I threw some males i kept in veg into my flowering room and the flowers look like they are gonna bust soon. I was gonna grab my pollen by using robert clarke's method as mentioned in the marijuana botany book.
is the best way to dry it now and collect that way or to use the catching method by wrapping the stems with baking paper and collecting that way ?
there really isnt a 'best' way. just the best for your situation. that being said, it sounds like you have larger male plants?
if thats the case remove them from the grow room, obviously, and, id, place a brown paper bag over each branch and shake. after each plant is harvested, fold over the bags of pollen and label them accordingly. rinse and repeat with all your males being sure to correctly label each bag of pollen that corresponds with the correct donator dad. remove/cull/kill males if no more use is planned for them. wet them down if their remains will be anywhere near your grow.
tomorrow...pollinate your girls,
.....using the same bag method...
slipping each bag of pollen over the female branches and shaking. keeping in mind to remove the females from the grow room and pollinating them one at a time.....
. i prefer that way, for total control, but, you might prefer to get em all knocked up in one shot. your call. some prefer dipping a paint brush into the bag of pollen and doing it that way. there really is no wrong way, as long as its controlled and pollen wont be flying everywhere.
this way youll ensure that you KNOW what genetic information is in your seed stock. theres no guessing or wating to grow them out to see. seems like a simple step, and it is, but i cant stress accurate labeling enough.
Also do the pro farmers out there think that males that show their pollen fast are indictave of a faster finisher pheno. So for example if i found a similar size female of the same type that was a fast finisher it should be the same pheno?
Does that make sense or have i had too much smoke :P
respect and peace.. this is great info !
sometimes, yes. males that show pollen fast,
CAN, make a cross finish a bit faster. but this is NOT
always the case, and is highly, but, not soley, dependant on the parentals used. confused yet? lol. sort of like males that show purple flowers...while some of the kids will show this trait, the majority, in the first generation, will not. further selections are needed to reinforce the purpling trait.
i think your second question is this:
'If I used a fast flowering male to make seed, and those seeds are finishing fast...is that because of my father selection?'
in VERY short terms....not necessarily, but, possibly. again different factors determine the end results....
one could type for months....
lemme see if i can find a GOOD, and comprehensive breeding guide to cut and paste for you all.(is there not one here already????) there are some good ones out there, but, without a basic understanding of genetics and how it all relates to MJ growing, its hard to give definitive answers to the questions that are sure to follow after weve got a good grasp of whats posted above.........
hang tight and ill see if i can find some good reading materiale....
