Getting Seeds

[Laythistorest]

Hey all, my first post here... I plan on starting a small 10 plant outdoor grow this may in B.C. I'm using this grow more as a learning experience mostly so I am going to keep the males around and get some more seeds for next year, how would i go about this? do I keep the males close to the Females? also how many seeds would an average plant produce?

 

[Bearhosh]

You probably don't need to worry about the distance between your females and males if you plan on pollinating. Pollen travels better than most people realize.

 

[xxtoadxx]

if u want seeds.... just plant your 10 seeds and not worry about the sex... just keep them all healthy and you'll have plenty of seeds....

 

[Laythistorest]

Cool, thanks for the quick replys. About what part of the plants life cycle produce pollen, and i assume that the female plants produce seeds during flowering, correct?

 

[xxtoadxx]

wrong, male produce seeds, female produce buds. check out the growFAQ. its a lot of help

 

[Bearhosh]

Yeah, the buds produce seeds during flowering if they're pollinated.

https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/6911-collecting-male-pollen.html

It seems the pollen sacs open soon after becoming visible at the beginning of the flowering stage... they apparently just rupture.

 

[Igotdialup]

wrong. male produce pollen, female produce pistils(aka bud). the pollen catches on these hairs, the pollen is drawn in, and its fertilized... (that pistil) and will create a seed.

 

[Laythistorest]

Thanks alot guys just 2 more questions...

1. After collecting the male pollen when/where do i apply it to the female plants?

2. What is the best method of storing seeds?

 

[Igotdialup]

1. either let them do it naturally outside, or you can take the pollen on a q tip or something and rub it gently on the white 'hairs' on the bud of a female plant.

2. Airtight, cool, dry, dark place.

 

[Laythistorest]

Thanks Dialup, if i have 10 plants, say 6 female and 4 male, within 25 meters of each other will i get 100+ seeds?

 

[Igotdialup]

Most likely yes, a single female plant cant produce 1000's of seeds. I hope you're using a good strain and not bagseed. I would plant them, and then when it comes time to sex them, if theres a male, i would pollinate only a FEW or ONE female plant and then pull the males. that way you get your seeds, and some bud.

 

[MaryJaneDoe]

I have in the past got a male took it out of the room and put a plastic bag on it collected the pollen the paint brushed just a few buds with it and got seeds just off the ones I wanted to a happy medium got buds and buds with seeds. It was fun to play doctor with my plant

 

[bikeskill]

100+ nope, try 10,000+

 

[jon2]

100+ nope, try 10,000+

lol vouch this.

 

[ThatGuyOverThere]

Yeah, the buds produce seeds during flowering if they're pollinated.

https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/6911-collecting-male-pollen.html

It seems the pollen sacs open soon after becoming visible at the beginning of the flowering stage... they apparently just rupture.

Shame the pics don't work in that thread, would love to see em

edit: anyone know how long collected pollen would store?

 

[bikeskill]

i have read a couple generations, whitch i think is a couple of crops(3-4 months a crop indoors, 1 year for outdoors)...................no idea

 

[Bearhosh]

Couple of links on pollen storage:

storing male pollen - Cannabis.com Forums Message Boards - Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Club, Dispensary, News

Storing Pollen [Archive] - Growing Marijuana Forum

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/60623-pollen-storage.html

yup

 

[ThatGuyOverThere]

Thanks.

Haven't gotten that far yet. Shoulda searched... /selfsmack