chef c
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More seed stuff: I used botannicare pro grow + pro bloom through out the cycle on the alien bomb, 5ml of each plus a touch of cal mag (also botannicare) per gallon, ph to 6.0. The alien tech mother did wonderfully the whole time. No signs of any deficiencies. 3 gal air pot. t5 w the bloom bulbs. super low maintainance.
Pollen saving: I'm not going to say that I've had 100% success here. about 75% tho so something right is happening. My problem comes when trying to cut the pollen w flour. I've only tried to do that once and no dice. But when just saving it, I think I might be on to something. What I do is flower the male, as much our as little of him as you want, I like to do two branches so things don't get outta control. I catch pollen in one of the containers that you get from the dispensaries by just taping the target flower w the paint brush (from earlier) into the waiting container. I collect over five to seven days. I suppose it would be best to just do a one or maybe two day collection when fully in bloom, that way more stays viable, the longer you wait to get it in the cold storage (for me the fridge) the more will be useless. There in lies the problem, you have to dry the pollen out. I like a cfl in a table lap. I dry for at least three days to get the moisture (24hrs light) out and still get a good amount of viable pollen. Moisture will ruin it. I think you should be shooting for less than six days from plant to chill chest, that's why I just talked my ass into the two day method, haha. See learning as we go folks
I'm sure the five day nets some what of a loss... Using this method (five day catch) I have been able to keep pollen in shape for more than two months. I'm sure more would be good if you moved faster, ergo the 2 day suggestion, anyway...
Please if you have another technique that has been working for you, expand our knowledge. This is just what works for me peace, chef
Pollen saving: I'm not going to say that I've had 100% success here. about 75% tho so something right is happening. My problem comes when trying to cut the pollen w flour. I've only tried to do that once and no dice. But when just saving it, I think I might be on to something. What I do is flower the male, as much our as little of him as you want, I like to do two branches so things don't get outta control. I catch pollen in one of the containers that you get from the dispensaries by just taping the target flower w the paint brush (from earlier) into the waiting container. I collect over five to seven days. I suppose it would be best to just do a one or maybe two day collection when fully in bloom, that way more stays viable, the longer you wait to get it in the cold storage (for me the fridge) the more will be useless. There in lies the problem, you have to dry the pollen out. I like a cfl in a table lap. I dry for at least three days to get the moisture (24hrs light) out and still get a good amount of viable pollen. Moisture will ruin it. I think you should be shooting for less than six days from plant to chill chest, that's why I just talked my ass into the two day method, haha. See learning as we go folks
I'm sure the five day nets some what of a loss... Using this method (five day catch) I have been able to keep pollen in shape for more than two months. I'm sure more would be good if you moved faster, ergo the 2 day suggestion, anyway...Please if you have another technique that has been working for you, expand our knowledge. This is just what works for me
peace, chef
