sensilights
12-20-2008, 02:59 PM
Here's a fictitious scenario for you, you buy seeds from a "reputable" internet seed dealer (who stops emailing you when you ask for replacements...), germinate all 10 seeds and only 2 little sickies pop (and soon die off)...at the same time you germinate 10-15 bagseeds (which have been sitting in probably unfavorable conditions for at least a year) and 8 of them pop...
So you plant the 8 bagseed in jiffy pellets and hope for the best...after 2 weeks you're down to 4 sprouts as 4 seeds did nothing after being planted, so you go to work on those 4...couple weeks later you start to see female "pre-flowers" on 2 and male "pre-flowers" on another.
You chop the male but save it and move it to another room in glass of water and collect the pollen to save for fun times later. Meanwhile the 2 showing "pre-flowers" are looking more and more like they are actually flowering (with no asymmetrical branching though)...I guess my question is four part...
Assuming the first 2 are in flower...
1. Should 1 of the buds get pollinated (with the earlier collected and stored pollen) to collect the seeds of this seemingly tasty quick growing autoflowering strain?
2. Can the light cycle stay at 18/6 until the 1 plant that actually is vegging is old enough to switch to 12/12 or will this put strain on the 2 flowering?
3. When would be the best time to pollinate (while in 18/6 or after switching to 12/12)? Or does that even matter lol.
4. If the pollen was collected and the put in the freezer around 3 days ago, will it still be viable when its time to pollinate?
I appreciate any advice given :thumbsup:
I think I should have posted this in advanced techniques now that I think about it...:rasta: So if a mod wants to move it i'll understand :)
Thanks!
So you plant the 8 bagseed in jiffy pellets and hope for the best...after 2 weeks you're down to 4 sprouts as 4 seeds did nothing after being planted, so you go to work on those 4...couple weeks later you start to see female "pre-flowers" on 2 and male "pre-flowers" on another.
You chop the male but save it and move it to another room in glass of water and collect the pollen to save for fun times later. Meanwhile the 2 showing "pre-flowers" are looking more and more like they are actually flowering (with no asymmetrical branching though)...I guess my question is four part...
Assuming the first 2 are in flower...
1. Should 1 of the buds get pollinated (with the earlier collected and stored pollen) to collect the seeds of this seemingly tasty quick growing autoflowering strain?
2. Can the light cycle stay at 18/6 until the 1 plant that actually is vegging is old enough to switch to 12/12 or will this put strain on the 2 flowering?
3. When would be the best time to pollinate (while in 18/6 or after switching to 12/12)? Or does that even matter lol.
4. If the pollen was collected and the put in the freezer around 3 days ago, will it still be viable when its time to pollinate?
I appreciate any advice given :thumbsup:
I think I should have posted this in advanced techniques now that I think about it...:rasta: So if a mod wants to move it i'll understand :)
Thanks!