Hello. This is the end of week 4 and the beginning of week 5 of flowering.
I got my 2 long and narrow paper bags out. The ones the french bread are in at the store. The ones with the long plastic window in them.
I went to the male plant, that I have in a different greenhouse, and got some of the open flowers and pollen inside the paper bags.
This is a good male. It has lots of flowers, not many leaves, is not too tall, and is good smelling with the "rub the stem and smell your fingers" test.
And the smell stays on my fingers for a few minutes, not disappearing in a few seconds.
Careful not to dump out the pollen I slid the bag over the buds I pick out. I pinched the bag around the branch and held it with a clothes peg.
I gently shoock the bag to get the pollen to each flower pistil. When I closed up for the night I shoock up the bag again.
I gently took the bags off the next morning, careful not to spray pollen all over the place, then went a got some more pollen for the next plants. and repeated for all 6 plants.
Got some yellowing of some of the older leaves. This is sort of self pruning to me, but I will add some extra nitrogen next time to slow the yellowing.
I've seen a few fungus gnats around, but nothing to worry about.
Ok. The Adventure Goes On.
Be Great.
Chuck