What’s up DGC
I just want to add on to a recent question I saw on pollen distribution. I want to experiment with some pollen chucking just for fun and personal use, however I am not at all interested in turning my flowering room into a breeding room quite yet…
Does anyone have experience with single branch pollination? If so what are the methods you’ve used to ensure the pollen doesn’t spread beyond that one branch, beyond just turning the fans off for a bit?
I forget where but I’ve heard water sterilizes pollen on contact so I was thinking of dusting one branch, covering it with something and spraying the rest of the room down with water/my normal routine foliar spray to make sure that the pollen is not fertile, even if it does happen spread beyond the chosen branch.
That’s the idea I came up with but I need some good feedback before I go bringing any pollen into a room full of females.
Thank you DGC for your ongoing support and valuable information for rookie growers like myself, very grateful for this community and the wealth of knowledge you all share
Paper lunch bags taped on males getting ready to drop gives you a bag to selectively pollinate the females. Tape the bag on the stem shake it around then wait 30 minutes or so and remove the bag and spray the plant with water. Color coding the stems allows you to keep the parentage straight. Good luck and growers love.
I collect in a single storage container of choice. When pollinating mark the branches you are pollinating with tape or marker of choice. Before even stepping into room make sure all fans are OFF. Or anything cycling air. I use a q tip it small and doesn’t splash pollen everywhere. Dip and place on flowers slowly being sure not to move quickly. After your done do not cut on fans for 48 hrs to allow flowers to absorb pollen. Then proceed as normal with grow. Also you can use saran wrap to cover the pollinated flowers. If you like
Is single branch pollination detrimental to the growth of the rest of the flower? Does the plant focus on making those seeds more than it focuses on building dank flower from that point?
I’ve heard lots of tales on how females react to pollination. A healthy specimen is going to have the energy to spread around, and carrying out its natural life cycle of being pollinated in my opinion is the most complete expression of a specimen. The elements used to synthesize seed might Express differently when left to just make flower. Say Terps for example, if specimen a was fertilized (seeded)and specimen b left barren (seedless) would they’re expressions be manifested differently?. I believe so, at least that there would be a different chemographic expression between the two, big picture what im trying to say is that the genetic material is designed to create seeds terpenes flavonoids esther’s and cannabinoids. It’s simply impossible to imagine the manufacture of seeds would not influence the fertilized specimen. I would say in a good way.