Allowing pollination

[YxXXxY]

Hi. I was reading this thread: http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-growing/154374-i-think-something-bad-happened.html , but I didn't want to step on it so I thought I'd create another one.
I'm growing in a really small space, 1 rubbermaid tub with 92w of CFL. I've done it once before, finished two plants, tied them over to the side and got a decent yield for my needs.
The last time I started three, got one male and threw him out. But this time I started two and might consider keeping the male if I get one male and one female, that's if there is a way to sort of control the level of pollination. So that's my question, is there a way to control the amount of pollen release or to have the female pollinated in a controlled and somewhat minimal way so you can still get a decent yield from her but yet still get some seeds to carry you on into the future?

[Mr. Clandestine]

Best method to do this that I have found is to take the male and continue to grow it in another location once it is nearly ready to drop its pollen. They don't need much light to continue their life cycle, and you will be able to collect the pollen and distribute it to the bud sites with much more precision. If you leave it in the growroom, or Rubbermaid container, then it'll become much more difficult to keep the pollen from being blown around by your fans. By separating the male, you can pollinated only the buds that you want pollinated, and still have seedless sensimilla everywhere else.

Take care. :jointsmile:

[grey1223]

Perfect.

[LuciferN]

By separating the male, you can pollinated only the buds that you want pollinated, and still have seedless sensimilla everywhere else.

You are actually saying that if you pollinated an area, this area only will make seed and not the whole plant ?

[Mr. Clandestine]

You are actually saying that if you pollinated an area, this area only will make seed and not the whole plant ?

Yessir, seeds will only be produced where pollen is applied. When males flower in the same room as females, fans and drafts are enough to carry the pollen all over the female flowers, thereby pollinating practically everything in sight, and also potentially leading to hundreds of seeds.

When pollinated individually, only the bud sites that got the pollen will produce the seeds. All other bud sites will be seedless sensimilla. Paintbrushes, Q-tips, and similar little applicators work great for this purpose.

[LuciferN]

Thank you a lot for the information, I knew about the fan blowing the pollen all over but I was not aware of the rest. I'm planning on growing soon, so I guess i'm going to try to develop my own strain, little by little...

[YxXXxY]

Yeah I've read about this but it's been a long time. I think people use like paint brushes to brush on the pollen where they want it. I think you can even store the pollen in a cool place for a while but I don't remember how long and at what temperature.

[wman44]

im starting a small breeding program myself,
i started 5 seeds 2 afghanixpurple kush and 3 sweet tooth, i got 2 females out of the sweettooths and the afghani's are both male. so i killed one and kept the other because it's leaves were fatter and the plant was shorter.
anyways the way i am keeping the male from pollinating the 2 females that are in the box with it is with a snack sized ziplock bag.
i cut off all of the side shoots leading up from the base, and tied the baggie around the flowering top of the plant. i open it for a few minutes during the light cycle to let out the humidity.
when the plant finally drops its pollen into the sac, im hoping it will be visible so i can just cut the plant just below the baggie and use that for selective pollination.
ill be crossing that afghanixpurplekush pollen with a variety of plants, including white widow, bella chaio, indiana g-13, sweettooth, and a confirmed afghanixpurplekush female :rastasmoke:

[oldmac]

Yeah I've read about this but it's been a long time. I think people use like paint brushes to brush on the pollen where they want it. I think you can even store the pollen in a cool place for a while but I don't remember how long and at what temperature.

I use a air brush. Took the next logical step from "get an artist brush..". Use as fine cone nozzle, 15-20 psi. Go to every flower site puff-puff.

Uusally I put a plastic bag over the main cola, pollenate all the other flower sites.
Grow plant and pick main cola at peak ripness for "quality control purposes". Then continue plant at least two more weeks, depending on strain, to get to mature seeds. Seeds take longer then buds!

I store pollen in 3"x5" glassine envelopes (like stamp collectors use) in a plastic recipe box in frig. (w/ my seeds). Have found pollen viable at least 5 years. Not sure after that.