Schwaggy P
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Great method of collection! I try to keep a pollen bank in the freezer because my staggered perpetual is about 10 days apart so I have ladies ready to dust regularly. I try to get the males to drop enough for several one-time use vials to deposit in the pollen bank. So when a new tray of ladies are at that week 3-4 window, I pop open the freezer and can choose from different pollen. I'll be doing some pollen collection soon and will take pictures and have an organized post about the process.With credit to @vostok on this...(did I get it right? Drop a pic of that in use again please)
Interesting way to collect pollen.
Cut the bottom off a 2 liter pop bottle - small hole drilled in cap.
Carefully cut a close to pollen dropping male branch to fit in that bottle - Put the cut end of the branch stem through the hole in the cap.
Place the whole set-up into a glass just full enough that the cut stem end is in the water.
The branch will pollen drop over the next cpl of days. Lightly shake the bottle and the branch will drop more pollen.
Collect, being sure NOT to get any pollen wet at all! (Did it by cutting off the wet end of the branch first.)
Store in the freezer with a desiccant bag or pack......Rice - does NOT work to prevent moisture.
Always allow container of pollen to reach room temp before opening! Otherwise you risk pollen being killed by condensation!
Store for 6 months safely. After that, the viability deceases over time.....
You got a Bitch'in series going here Swaggy! Garden too!
I will include how you can flower out a male without having a dedicated space using a clear storage tote and a box to cover him to keep a 12/12 lighting schedule. So if there are any growers with a single tent for personal use, you can still make multiple crosses without having to setup another space or sacrificing full plants to pollination.
Thanks for the kind words, I hope this effort can help others achieve goals, compare phenos to certain moms, and general entertainment
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