putting male and female to mate?

now i have a female plant that was 10 weeks old in the veg state and now just 1 week into flowering.

i have a possible male that was 6 weeks old in veg and also 1 week of flower.

here is my question

now i have a small space and still new to the growing so was not wanting to give the cloning a try already till i've become better at growing em.

would it be recommended to leave the male plant with the female and have the female produce seeds so i can have more to grow?

what are the pros and cons?

I would remove the male and collect some pollen and only pollenate one or two bud sites. If you leave them together you will have a mess of seeds and all your bud will be full of them.

ah ok, and how would i be able to do this?

i've read just get a q-tip and grab some pollen...........but i guess put some of the pollen on the areas were the female would bud? when is too early and too late to pollenate the area?