Good point. If the "to-be-reversed" plant were to be "ready" before the female, I could always preserve the pollen. Thanks.
Good point. If the "to-be-reversed" plant were to be "ready" before the female, I could always preserve the pollen. Thanks.
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TY sniper and Bob LOl course that the longets post to read LOL good INFO! REP
I spray right when I switch to flowering...the whole plant with full strength solution. Then again at 7-10 days this will keep a female pushing balls for 6 weeks you want more juice than that spray again at 4 weeks in to flower. Now its all strain dependent so some take less some might take more, but IME overspraying leads to sterile female>male.
Just so everyone doesn't ask, I never spray a branch, dont know what happens and dont care.
Just so everyone doesn't ask, I never spray a branch, dont know what happens and dont care.
I have been chucking pollen lately because it is fun, interesting, and I have no plans on purchasing seeds in the near future. I have been reversing the whole plant, but I was wondering if it would be beneficial at all to reverse a couple of branches, for.the purpose of seeing the final flowers that it's genetics develop. Maybe by only semi-reversing it woukd be easier to isolate certain bud characteristics? This is dicy for long term breeding, but for a personal strain do you think it may have its place? I'm just thinking out loud, so speculation as well as experience is welcomed. Deciding if I want to change my technique for the F2s this summer.
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Reversing a single branch is a great way of making selection. I use that method with strains that tend to have many phenos. It works very well. We haven't seen any negative results so far. It is imo one of the best ways of making a selection because its not a "blind selection"
The problem comes when you use the reversed branch to pollenate the non reversed parts of the plant. You can see hermies in the F1s with that method.
Awesome, that's what I was hoping! Auto breeding is definitely a bit trickier than photos where you can just take some clones before flipping her.
I have a few real standouts in my F1 Critical Jack x White Widow (The ONLY sativa phenos out of the bunch). Lots of different phenos, but there's one in particular. Incredibly resinous, dense buds dripping with frost, and she has light pink coloring throughout her buds and fan leaves. Only about 10% of my F1s seem to be this phenotype, so I'm hoping this method may help me breed two of them together to accelerate the process of locking these characteristics in. Thanks guys!
Evol:
When you do this, do you wait a little longer to apply the CS so you get to see more flower characteristics before she starts to drop pollen? Any unique quirks to your timetable? It would be nice to try reversing a few of them, and amputate the reversed pollen branches on the undesirable fathers after Im certain that they are undesirable for this particular project. I want to avoid more.than 1 tyoe of pollen floating around, because I'm certain I wouldn't be able to contain it lol
I have a few real standouts in my F1 Critical Jack x White Widow (The ONLY sativa phenos out of the bunch). Lots of different phenos, but there's one in particular. Incredibly resinous, dense buds dripping with frost, and she has light pink coloring throughout her buds and fan leaves. Only about 10% of my F1s seem to be this phenotype, so I'm hoping this method may help me breed two of them together to accelerate the process of locking these characteristics in. Thanks guys!
Evol:
When you do this, do you wait a little longer to apply the CS so you get to see more flower characteristics before she starts to drop pollen? Any unique quirks to your timetable? It would be nice to try reversing a few of them, and amputate the reversed pollen branches on the undesirable fathers after Im certain that they are undesirable for this particular project. I want to avoid more.than 1 tyoe of pollen floating around, because I'm certain I wouldn't be able to contain it lol
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I basically use the normal reversal timetable. We have a dedicated room that we can reverse a large number of plants (single branches only) and let them grow buds also. We then select the best and isolate the pollen to use on the selected females. In the case of autos, we always have the pollen selected before the mother. It can be stored for 2 weeks before we use it but I don't like it to sit longer then 2 weeks so we time the females appropriately.
So I guess I'm saying to start the plants you are keeping completely female about 2 weeks later then the ones you will reverse. Select your pollen first then your mother.
So I guess I'm saying to start the plants you are keeping completely female about 2 weeks later then the ones you will reverse. Select your pollen first then your mother.
Great info, thanks. Storing it do you take any precautions other than avoiding moisture? I successfully collected pollen on q-tips and left them out. I waited 3 days before pollinating, which was successful but I was very concerned that it may not work. A 2 week timetable would give me alot of breathing room and make things considerably easier.
Avoiding moisture is the key to success. We use silica packets and black film canisters and store in a fridge. We also let it sit out for an hour or 2 to return to room temp before using the pollen.
So..
1. Collect pollen
2. Dry for approx 12 hours or longer if humidity is high.
3. Store with a silica packet in a light/air proof container
4.refridgerate
5.return to room temp and use.
So..
1. Collect pollen
2. Dry for approx 12 hours or longer if humidity is high.
3. Store with a silica packet in a light/air proof container
4.refridgerate
5.return to room temp and use.
