F3 Valley Ice. (Matanuska x SFV OG)

[Farmer's Hat]

Can a male be kept in constant veg like a female, I seem to recall males flowering with 18-6 or 24hrs but i could be mistaken?

I've sexed and re vegged one male it didn't present any problems but i only had it a few months that's the extent of my experience with males besides sexing.
I was thinking another option might be as soon as the sex is revealed prune it/them back and put it/them into 24hrs for use at a later date?

Is it feasible to flower, harvest and then pollinating the lower airy stuff?

Those all sound like good strategies. I was thinking the other day, of using a cardboard box and a simple plant light to flower a small male clone. Set this up in my other room. Without a fan, it would be easy to collect the pollen with a razor. Scrape it up of the floor.

We will see how it works out.

 

[conor c]

Those all sound like good strategies. I was thinking the other day, of using a cardboard box and a simple plant light to flower a small male clone. Set this up in my other room. Without a fan, it would be easy to collect the pollen with a razor. Scrape it up of the floor.

We will see how it works out.

I reckon you should get away with that if it's a T5 or a lower powered led you use

 

[Star Dog]

I've a cannabis conundrum
I've only 5 seeds and the last run I only got one female so I've already exhausted the males?

To get around that problem It would be wise to cross the blockbuster x blockbuster that'd give me a shed load of f2 blockbuster seeds with a abundance of males to work with?
Is there any obvious flaws in that plan?

 

[Farmer's Hat]

I've a cannabis conundrum
I've only 5 seeds and the last run I only got one female so I've already exhausted the males?

To get around that problem It would be wise to cross the blockbuster x blockbuster that'd give me a shed load of f2 blockbuster seeds with a abundance of males to work with?
Is there any obvious flaws in that plan?

I know how that goes. Sometimes you have to sacrifice your only female to make more seeds.

I would at least take some clones off her, before flipping her into flower.

 

[Farmer's Hat]

@Star Dog
I took this picture today. Its the Amnesia Haze. You can see one of the sacks ready to start dropping pollen. This is when I pluck the sack, and set it on a piece of paper for one day. Then I gently press on it with a brush until the pollen is released. Then I brush the pollen onto one small bud. This method is pretty simple. You can place a sandwich bag around the bud, after pollinating it. This will keep the pollen from spreading, and the condensation will destroy all the extra pollen making it no longer viable.

I will pollinate the Amnesia Haze thats in the flower tent, tomorrow.

 

[Farmer's Hat]

This is how it looks today. I will use a brush to dab some of the pollen onto the Amnesia Haze, later today.

 

[Dboybudz]

This is how it looks today. I will use a brush to dab some of the pollen onto the Amnesia Haze, later today.
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Nice pile of pollen from that,I just grow never messed with the breeding side of things.

 

[Farmer's Hat]

Nice pile of pollen from that,I just grow never messed with the breeding side of things.

Breeding is very exciting to me. It is a form of creative expression, imo.

 

[Farmer's Hat]

I pollinated the two lower branches of the plant. I didn't bother putting a bag around the branches, but it is recommended. I have enough experience on how to do this without worrying about pollen flying around.
Hint, the brush doesn't have to be heavily loaded with pollen. I also take the plant outside and blow off all the unseen unused pollen that is lingering on the buds.



All done. We should see some swollen calyxes in about 5 days.