how long do males need to be around females to pollinate them?

as the title says guys, i had two males hanging around my girls for about a week just when they started to show, maybe a week and a half at most, so the pollin sacks wernt even fully grown yet. after how long of being exposed to each other do they pollinate each other? thanks

the male has to reach sexual maturity (he he!) which varies from one to the next.

It would only take a nano-sec for a insect, or the wind, or negligence, to allow a single grain of male pollen to ruin your plans.

MrFishy said:

It would only take a nano-sec for a insect, or the wind, or negligence, to allow a single grain of male pollen to ruin your plans.

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True, the actual amaount of time it takes to fertilize the female is almost instant, but the male plant wont make pollen until it's out of preflower stage (or so I've read) Then you are pretty much fucked.

it takes about as long for a male plant to fertilize a female as it does a man to fertilize a woman

makinthemagic said:

it takes about as long for a male plant to fertilize a female as it does a man to fertilize a woman

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Not Mr. Fishy!
7-8 nano-seconds here.
What a fish.

no i realize once the male is fully matured then it just takes a nano second. but do the "balls" on the male open up for the pollen to be released. when i pulled them the balls were still very small (about a week old) and shut tight very tight. im sure my girls are just fine, i was just curious