maturing male in dark??

is it possible to make males burst their sac's earlier by leaving them in the dark a few days?
i asked becuase people say to do it with females. now im flowing autoflowers but i dont think that matters as they are already flowering

bumpity bump

does no one have any opinions on this? people say the extended dark period has the effect of tricking the female plant into putting a last ditched attempt into getting fully matured. i dont wanna keep the male i just want him to jizz asap so i can get him outta here

ginjawarrior said:

bumpity bump

does no one have any opinions on this? people say the extended dark period has the effect of tricking the female plant into putting a last ditched attempt into getting fully matured. i dont wanna keep the male i just want him to jizz asap so i can get him outta here

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lol someone must know something about males on here?

bump lol even if you just reply to call me a dumb newb would be a start

Why are you saving a male?

Okay, you are a dumb noob!

Dunno what you are trying to do, presumably catch some pollen. I have no answer to your question re dark period.

Ledhed said:

Why are you saving a male?

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i cant cut clones as im growing an auto flower strain so instead of spending lots of money buying a few new beans, i wanna give up a couple of branches and get hundreds of auto flower seeds for free so basicly i just want the male untill he shoots his load then i can go spread it all over me girls

i am pretty tempted to just leave male in with my 4 girls and pollinate them that way, im probably gonna end up with them heavily seeded anyway

No - no, don't let your male pollinate all your girls. Get the male out of there, and in a couple days, you'll have pollen. Then you can apply a tiny amount to one branch or two, with a small paint-brush, or cotton-swab.
Unless you want a ton of seeds - that should be sufficient. You'll get more males for later, you know.

highaltitude said:

No - no, don't let your male pollinate all your girls. Get the male out of there, and in a couple days, you'll have pollen. Then you can apply a tiny amount to one branch or two, with a small paint-brush, or cotton-swab.
Unless you want a ton of seeds - that should be sufficient. You'll get more males for later, you know.

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yeah i know its just that i can only keep the male on a window sill in the next room at the moment. the cabinet im growing in has got an electrostatic filter http://solutions.3m.co.uk/wps/portal/3M/en_GB/EU-Filtrete/Home/2/Products/UltraCleanLarge/
(its just the refill not the entire unit)
im just not too confident that i wont get them all pollenated anyway