Forgot to add it is best to start the plant you are going to flip a couple weeks ahead of the crosses you want to makeWith autos you have to start spraying right before or right at the start of flower
Those are looking Great!!Some of the crosses I made
I start spraying a branch as soon as they show sex.With autos you have to start spraying right before or right at the start of flower
Wasn’t me that had the grinder screen but that’s a thought. What I did was spray 1 branch 2 times a day then when pollen sacks formed I let the fans do the work. I pollenated 5 plants total of 4 different strains and the plant i selfed. I got a lot and I mean a lot of seeds. Way more than I will ever use so I have gave a lot to friends and still have a ton left.I start spraying a branch as soon as they show sex.
I really like that screen method you used to collect pollen. I find it takes to long for the sacks to open on their own if your are selfing a plant and I manually open them as well. Previously I had just been plucking them off and squeezing them between my fingers over bud or collecting it on a mirror and use a credit card to pile it up. Was a big pain sorting all the small bits of plant matter out of the pollen after.
I went this way a couple times and OMG, I had to count the seeds by weight, was roughly 10k seeds. Now I use a small 2x2x3 tent and work on a much smaller scale using cuttings and clones. I don’t even try to isolate traits as a true breeder would. I’m perfectly happy duplicating and feminizing my favorite landrace strains and autoflowers. After I retire soon, I want to walk across the US seeing the states and spreading autoflower & photo seed everywhere I go. I have already started recruiting a support team. My docs said I needed goals and that’s one of mine.Wasn’t me that had the grinder screen but that’s a thought. What I did was spray 1 branch 2 times a day then when pollen sacks formed I let the fans do the work. I pollenated 5 plants total of 4 different strains and the plant i selfed. I got a lot and I mean a lot of seeds. Way more than I will ever use so I have gave a lot to friends and still have a ton left.
If you actually do that, you'll need to change your screen name to JohnnyCannaSeed!I went this way a couple times and OMG, I had to count the seeds by weight, was roughly 10k seeds. Now I use a small 2x2x3 tent and work on a much smaller scale using cuttings and clones. I don’t even try to isolate traits as a true breeder would. I’m perfectly happy duplicating and feminizing my favorite landrace strains and autoflowers. After I retire soon, I want to walk across the US seeing the states and spreading autoflower & photo seed everywhere I go. I have already started recruiting a support team. My docs said I needed goals and that’s one of mine.
I was looking at cycling the Trans America Trail to start, but after getting in shape I realized I much prefer running over sitting on a bike seat all day. So it’s s lofty goal but one I am determined to achieve. After that it’s getting myself snd my daughter on the Amazing Race. This retiree is a fan of Dylan Thomas’s words “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.“If you actually do that, you'll need to change your screen name to JohnnyCannaSeed!
I've hated running all my life! I've done it(Oh how I've done it!) because of training, various events and military. I can't take the jarring now with my back. I can ride a conventional bike, but it also is stressful on my back. I'm gonna need to get fitted for a recumbent bike to get my cardio. I get some with physical therapy twice a week, but it's not enough time on their stationary recumbent machine. They have me use it just for warm up.I was looking at cycling the Trans America Trail to start, but after getting in shape I realized I much prefer running over sitting on a bike seat all day. So it’s s lofty goal but one I am determined to achieve. After that it’s getting myself snd my daughter on the Amazing Race. This retiree is a fan of Dylan Thomas’s words “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.“