Hi all I’m new here been reading a lot. Especially about sexting and pollinating. I have a question. If I grow a fem/auto say a gorilla glue or AK lemon ( indoor/tent ) and put a male Unknown in the tent , from what I read it will be “dirt weed”. But will the seeds produced be dirt weed seeds? The reason I ask is, I’m willing to sacrifice one good female to get a lifetime of seeds.
if you mix an auto with a regular (male) then the F1 offspring will be fastbuds (male or female) and will harvest in about 5 weeks. Their potency will depend on the genetics.
Yeah that’s all we got in the 80s was dirt weed or commercial. I was referencing someone’s post about letting females getting pollinated. The poster said it turned good flower into dirt weed. Lowered the levels etc.
When breeding, bud quality isn't a priority, viable seeds are. Pollinating a female will always hurt bud production, but that's not the goal, the goal with breeding is to get that female to produce hardy seeds.
Unless you really have a need or use for 50,000 seeds there is no reason to pollenate an entire plant. Collect some pollen. Clean up a single lower bud on the female plant by removing all the sugars and the fan. With a tiny art brush "Paint" some pollen on the bud. Tie a ribbon or string on the branch to make it easy to find at harvest. Each painted thumb sized bud will give you 50-100 seeds. Several males can be used on a single female using this method and the rest of the plant is unaffected by the minor seed production and will be full strength, full flavor and seed free. BNW
I've been pollinating females for decades. I've got 2 special grow boxes that I use just for this process but its not necessary . I usually sacrifice the pollinated plant just for the seeds but on occasion I will smoke whats left after seed removal or give it away . I have thousands of seeds that I've harvested over the years !
Thanks for the input Sounds better than spending $100 for 10 seeds. Not that I’m cheap but why. When I can get them for free. What concerns me is Trojans comment that theywill be fastbudding seeds and only grow 5 weeks until harvest. Doesn’t seem like I’d get much off of them.
excuse me!?> that is not what I said... F1auto/reg cross of MF/SN x #4 maybe I could have pushed them longer. The plant was pretty good though. Yield is more dependent on veg time in this scenario. F1 are not auto. F2 you will have ~25% auto. 12.5% auto fem...
I’m sorry I mistook what you said as from veg to flower was 5 weeks. Thought that was odd. I got what you meant now. Nice pictures btw.
I've done this. Trojangrower obviously has done too. Black Domina (M) x AK48. I got a plant that was very early (5 weeks sounds about right) and also quite strongly auto (wouldn't veg long) and mainly female offspring, about 80%.
I make rosin with the leftovers after pulling the beans out. Plants also start coming out how you like them after a couple cycles is the best part imo.