Mrs. Natural Feminized

[mjjohn]

by the way thank you that poetry part made me smile

 

[mjjohn]

I just gave her spray number 4, 1 more to go and then it's 12/12 lights, reminds me of the steely dan album... countdown to ecstasy

 

[mjjohn]

spray number 5 is complete, 12 on 12 off light schedule. gibberellic acid is starting to take affect. I can tell because of the stretching. some people don't like gibberellic acid because it stretches the plant, personally I don't care. it does what it is supposed to do and it does it every time. that is, produce feminized pollen. as far as stretching the plant, as soon as I get some pollen I kill the plant and get rid of it. don't need any stray pollen flying around in my grow room, or anyone elses.

 

[mjjohn]

stretching a bit from the gibberellic acid.

 

[mjjohn]

feeling much better now. they seem to be enjoying the aqua flakes

 

[mjjohn]

you know what I was just thinking, having seeds is cool. but seeds are what they are, having pollen, feminized pollen ,is really cool . anytime you run across that really killer female, you can bust out a little pollen , dedicate 1 small bud, make yourself 100 or so seeds. I have just decided I am going to create some great pollen and keep it on hand at all times just for that reason.

 

[mjjohn]

don't leave home without it.

 

[mjjohn]

for those who don't know, when I said dedicate 1 small bud, that means, you can pollenate1 flower and the rest of the plant will remain unchanged.

 

[mjjohn]

well I screwed up pretty good now. I had some light leaks, now my plants are too big for my room. I am sure I have all the light leaks taken care of now, the really need to start to flower. tonight when they wake up I will upload a picture.

 

[Spliffd]

What is the shelf life of the pollen?

 

[mjjohn]

I have read years kept in a freezer, personally I have kept it through a few harvests

 

[mjjohn]

I should add I have never had any go bad

 

[mjjohn]

 

[Spliffd]

How would you even know if the pollen goes bad?
I have a few male branches hanging in the shed in hopes of acquiring pollen. I have absolutely no idea what Im doing either. It seems like the only thing coming off them are the flowers themselves.

 

[mjjohn]

did the flowers open up like a little parachutes?

 

[mjjohn]

I don't think you could tell if the pollen was bad until you used it.

 

[Spliffd]

did the flowers open up like a little parachutes?

Yeah they did, or are. I have them hanging over some foil. Im giving the branches a shake about once a day, while its drying out and will remove the flowers that fall and keep whatever else is on the foil in a ziplock bag (even though I dont really see much), in the freezer. Sound like a viable plan to you MJ?

Its been hanging for about 4 days, any ideas on the amount of time I should leave it for?

 

[mjjohn]

it only takes a really small amount of pollen to make hundreds of seeds.i used the pollen from 2 flowers and made over 200 seeds.
sounds to me like your plan will work, keep in mind any breeze will send the pollen sailing through your neighborhood.

 

[mjjohn]

if you have already collected some up you probably have enough and can get rid of the plants before you pollinate your neighborhood

 

[mjjohn]

finally some pistils.