Pollinate for Seeds or Harvest the Buds?

[Cadosta2021]

Hi All. I grew my 1st 4 female plants last year and decided to grab some flowers from a friend's male plant and pollinate one of them. I got a nice little batch of seeds which I planted back in April and wound up with 1 male and 3 females this year. So now for my question...first up I enjoy growing plants in general and with it being legal now here in Ontario, Canada to grow 4 plants, I'm growing weed, not because I smoke it or ingest it, but because I bloody well can! Maybe down the road I'll decide what I'll do with my harvests. Knowing that and given that I have already pollinated 1 of the females, I am looking for your thoughts on what to do with the other 2 females. Should I pollinate 1 more and get some additional seeds for 2023 or should I leave them alone and harvest the buds? Your opinions are greatly welcomed and yeah, I know...what a waste not to smoke it.

 

[Ras Mountain]

It's ALL good. Down to the root.

"Birds eat it, ants love it
Fowls eat it, goats love to play with it...
Keep on telling you, legalize it"

- Peter Tosh

 

[Tracker]

Something to consider....

If you are near other people who might be growing outdoors (like within a few hundred meters), your male will pollinate their females, and they might not appreciate that.

If you want to pollinate your females using that male, move the male inside and collect pollen inside. Then, apply it using a method to contain the pollen as much as possible.

This is how I did it this season on my outdoor...

Carefully put pollen in the corner of a tall kitchen trash bag. Use a twist tue to isolate it to that corner


Put the bag over the branch to pollinate, and secure it tightly around the branch so no pollen falls out.


Remove the twist tie isolating the pollen to the corner of the bag. Try to position the branch so that the pollen falls onto the branch. Shake it around a little, but be careful to keep the bag tied around the base of the branch.


Do the application at sunset, and leave overnight. When you remove the bag on the following morning, use a garden hose sprayer on "mist" setting to spray into the bag as you untie it from the branch. Whatever pollen is left floating around in the bag will fall out when it is wet by the mist.

Any outdoor growers near you will appreciate it if you take extra steps to contain your pollen to your own garden as much as possible.

 

[Cadosta2021]

Something to consider....

If you are near other people who might be growing outdoors (like within a few hundred meters), your male will pollinate their females, and they might not appreciate that.

If you want to pollinate your females using that male, move the male inside and collect pollen inside. Then, apply it using a method to contain the pollen as much as possible.

This is how I did it this season on my outdoor...

Carefully put pollen in the corner of a tall kitchen trash bag. Use a twist tue to isolate it to that corner
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Put the bag over the branch to pollinate, and secure it tightly around the branch so no pollen falls out.
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Remove the twist tie isolating the pollen to the corner of the bag. Try to position the branch so that the pollen falls onto the branch. Shake it around a little, but be careful to keep the bag tied around the base of the branch.
View attachment 21385

Do the application at sunset, and leave overnight. When you remove the bag on the following morning, use a garden hose sprayer on "mist" setting to spray into the bag as you untie it from the branch. Whatever pollen is left floating around in the bag will fall out when it is wet by the mist.

Any outdoor growers near you will appreciate it if you take extra steps to contain your pollen to your own garden as much as possible.

Thanks for this. Makes good sense

 

[Alphatoy]

let it pollinate you can always have a seed giveway on here or trade as a matter of fact i might be in the market for some seeds if they are a strain i dont have

 

[Luna]

Hi All. I grew my 1st 4 female plants last year and decided to grab some flowers from a friend's male plant and pollinate one of them. I got a nice little batch of seeds which I planted back in April and wound up with 1 male and 3 females this year. So now for my question...first up I enjoy growing plants in general and with it being legal now here in Ontario, Canada to grow 4 plants, I'm growing weed, not because I smoke it or ingest it, but because I bloody well can! Maybe down the road I'll decide what I'll do with my harvests. Knowing that and given that I have already pollinated 1 of the females, I am looking for your thoughts on what to do with the other 2 females. Should I pollinate 1 more and get some additional seeds for 2023 or should I leave them alone and harvest the buds? Your opinions are greatly welcomed and yeah, I know...what a waste not to smoke it.

If you're not going to use the weed I'd def make a crap load of seeds. I would do it as tracker suggested so not to spoil your neighbors grows. Then you can have a bunch for future use.....trade for some strains you dont have, and maybe even a giant giveaway.