When does a male plant bust??

Have a RKS male I want to get some pollen from for the future. Don't really have room to keep a male and I risk my small crop but he's to nice to pass up. Anyway it's 1 week in 12-12 and the cluster of balls is only at the nodes so far. When do they start to release pollen, or when to harvest a male as soon as possible to minimize pollinating the whole room? No expierence with males as they usually get the chop very quickly.

I'm in a similar situation and would also love to know

I'd like to hear from someone who knows, but I hear it doesn't take long, and they pop at different times. You could probably google everything you need to know though

Man forgot about this when it got buried. Still wondering, but I'll google too. Thought it would be faster asking here but most folks are like me I reckon, The males once found out don't last long. lol

Here's where he's at. Not sure the day maybe 1 1/2 - 2 weeks of 12-12. Picked some balls just now and squished em with only a bunch of liquid coming out, so not ready yet. When I've gotten bananas in the past, once picked and open those it was a bunch of fine yellow pollen. I wonder how many more days before the liquid in these balls turns into pollen?

It depends on the plant..
You gotta start checking on it everyday starting after week 2..
look for some videos or pics of male flowers releasing pollen so you can see what they look like when they are ready to open...
It should be kept separate from the females if you don't want an entire crop of seed, but it can be done if you keep a close eye on it...

I would Google "how to collect male pollen" or similar and read the articles written by breeders..

if a male is about an acre or so away from some females with a building in between would it still seed the whole crop?
- or just a couple here and there

ye cause it will, with the right amount condition's, wind direction ect ,no problem, also insect, birds, some flowering plants use all these means in nature to get pollen moved, some plants intentionally attract birds insect ect and leave pollen on them so the certain insect and birds will act as a taxi and in return the plant gives them a treat lol

I didn't even think about pollinators
sometimes I forget that my plants are no different from other plants

Under my nose right here on the site. I'll try to post a link but if it don't work, it's when the ball develops a small stalk and droops down is when it's ready.https://www.rollitup.org/breeders-paradise/20319-seed-production-tutorial.html second post down, haha.