What determines the amount of seeds?

nickmad94

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The worst bud you buy will generally have many seeds while higher class will get less seed. So this makes me think the cheaper buds were exposed to many different males, presumably from the same strain as the females.

What I want to know is whether female plants rely on one or many during males bloom, and if so does a female continue to grow forth pistons just to capture pollen? Meaning each piston/hair is a possible seed site?

Im asking as its difficult to find this info anywhere and I just put out a female who has obviously been pollenated by some foolish neighbor's poor gardening. If I continue to leave the plant out will she just keep on producing seed?
 

chemphlegm

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she may keep producing, if pollen is still being exposed to un pollinated sites. but the damage is done.
could even have been your own plant that pollinated itself you know? several males can pollinate one female of course, in differing areas, or one male can pollinate several dozen females too. Different parts of the plant continue to mature at differing rates, so yes, more pistons can grow and be pollinated towards maturity even if others have already been pollinated
 

nickmad94

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It's obvious one male can pollinate many females but for a female to be pollinated by many males is a little odd.

She is only 2 weeks in bloom so I'm certain it's not her, the wind in my town is notoriously strong so it's very likely to be someone else's plant.

I noticed her left top branch all the top hairs have gone red and shrivelled. While the top right is mostly white.

So best thing is to get her inside if I want this girl to stop producing seed??

One dude here stated he had a male pop in his indoor grow for only 2 days and then the buds were like more seed than flower.
 

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