Yeah, i'll admit to a bit of a trial period during sexing lol. A lot of the pistils slipped by me and already formed seeds. So when I was plucking "nuts", it was really already forming seeds. But am now plucking actual pistils when I see them lol.
How early on in development do they actually produce pollen? Because I pulled off a little bunch of about three and they were all still full of that gooey green choloplasty looking kinda stuff, but no pollen came off them. I was planning on waiting a couple of days to pull any more off because I think I accidentally pulled off one calyx :/ saw the hair on the inside afterwards.. but will for sure spray in a few days regardless.
one more thought, actually from experience
have a spray bottle of water when plucking balls, water will cause pollen to die very fast
spray nuts before touching, wet balls, wet pollen, and wet pollen is quickly dead pollen
makes a huge difference