HELP! FIRST GROW- how long for a male to produce pollen so I can collect some?

[manditroy]

I have some AK-48s that have been vegged for 8 weeks and just finished the first week of flowering. One appears to be showing male now and I was thinking of keeping it in another room (far away from grow) until I can collect some pollen from it. How long would it take for it to mature enough to make usable pollen? If I were to do a "Q-tip insemination" of one or two lower buds on a female AK-48, would that lessen potency of the whole plant, or just the seeded buds? How many seeds could I expect to get from one pollinated bud - 5, 10, 20 or more? Is it worth it to keep the male alive long enough to do this, and do I need to do more than just basic care to keep it going - is it going to need flower nutes to make the pollen, or will water and lights be enough?

 

[mrdrywall]

i dont know exactly how long it takes to get pollen, i usually get it after a couple of the sacs pop open.if u polenate one or 2 bottom buds u will get way more then 20 seeds and top of plant still puts out killer bud.good thread on here called making seeds check it out all his info is on the money

 

[mrdrywall]

i dont know exactly how long it takes to get pollen, i usually get it after a couple of the sacs pop open.if u polenate one or 2 bottom buds u will get way more then 20 seeds and top of plant still puts out killer bud.good thread on here called making seeds check it out all his info is on the money

hers the keywords; seed production a tutorial

 

[haloman420]

I have some AK-48s that have been vegged for 8 weeks and just finished the first week of flowering. One appears to be showing male now and I was thinking of keeping it in another room (far away from grow) until I can collect some pollen from it. How long would it take for it to mature enough to make usable pollen? If I were to do a "Q-tip insemination" of one or two lower buds on a female AK-48, would that lessen potency of the whole plant, or just the seeded buds? How many seeds could I expect to get from one pollinated bud - 5, 10, 20 or more? Is it worth it to keep the male alive long enough to do this, and do I need to do more than just basic care to keep it going - is it going to need flower nutes to make the pollen, or will water and lights be enough?

When you see the balls on the male plant start to open. For me it has taken up to two months after the balls showed up and as little as 3 weeks.