When is the best time to pollinate autos? I have one that is showing white pistols already but is only about 6 inches tall with about 3 nodes. She got stunted from a transplant. Should I dust her or wait a few weeks?
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The sooner the better. Seeds take about 6 weeks to fully form.
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So i am guessing with autos its as soon as you see white pistols? Is it one and done or hit her again once she stretches some?
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I know when I pollinate I will hit a plant up a few times just to make sure I get plenty of seeds. But I always use my pollen when bud formation starts.
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Some autos concentrate on seeds once they’re fertilized and make fewer buds and pistils. You’re going to probably get lots of seeds even from a stunt, but if quantity is really important wait until the mom is in full stretch.
That said, I almost always dust at the first opportunity, because as others have said, you’re going to need ~8 weeks to be sure the seeds are fully mature.
I grew a bunch of seed moms last summer in tiny pots and each plant had between 1 and 2 doobies worth of testable herb and 150-200 seeds per stunted plant. The plants were tiny - 6-10 inches with a single cola.
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How tiny were your pots?
They were Styrofoam cups about like a large soda from Circle K - 16 oz I think. All of my breeding until the current generation was done with 16-20 specimens in pots no larger than #1s.
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