Selective Seeding

craca102

Well-Known Member
Well Since I didn't get any responses in the General Thread Im trying my question here.

Well hey there folks. My girl is about 2 weeks into flowering. Shes fully outdoors and about 2.5 ft tall and is doing great. Started her towards the end of June and she has been doing great every since. Minimal to no nutrients have been added besides for whatevers in Fox Farm's Happy Frog Soil.

I had 3 plants and two turned out to be males so I pulled one and cut the top off the other to harvest and collect the pollen. So I have had the top of the male in a cup with water for probably about 3 weeks and have a good amount of pollen collected in a Film Canister and have been keeping it in the dark part of the fridge for a week now.

I have heard people talk about selectively seeding the lower buds of the plant while still achieving pure "sinsemilla" bud at the top. From what I have learned is that once the bud site is pollinated that all THC production is halted and it goes to 100% seed production mode for a lack of a better term.

Does the whole plant focus its energy on that one seed site or can it be contained and controlled?

So If I take a Q-tip and rub pollen on a lower bud site and then cover that bud site in a Zip-loc or someother bag will this pollenate the specific bud a keep other bud sites producing bud and THC?

If this is possible when would pollenating the bud site be a good time?

Just somethings specific I was wondering. Since I want to have seeds for next years grow while still having smokable bud.

Any help would be great.
 

chromer

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Go ahead and pollinate.. this is a tried and true method to producing seeds and seedless bud at the same time..

Your plant wont halt THC production completely.. obviously it will have an affect on the seeded buds and they wont be as potent as the sinsemilla buds but this shouldnt scare you away from doing it.. the rest of your plant continue with its regular potency..

So grab a q-tip or borrow a cosmetic brush from your girl's makeup kit and apply the pollen.. if your 2 weeks into flowering then go ahead and apply some pollen. I'd prolly wait a week and do the same thing again, this should ensure fertilization.

No need for the ziploc bag either, as long as u have a sure hand when applying the pollen, let them sticky buds do the rest, they wont let it go anywhere.

:peace:
 

craca102

Well-Known Member
Many thanks chromer for the info and support. I will be doing this in the coming days. Hopefully everything works out.
 
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