When to pollinate for seeds?

I made a diary and pollinated an auto with its sister and got a good amount of viable seeds out of it. One mistake I made was not starting one plant a little bit later when it would be at the height of flowering potential. However if you all ready have the pollen collected and its stored well, I would give it a few weeks into flower when its producing lots of sites. My problem was I was producing pollen and pollinating plants at the same time. Ezzjaybruh also does a lot of breeding and their answer is right on the money. One last note on autos, they can easily go past 15weeks but the buds just get crazy amber and the plant does not grow at all. It's useful for maturing seeds. give them at min 4weeks or best results let the plant go on as long as it can. Good Luck! ***disclaimer, multiple people are answering all questions as there is a contest called GOTM, when a user is selected as the answer they get a point. Please see the contest page for information regarding the details: growdiaries.com/giveaways/GotM-August-2022 Please note, when you reply to anything on the questions part of Growdiaries website, no one will be notified of this. Not even if you use a "@" tag in their name. Best to reach out to them in DM using your inbox, it can be found in the bottom right hand corner of the site. It's the small paper airplane button, it will be highlighted green if you have new messages***

Now. I usually shoot for 2.5 weeks or day 17-18 but that’s from flip indoor. This is right where you wanna be, in fact maybe a little earlier and continue pollination over a week or so to really get max seed production.

The sooner you pollinate, the more mature your seeds will be. So, I say pollinate now and let them beaners mature fully.

High iamSossy, It's time to pollinate when your plant has been in the flowering stage for about 2-3 weeks. When your chosen mother is 2-3 weeks into the flowering stage, take a paintbrush and 'paint' your pollen on the developing bud sites you want to pollinate. Happy Growing! 😋