ChristinaC
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Earlier this year, I started a grow with three seeds I got at a dispensary (all the same strain). Just a week or two into veg, I had to go out of state very suddenly (and for a long time, it turned out) because my father was dying. Hubby said he would take over for me, and I wrote out some very explicit instructions including links to this site and lots of pictures. I explained everything to him as well and asked him questions along the way to make sure he understood.
Here's proof that men never listen to women: He totally screwed it up. He didn't catch the signs that two of the three plants were male. So what happened? The boys exploded with pollen all over everything. I told him to turn off the lights and I'd deal with things when I got home. I have no idea how long after it happened that he told me about it.
I was so disgusted when I finally got home that I couldn't even go look at the mess. I knew I'd have to sanitize every square centimeter of the grow tent. So about five months have passed since he turned off the lights.
To make a long story short, today I decided to clean the tent. There's pollen everywhere. I started cutting down the plants to throw them away, and then I started looking at the lone female. She's covered in seeds. I started harvesting them; I already have about 900 and I'm not finished. I assume that these seeds will be viable. Is that right? I'm worried that they were just left to sit there without being harvested or watched for temperature and humidity. I've started a few to see if they germinate, but they all look healthy. I'm only taking the ones that are a nice dark color and are large and unblemished. I should get a mix of male and females from these seeds, correct? I have absolutely no idea what to expect. I'm very new at growing.
Anyway, I think that hubby might have actually done me a big favor (if you forget about all the sterilizing I have to do). But I'm not going to congratulate him just yet. Am I good? Or did I just waste a lot of time picking out hundreds of seeds?
Here's proof that men never listen to women: He totally screwed it up. He didn't catch the signs that two of the three plants were male. So what happened? The boys exploded with pollen all over everything. I told him to turn off the lights and I'd deal with things when I got home. I have no idea how long after it happened that he told me about it.
I was so disgusted when I finally got home that I couldn't even go look at the mess. I knew I'd have to sanitize every square centimeter of the grow tent. So about five months have passed since he turned off the lights.
To make a long story short, today I decided to clean the tent. There's pollen everywhere. I started cutting down the plants to throw them away, and then I started looking at the lone female. She's covered in seeds. I started harvesting them; I already have about 900 and I'm not finished. I assume that these seeds will be viable. Is that right? I'm worried that they were just left to sit there without being harvested or watched for temperature and humidity. I've started a few to see if they germinate, but they all look healthy. I'm only taking the ones that are a nice dark color and are large and unblemished. I should get a mix of male and females from these seeds, correct? I have absolutely no idea what to expect. I'm very new at growing.
Anyway, I think that hubby might have actually done me a big favor (if you forget about all the sterilizing I have to do). But I'm not going to congratulate him just yet. Am I good? Or did I just waste a lot of time picking out hundreds of seeds?
