seeds

ok im planning on buying some hash berry seeds an was hopeing that i could get a male out then pollenate a feemale with said pollen wot i wanted 2 kno was can i jus take the male outa the room grow it fully then jus save the pollen in a bag an pop it in the freezer grow out my fems till theyre ready 4 harvest then leave one in and pollenat her or do i hav 2 do it sooner? if i hav 2 do it sooner wen? and jus how much pollen do i need 2 2 spread on her can i jus use a small paintbrush?
green thumbs every1 temp

 

Here is a simplified version of making your own stable copies of seed you have bought. I recommend a good book for more details. Greg Green has a decent one.

Note that if the seed you use a true IBL, you can skip all the backcrossing, because any male and female of that line should produce identical offspring.

1. Pop all the seed you are going to do.
2. Clone everything. Label everything (so you know what clone came from what donor plant).
3. Find the male(s). Grow it/them separately, collect the pollen, and freeze it. If you use more than one male, take growing behaviors into account when deciding which one(s)cto collect pollen from.
4. Flower the females (not the clones). Harvest/dry/cure and pick your seed mother(s). Be sure to take growing behaviors into account when making this decision as well.
5. Toss the clones that were taken from plants you don't want to keep.
6. Make clones of those that remain. Again, label everything.
7. Pollinate the remainder (the first generation of clones, not the new ones). A paintbrush will work fine. It won't hurt to use more, but only one pollen grain per pistil is necessary. Use the paintbrush to pick up a few grains at a time and stick them to the pistils.
8. Using the resulting seed and clones from the original mother clone, cube until stable (make it an IBL).
9. Do a big seed run, properly dry, seal and freeze the seed.
10. Test-grow as much of this last seed as you can (within reason). If the line appears to be truly stable, you can let the original plants go if you like.
11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 every 5 years or so to ensure viable seed.

 

thnaks man that seems like alot of work but no pain no gain i guess wot does ibl stand for i havnt got a clone room yet which is a shit but soon enough ill get properly sorted thanks again bud temp

 

IBL = Inbred Backcross Lines

And you can just do a simple cross between any male and any female and keep the seed. You'll get at least some good stuff. Maybe more. Maybe just one pheno. Depends on what the seller is doing. But if you just want to do that, there's no reason you can't.

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I got a question about hermie's -- i know this might not be the right place to post - but i think the idea's are there... so i got some beans from a hermie that was shocked by folic acid and was wondering what everyone thinks about them being feminized or not? i am pretty sure they should be but not positive -- and dont want to waste any time if they most likely will become hermies themselves or chance the male-- id rather get clones-- but was curious if i should hold on to them or not.. if anyone has some imput let me know-- or if they can link me to the correct place to post would be cool too-- the sites kinda all over the map so just wasnt sure--

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o and just to add-- i know that there was no rouge male in the room either-- they were all clones....from wat im told...

 

From what I understand re: hermies and feminizing seeds, a self pollinated hermie should produce feminized seeds. % sucess I don't know. Hope this helps.

 

IT REASSURES -- THANKS BB..

I THINK ILL KEEP THE BEANS AROUND I GUESS.. IF AYONE ELSE HAS MORE--- STILL WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YA THINK.. THANKS AGAIN.. -- SORRY FOR SCREAMINjust realized the caps was on..

~puff tough~
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They will be more likely to be female. They will also be more likely to hermie.