Harpua88 said:

When you're scrambling to finish the work and you know lights out is coming any minute......

And that's when the wheely carts like to stick a little...

Anyway, breeders, what is your method and strategy for collectng pollen from more than 1 male? In this case indoors, I actually think outdoors is easier. But we gotta collect each male's pollen, without them mixing or any flying free. Some sort of parchment paper sleeve? I would have to make some.....

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Deadstill said:

First of all I keep all of my pollinators in separate rooms "quarantined" from each other and any other plants, to make life easier.

I generally just wait until they're mature enough that you can take a sheet of wax paper or parchment paper, grab a branch and shake.

Then, I keep my pollen in ziplock bags with a few grains of rice in them to absorb moisture. Squeeze as much air as possible out of the bag and you can store the pollen in the freezer for quite a long time. I have pollen in my freezer that's over 3 years old and it's still viable. Keeping moisture out is the key, though.

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Harpua88 said:

Well, I've got a somewhat big house, but I don't have the ability to put 3, 4 different males not just in separate rooms, but each room would need to have a 12/12 cycle going on (at least until they're close to opening). And I'd have to run around from room to room.......

I can put all the males in a separate area of the basement, I don't need to store any pollen (although I'm not against it, maybe in the future) because I only want to pollinate this same crop. I just need the pollen to last a couple of weeks to let the females catch up.

It's the parchment paper thing I gotta do, it would be great if someone made sleeves that can wrap over a branch or top of a plant..........8 inches? 12? with a rubber band or tie to prevent any from escaping. It can ne carefully removed and then wrapped over a female branch so only one branch gets only that pollen. I want to make a few hundred seeds not a few thousand. I've done it before but on a smaller scale with fewer males. Now I got 4 different males that I'll want to pollinate maybe 10 different females. I'll have to do the best I can, and probably accept the fact that it won't be perfect. There may very well be a little cross-pollinating that slips past my radar.....

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