Quote Originally Posted by caliorbust
why dont you clone your favorite strains and keep a mother, would be much easier than breeding, or you could try stressing your females into hermie to get female pollen to make female seeds for further use in the future, theres a good post by zandor in the faq forum about feminized seeds
The reason I"m trying to seed this crop is that I can't find anywhere to get this strain again. Not many people have had the chance to try starfruit or ABC so if I get a male, I can pick the strongest and breed with a female and preserve the strain. I will be able to store the seeds and then be able to introduce more strains to my garden. I have very limited space for even flowering and would like to have more than 5-6 seeds total for the strains that work on my neurological pain.

After breeding then I can send away for some other strains and start those.

When you breed a hermie you risk your line being suseptable to being a hermie as well. Feminized seeds are nice and easy, but I do worry about keeping a strain stable with only one set of dna....besides I'm not willing to cut down my natural polyploid if it is a male. It is too special of a plant.

jam-
I'm thinking a "sealed" box on a floor below will be ok. I'll look into the hepa filter....is there a way to combine the hepa filter with a carbon scrubber to keep the smell down? or will they still have to be seperate?

This should be an experience....this will be my first grow out of the closet and in a box...or should I say boxes!

Thanks for the info,
Winks

PS I don't have alot of info on breeding so anyone that would like to chime in here about any tips, I would really appreciate it.