Outdoor pollination

[mainerJ]

i have a question regarding the plants i pollinated yesterday. i dusted them about 2pm in the afternoon and then it started raining sometime during the night and has not stopped raining drizzling all day today. i was wondering if the chuck will take or will i have to try again? i do not know how much time it takes for pollination? to actually happen

[Slammedsonoma420]

About 30 minutes. You should be fine.

[Oldtimerunderground]

Wouldn’t hurt to dust them again when they dry off, if you have more of the same pollen to spare. If the hairs don’t start to recede within a couple days I would try again.

[mainerJ]

thank you both, @Slammedsonoma420 and @Oldtimerunderground . i always wondered how long pollination actually takes. i will also watch the hairs for signs of pollination

[Shanti-ri]

@Slammedsonoma420

About 30 minutes. You should be fine.

@Oldtimerunderground

If the hairs don’t start to recede within a couple days I would try again.

exactly what they said the only thing i have to add is that outdoor pollination has high risks of cross pollination.

Look this:
“Mitigating the risk of cross-pollination in cannabis presents a unique challenge. The most straight forward strategy involves geographic or physical isolation. Industry experts recommend a minimum distance of 10 miles between outdoor cannabis fields. Research has shown that pollen can travel much further than 10 miles, but the amount of pollen transported decreases logarithmically with increasing distance from the source. Therefore, the risk of pollination should be negligible beyond ten miles from a pollen source.”

Weighing the risk of cannabis cross-pollination

[Oldtimerunderground]

@Shanti-ri

outdoor pollination has high risks of cross pollination

For sure. One year I had a whole outdoor crop pollinated.

@Shanti-ri

The most straight forward strategy involves geographic or physical isolation

I wonder if there’s anything else you could do to mitigate the risk of cross-pollination.

Maybe cake the pollen on?

Blow it all up in the bud

Dab it up on the nugs

Dust it all over

Until it’s fully coated

[Shanti-ri]

to tell the truth it looks like me doing indoor pollination,

the second is me when I don’t have a fan;

@Oldtimerunderground

Blow it all up in the bud

the third is me with a brush on the lower branches;

@Oldtimerunderground

Dab it up on the nugs

the fourth is me doing open pollination on several plants inside the tent;

@Oldtimerunderground

Dust it all over

the fifth is me doing a pollination in a 9x9 room

@Oldtimerunderground

Until it’s fully coated

can’t think of anything for first…

[Maddawg]

@DougDawson

Rumor has it this is a pretty good representation

Also have you checked out Trackers post on the method he used for his “2022 Outdoor Garden” pollination?

Tracker's garden

For good measure, I applied the rest of the (C99xJH) pollen from @Maddawg . I took pics to show the application method. I have never attempted to selectively pollinate in my garden, so this is learning something new for me. My intent is to minimize the likelihood of cross contamination between pollenated branches. I know that the probability cannot be reduced to zero. If the female flower is ready to reproduce and the pollen source is viable, as far as I can reason, there are two things tha…

[mainerJ]

lol, got me laughing real hard people.