Anywhere to order pollen in the mail?

[jsn9333]

I was really hoping to pollinate this season because this was my last batch of seeds. Last year all my plants were male. This year I planted extra large numbers to make sure I got males and females, but a flood/severe thunderstorm wiped out my grow area and I'm lucky that I even have the two survivors left that I have. I think they are both female though.

Two females is one of the best "problems" I can imagine having, but nonetheless I would love to have some pollen so I don't ever have to order seeds again (it makes me nervous as hell). However, I don't know anyone else that grows...

It would be so cool if there were some site I could order fresh or freeze dried pollen from. Maybe I could e-mail a seed shop and ask them if they could do that for me. You would think they have plenty available since that is part of the process of making seeds....

Thoughts?

jsn9333 Reviewed by jsn9333 on 08-05-2008. Anywhere to order pollen in the mail? I was really hoping to pollinate this season because this was my last batch of seeds. Last year all my plants were male. This year I planted extra large numbers to make sure I got males and females, but a flood/severe thunderstorm wiped out my grow area and I'm lucky that I even have the two survivors left that I have. I think they are both female though. Two females is one of the best "problems" I can imagine having, but nonetheless I would love to have some pollen so I don't ever have Rating: 5

[rhizome]

Seed vendors are re-sellers. They don't have any boys around the shop.

Pollen doesn't ship well, at all.

Grab a cutting, root it up, and abuse the photocycle. It'll herm for ya, and you'll get some pollen.

If you're outside, you'll prob get some pollen naturally- couple seeds, anyway.

If you let the plant flower forever( several weeks past ripe), most varieties will drop a few bannanas, as insurance.

[trancefusion5]

I think id much rather take the chance on ordering more seeds insted of pollen. No telling what customs would think the pollen was if they found it. Either way I wouldnt order anything like that in the mail. Ive been tryin to warn as many people on here as possible since yesterday a cop came to my door to give me the old "I could arrest you right now with a felony" bit for some seeds i ordered. I had looked on here and other sites and the worse thing i could find was a seize letter getting sent insted of seeds.

Im sure people who read all the post on here are getting tired of hearing about it but i feel i need to let as many people know as possible. Ive never been so parinoid in my life so i hope i can save someone else from goin through this pig crap!

[stinkyattic]

I know someone else who had 2 postal inspectors, packing heat, arrive at his friend's front door in a black suburban carrying an intercepted seed packet. There was a complicating factor, but the mail guys apparently don't fuck around.

Force a hermi and make yourself a nice S1 generation backup. It's a lot less likely to give you an ulcer.

[jsn9333]

How do I force a hermie again? These plants are outside, so I can't really mess with the light cycle that I know of (unless moving them into shade now and again will accomplish that).

Also, will the seeds generated from hermie pollen most likely produce hermie plants?

[stinkyattic]

Put a paper bag over the branch you want to hermie, and remove it randomly.
The plants produced will be all female and unless the plant already carried a natural hermie trait, will not go hermie until you stress them as much as the parent, which I suspect you don't plan to do.

[jsn9333]

Put a paper bag over the branch you want to hermie, and remove it randomly.
The plants produced will be all female and unless the plant already carried a natural hermie trait, will not go hermie until you stress them as much as the parent, which I suspect you don't plan to do.

Thanks so much for the advice, everyone! I had no idea you could get pollen in these ways.

It's fairly difficult to get out to the site, so I only go once a week or so. I imagine if I did the "bag over the branch" thing I'd have to go every day. I could make the time for a little while... how long would it take though?

If the plants would most likely drop some bananas if I left some buds on past ripe, then maybe I'll just try to go with that method. I could fully harvest one plant, and then leave half the buds on the other plant and see if it pollinates itself. Think that would work? Or if I need to I can harvest one plant and leave the 2nd plant untouched if that would give it more chances of self-pollinating. I'd be willing to sacrifice a plant to get more seeds if that is the case.

[trancefusion5]

I know someone else who had 2 postal inspectors, packing heat, arrive at his friend's front door in a black suburban carrying an intercepted seed packet. There was a complicating factor, but the mail guys apparently don't fuck around.

Force a hermi and make yourself a nice S1 generation backup. It's a lot less likely to give you an ulcer.

THANK YOU STINKY!!!!!!!

[trancefusion5]

I know someone else who had 2 postal inspectors, packing heat, arrive at his friend's front door in a black suburban carrying an intercepted seed packet. There was a complicating factor, but the mail guys apparently don't fuck around.

Force a hermi and make yourself a nice S1 generation backup. It's a lot less likely to give you an ulcer.

Do you think you could give us a little about the factor involved. This just happened to me and i dont think i had any contributing factors. I just want to get to the bottom of this and see if this is something new going on or if im just the most unlucky guy on the site.

Thanks!

[GreenDestiny]

I was under the impression that even though the 'bananas' can form from letting the plant over-ripen, it's still too late for the plant to make seeds? ....and that the best you can do is collect that pollen and use it on another plant that's still actively flowering or save it for the next batch of plants.

Can an over-ripened cannabis plant produce seeds from the late 'nanners that pop up on it?