Well as you know I have stressed the living hell out of this plant right from the start .
Just to recap some of the stresses I induced on the plant were 5 days of complete darkness
followed by many weeks of subjection to very cold days and freezing nights
No Ph adjudstment between feed changes ( which weren't that often)
And just basic neglection on my part.
And still this plant remains healthy , vigorous and very stinky considering it's a 100% male plant with zero female pistils
I harvested some pollen today , will attempt to harvest a little more tomorrow and then He will get the Official chop .
Running another batch of Canna Coconut oil soon so he will go in with the other trim to be decarbed and made into oil.
Thanks to everyone who followed along with my crazy way of growing and also thanks to those just looking in now .
***********UPDATE 26/8/19 Collected one more bit of pollen today If you look at the last few pics you will see that the plant has just about completely turned purple Cool shit I hope it passes that trait on
UPDATE 2nd September Still alive in a safe spot away from any females . I have been doing some further stress testing by
putting the plant out into the full elements . The last 3 days here have seen max temps reach no more than 14 with min temps as low as 1 and aprox 126mm of rain with hail 😱😱😨
Yet the latest pics as you will see show that the plant isn't fazed one little bit , in fact looks perfectly healthy 😃
They breed them tough in Colorado 😂 Anyway Thats all folks ......
Good idea
Just wondering how do you plan to quarantine the pollin as you grow outdoors?
Im guessing Australia is a big place so it shouldn’t be too difficult to put distance between them :)
@DILLIGAF, thanks for illuminating a whole branch of learning I did not even consider existed.
Will be delving in to pollen and best practices when handling to learn more.
Cheers big ears 👍🏽
@Techpuffin, good question the only females i have are in my tent and the males outside however once it starts poppin pollen I need to make sure I don't inadvertantly carry it inside to the girls on my clothes or hands So I plan to only go near the male once Ive already checked on the girls for that day and will take xtra precautions when it;s shedding Gonna sieve it and freeze it for later on
Well you may have found a keeper genetics wise let's hope for the best so as to continue on a new generation with awesome characteristics you are looking for awesome looking plant..