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Mature enough to get pollen?

Newgrow25
Newgrow25started grow question 2mo ago
Want to get pollen and use on ladies but are they mature enough to drop pollen
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 2mo ago
No. They will swell up, start going a bit pale then a white/cream line will appear on them and this is just before they open to shed pollen. You can wait until there are long stems of multiple male flower clusters and when the largest look that they are about to open, snip the entire cluster off and hang them inside a paper bag, they will then "after ripen", open up and drop their pollen inside the bag, making collection easy. If you only get a small amount of pollen, it can be cut 30-70 with corn starch then painted on very young female calyxes with a paint brush and you will still get perfect pollination as it only needs one pollen grain to fertilize the (seed) egg. Seeds will then take 4-5 weeks to grow and fully mature after pollination. A few young buds with all white pistils pollinated in this way will give you 100s of seeds.
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 2mo ago
When the sacs open up... collect pollen. Exactly when the pollen is viable or that enough is present to make it worthwhile is something you can probably google and find a reputable reference. Because it's the final outcome of meosis, i'd wager it's ready the moment it exists as a grain of pollen, but whether enough has been produced or not before it splits open on its own is likely the greater concern.
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AestheticGenetix
AestheticGenetixanswered grow question 2mo ago
Just wait till they start spilling, you'll want them to be mature and you'll know when they're ready because they spill everywhere. Your fan leaves will be covered. It's hard to miss
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Captain_7
Captain_7answered grow question 2mo ago
Not yet, it won’t be long
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The_Wanderer
The_Wandereranswered grow question 2mo ago
You can see male plants in my diaries for reference. If you check "Shireen" you can see a video of me gathering pollen from an open male flower.
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