Collecting Pollen

Discussion in 'Cannabis Breeding' started by Aym777, Apr 26, 2008.

  1. Courtesy Of Trillions Of Atoms
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    This is the most cut throat easy way to collect pollen with out
    contaminating a whole crop....making sure to seperate male plants
    totally and wash clothes and body before re-entering the grow site
    after removing males and collecting said pollen elsewhere away from the
    growroom.
    I seperate the males after choosing quality parentage....wait till the
    bannanas start to spit open before they drop pollen.
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    Then i cut the tip off thats has the most mature banannas and either
    stick it in a plastic bag like a small ziplock (leaving it open for the
    stem to dry and so it wont catch condensation from the drying stem) or
    similar container that will fit the branch nicely and isnt contained fully.
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    The next few days the stem will dry up (humidity determins how fast
    they dry)and the banannas will open dropping pollen in the bag.
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    and your done!!

    You can use rice to absorb the excess water to help keep the sperm
    viable or silica gel packets That you get out of medicine containers.
    rice works for me (uncooked of course), just throw it in the bag or use
    a film canister (preferred as a cool, dark place is best for
    storage).


    Either like that or one other way thats a little more complicated:
    Cut the branches off that are fixing to open,
    Fold a piece of paper in half length ways then open it back up....
    Lay the stalk with bannanas directly on the paper and wait a few days
    with no fan around-

    The stem will dry dropping pollen onto paper directly,
    Then pick the stems up tapping gently to remove any remaining pollen
    off the bannanas on said branch,
    Then fold the piece of paper back in half with a little opening on one
    end and tap the pollen off the paper while tilting the paper on one end
    into a plastic bag or film canister with rice in it (the rice acts as a
    decantir absorbing any remaing moisture as water kills pollen)


    and
    thats it for collecting the pollen.

    Dip small paint brush(the fine detail kind) into bags and then dust the
    lower branches (b-c popcorn buds) of the plants you want to keep
    genetics from.

    I use a loosely attached ziptie on the branch close to the main stalk,
    colored ones if im doing multiple crosses- this way you can have as
    many different crosses as you have branches.either keeping track or labeling it directly on containers [​IMG]

    i save the main colas and seed the lower popcorn branhces and the rest
    go to clones or are trimmed off. Any sucker branches with little light
    get trimmed as well.


    In 2-3 weeks the seeds will be mature....they will either fall out of
    the pods or you can see the catylaxes starting to split.



    after that time expires simply take an object and peel one side of a catylax where
    yo see a seed maturing back.

    If the seed is a light/darker tan colored with darker coloered stripes
    and zigzags you know they are fully mature.
    As long as no seeds you pull out are white, yellow, pale or hallow then
    your doing good!


    feed a full range of nutes being sure not to overfert. and allow at
    least 3 full weeks for seeds to full form.


    After collecting, let seeds dry (age) for at least a week or two before
    planting, to be on the safe side. I usually plant after a few
    weeks.


    Simple as that!

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  2. Thank you!
     
  3. cooooll luv it man
     
  4. Why not, instead of cutting it off, put a ziplock bag around the stem instead and making sure that it's taped shut, then waiting until they open normally?
     

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