Male plants, how far to keep away from females?

[Waterfall]

I have a couple males I discovered in my outdoor grow. I would like to keep them growing. How far away should you keep males away from females to prevent any problems?

 

[Damagoman]

Kill 'em or
bag 'em
(clear plastic bag the whole plant ) and collect the pollen.

what direction is your prevailing winds?
get 'em down wind from the Girls

I don't think there is a safe distance,
shorter than a mile to start.

Take clones?

 

[Waterfall]

The plants are about 2' tall. They are from some low grade stuff I had a while ago. The males are really easy to identify, boys=balls girls=buds...lol
Is 30 feet far enough away? ? and forgive my ignorance but why collect the pollen?
As for clones, I am not confident enough to cut clones yet.

 

[RooRman]

If they are from lowgrade stuff there is no use keeping them. Collecting the pollen would allow you to pollinate your females and make seed, or you could just leave them and it will happen naturally. However, the poor genetics are not desireable at all so I would advise just killing them unless you are really desperate for more seed. If your only objective is to grow the females to smoke then kill the males, pollination will reduce potency and yeilds.

 

[Damagoman]

why collect the pollen?

You didn't say why you wanted to let them grow and that's the most common reason to let them grow/go

 

[Urdedpal]

MJ plants uses the wind to spread the pollin and you would be surprised by how far it can travel. If you want seeds, leave them, the closer the plants the more seed it will produce. If you want bud, I think you know what you have too do.

 

[Damagoman]

(smrk) Love that

I think you know what you have too do.

geta' put 'em Down :-(
Reminds me of the first time on the farm.

See that's why I suck at this,
I think everybody knows farmin' basics.

 

[CherokeeGirl]

If on a female only one stem shows the offending seeds developing, can I cut that stem off to make it stay female? Or is there no hope?

 

[Drd420]

Ive heard ab ppl pinching off all the male balls of hermie plants, mabey theses questions co-inside with eachother

 

[013]

Hey Drd,

Welcome to 420! It’s an old thread from 2007, but that’s cool too.....

drop a journal down and join us.

 

[Drd420]

Hey Drd,

Welcome to 420! It’s an old thread from 2007, but that’s cool too.....

drop a journal down and join us.

Hey thanks!, im a new grower but i like tp think im starting off with lots of research knoledge.
Im growing in hawaii and my hermie plant is about 50 feet away from my sealed, polin filtered, grow room im curious what my chances are of contamination, the plants in the grow room are seedlings, and 1 in the veg cycle

 

[013]

You are fine then - the chicks would have to be in flower to be receptive.

 

[Drd420]

You are fine then - the chicks would have to be in flower to be receptive.

Perfect ! Thank you, thqts what i figured but its great to hear that from someone with experience