bothteams
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Here's how I process nowdays. One branch, you can get a true selfie this way that will be practically identical to the mother. I've read you need to do the whole plant- that's just a an opinion though.. It's fine with a branch a plant- you can get all the pollen you need.
I do one branch or several branches depending on how much pollen I'll need too. For 3 plants I'll take the pollen off 3-4 branches on the best of the bunch. Doing several strains right now but it was a staggar grow.
Here's one branch of CH9 climax auto.. I put the branch through a hole in a cup, then into another cup with water/clonex seedling nutrient when the balls start to form (it'll be obvious when to stop spraying, they will pop out all over where the buds used to be). Put a zip lock storage bag on top of that with holes in the top to let moisture escape. I then treat it like another plant in the grow for a few days until I see the ballsacks start to open. The ziplock and cup catcher will keep it contained. The higher than normal humidity from the bag helps keep the pollen locked to the sacs too. Then it comes out the gr and while still fresh I'll pluck all the sacs off into a glass cup. You can do this pretty safely because the sacs are a bit moist from the whole process- this doesn't hurt the pollen a bit either.
Let that dry a couple of days and you'll end up with something like this in the cup..
Now to apply that to the same plant..
The sacs themselves are pretty much just like a flower. You'd think ball sacs are more like a venus fly trap the first time you play with them. But the pollen is kept inside the flower itself between the leaves. Here's one that's been opened when dried. You just smash the dry sacs and the pollen will gather in the bottom of the glass jar.
I then wait after pollination.. Clean up the area very good with water. Clean the plant pot of any stray pollen. The brush basically just needs to be tapped and you'll see the pollen dust off onto the white hairs. All that extra ends up on your clothes- and general area. So after a good cleaning, take a shower. Change.
I wait 3 hours then put fans on her to remove any pollen that's loose, then back to the growroom she goes. I've read guys spray the plant down with water too, but I've never tried this. You can pretty much have many strains in one gr like this. Oh yeah if you leave the branch too long before cupping it, you get pollen everywhere. Your other strains will be ruined
I do one branch or several branches depending on how much pollen I'll need too. For 3 plants I'll take the pollen off 3-4 branches on the best of the bunch. Doing several strains right now but it was a staggar grow.
Here's one branch of CH9 climax auto.. I put the branch through a hole in a cup, then into another cup with water/clonex seedling nutrient when the balls start to form (it'll be obvious when to stop spraying, they will pop out all over where the buds used to be). Put a zip lock storage bag on top of that with holes in the top to let moisture escape. I then treat it like another plant in the grow for a few days until I see the ballsacks start to open. The ziplock and cup catcher will keep it contained. The higher than normal humidity from the bag helps keep the pollen locked to the sacs too. Then it comes out the gr and while still fresh I'll pluck all the sacs off into a glass cup. You can do this pretty safely because the sacs are a bit moist from the whole process- this doesn't hurt the pollen a bit either.
Let that dry a couple of days and you'll end up with something like this in the cup..
Now to apply that to the same plant..
The sacs themselves are pretty much just like a flower. You'd think ball sacs are more like a venus fly trap the first time you play with them. But the pollen is kept inside the flower itself between the leaves. Here's one that's been opened when dried. You just smash the dry sacs and the pollen will gather in the bottom of the glass jar.
I then wait after pollination.. Clean up the area very good with water. Clean the plant pot of any stray pollen. The brush basically just needs to be tapped and you'll see the pollen dust off onto the white hairs. All that extra ends up on your clothes- and general area. So after a good cleaning, take a shower. Change.
I wait 3 hours then put fans on her to remove any pollen that's loose, then back to the growroom she goes. I've read guys spray the plant down with water too, but I've never tried this. You can pretty much have many strains in one gr like this. Oh yeah if you leave the branch too long before cupping it, you get pollen everywhere. Your other strains will be ruined
