineapple Express autoflower. I used colloidal silver to turn the girls, but for some reason, both plants seem to be pollen-less.

I used the correct ppm of CS (30 to 50ppm once or twice a day), and I probably sprayed them for a week or two after the sacs formed.

Everything looked well, but for some reason, the flowers when they open up seem to have no pollen. I tap the branch (see photo's), but all that falls is the flower itself and the banana like pods. If possible, I do not want to have to run another set of plants to get pollen, but if i must, then some advice in this forum would be very welcome.

My question for now though, is whether i can harvest pollen from the 'pods' that i already have? Please let me know your thoughts.

Many thanks
Egger

 

[improvise]

I would say no, but i aint clued up on the subject. regards

 

[Chris Scorpio]

Interesting

Was the CS new???

Strange looking sacks for sure

 

[egger]

Chris,
The CS is new. Both strains have produced the same type of flower, so i'm sure i have done something wrong. I think i'll have to throw these plants and start again unless someone has ideas for extracting pollen from what i have. Next time, i'll treat the males a little better and make sure they have more than enough light and food. I'm guessing this was my downfall this grow.

 

[Chris Scorpio]

Chris,
The CS is new. Both strains have produced the same type of flower, so i'm sure i have done something wrong. I think i'll have to throw these plants and start again unless someone has ideas for extracting pollen from what i have. Next time, i'll treat the males a little better and make sure they have more than enough light and food. I'm guessing this was my downfall this grow.

Don't think u did anything wrong , CS isn't fool proof at all

I started mine with CS two weeks prior to flip, I flipped like two days ago. think see some male growth but not sure yet, hopefully soon

 

[TorturedSoul]

Just out of curiosity, did you begin the treatments before your plants began producing any flowers? What with the limited lifespan of auto-flowering cannabis plants and all (under normal conditions), I would worry about having waited too long if I waited until I started seeing female flowers before I started spraying.

May not be a factor, IDK. I've never reversed an auto (and when I did photoperiodic plants years ago, I used STS instead of CS, so I'm not real familiar with that, anyway)..

 

[scrogster]

You have made leaning tower of bud and some nanners it seems to look like.