Quote Originally Posted by klondike_bar
i personally just touched all the undropped, open sacks with my figer til it had a good coating of white and then petted the specified female buds with it. did so at about 3 weeks flowering.

the affected pistils then curled, oranged, and appeared to die. the calyxs look bigger now tho, so im guessing its a success. however, more new, unpollinated pistils are popping up in the same buds, so im gonna have to pick seeds from smokables...

despite what may be said about this method, it worked well, and upon exam of the other 3 plants, ther are maybe 3-4 different buds that have one or 2 sets of pistils dying, so im guessing i kept the spreading of pollin very minimal which is good.


when will the seeds be ready? do they and thier host bud finish same time as the rest of the unpollinated buds, or earlier because thier job is done? and will the seeds fall out or need picking out?
Improper handling of the pollen can result in:
A) the pollen's death.
B) pollen getting all over the grow room and grower, thus resulting in seeds where you don't want 'em.

I always harvest that part of the plant I didn't pollinate, so I can let the seeds mature a bit more. If you harvest them too early, seeds may not be viable (won't germinate) and you can end-up with shitloads of tiny seeds that pop when they get smoked. I take a seed sample at the plants normal harvest time, then once a week thereafter. Yellow or tan seeds...give more time. Brown with dark spots or dark brown...perfect.