How long will a male keep producing flowers?

[stinkbudd]

I have a male and a female in quarantine so I can get her to produce a lot of seeds. They are both in 12/12 right now but the male is growing twice as fast as the female. Will he keep producing flowers as long as he is alive flourishing under the 12/12 light or does he stop at a certain point. I'm worried that by the time my female reaches the maturity level where she needs to be to accept the pollen to produce seeds, that by then his flowers will have already dropped. Or does he continuously produce flowers?

stinkbudd Reviewed by stinkbudd on 01-19-2008. How long will a male keep producing flowers? I have a male and a female in quarantine so I can get her to produce a lot of seeds. They are both in 12/12 right now but the male is growing twice as fast as the female. Will he keep producing flowers as long as he is alive flourishing under the 12/12 light or does he stop at a certain point. I'm worried that by the time my female reaches the maturity level where she needs to be to accept the pollen to produce seeds, that by then his flowers will have already dropped. Or does he continuously Rating: 5

[Dutch Pimp]

Has the male started dropping pollen yet? If the pollen hasn't started falling yet, I think your're good. I tossed my male after collecting the pollen...imp:

Maybe this can help...http://boards.cannabis.com/advanced-...ing-seeds.html

[notanovice]

dony worry, she`ll get pollenated as long as the male matures. you got any air circulation on them? if not, put a small fan on the male, oscilating of course, that will insure the pollenation of the female

[Rusty Trichome]

Collect pollen in a baggie or baby food jar, until you have plenty for pollination, then ditch the male. 1 tsp is enough to pollinate quite a a few plants. I store mine in the fridge till I need it, then gently 'paint' it on the calyxes with a half bald Q-Tip. (one that I've removed most of the fuzzy stuff)
In your flower room, are there other females you don't want pollinated? Pollen will migrate on your hands, hair, clothes, air currents...

[stinkbudd]

I still want to know if he will continuously produce flowers. I'd rather not collect pollen and paint her with it. I'd rather just let nature do it. So will he continuously produce flowers?

[Rusty Trichome]

Under normal growing conditions, should last long enough.
-however-
If you're growing indoors, you've already flunked the "I'd rather just let nature do it" test.
From light cycles, to nutrients...adaptation and manipulation is what an indoor grow is all about.
Painting the pollen on the lower branches allows you to generate hundreds of seeds, while still harvesting seedless buds from those you didn't pollinate. You can even harvest the mature seedless buds, and let the seeds continue till ripe, if need be.
Has worked great for me for many years, but hey...it's your call of course.

[stinkbudd]

If I decide to collect the pollen and paint it onto my female, how big should the buds be before I put pollen on them? About as big as a small cotton ball? Ive read about 3 weeks into flowering but I know not all plants flower at the same rate.

[keeko]

3 weeks into flowering is a good time to pollinate

[Rusty Trichome]

Ive read about 3 weeks into flowering but I know not all plants flower at the same rate.

True. It's really up to you. How many seeds do you want. (rhetorical question...no need to answer)

If you pollinate too early, you may only have enough of the pistols available to make a few grows worth of seeds. (one pistol + 1 grain of pollen = 1 seed...1 pistol + 100 grains of pollen = 1 seed)
If you wait too long to pollinate, you'll likely get shitloads of seeds, but may be forced to do a partial harvest of the mature (seedless) buds, while the seeds finish. Whichever way you do it, be sure to allow the seeds to completely mature. Sux going thru all this and getting minature seeds that aren't viable, but explode violently when accidentally packed into a bowl or joint.