Those males are BIG! I bet they’ll be dumping pollen like crazy.
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Between 3 and 4 feet probably. Lots of sacs though 
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Looking good @Islayhearts, have fun tomorrow with the whackin 
give the male in the 2nd pic an extra good whack for me too bro 
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I got you! Out of curiosity, why that one?
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If the two males are running behind. They can cover the new stuff still forming on your ladies.
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Thanks bro!
Lol, I dunno really. Without being there to rub stems or see them upclose I’m pretty much going on looks/structure. I guess you could call it the goldilocks effect 
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That was my thought as well. They should fill in any new growth over the next 2 weeks
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They all look good, especially the slender leaf one in the 3rd pic. Is that the first one to start dropping pollen?
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Yes dropped some pollen a few days ago. So say 11 days into flower. Very thin leaves, might also be the shortest male.
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Legit science here.
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Day 1 of stick whacking. Did it about 10 hours ago. No obvious signs of pollinated pistils. Only the male that has shown pollen really released any. So that’s that. We’ll try again in a week or so depending when the others start to drop pollen.
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Do you plan to smoke the males? You can learn much about the flavor and potency that they contribute.
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I wasn’t planning on it but might try it now. I usually just give it a good stem rub when I chop it and use that as a basis.
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So just curious, what part of the male would you smoke?
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The dry the leaves, male flowers and pollen. Place the pollen and dried male flowers inside the leaves. Smoke in a bowl to eliminate any additional flavor layers. This will help determine the flavor profile and terpenes. The potency can be judged in this way, as well as making edibles from this material.
Check out this thread on selecting for potency. Senior members @Palindrome and @zephyr shed some light on the dark arts of genetic selection. A truly fascinating read. Enjoy! Breeding For Potency: Selection Methods - #17 by Muleskinner
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Thanks bud, would never have even considered that. Off to read that thread, thanks for the info and link.
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A friend who has been growing and breeding since the 70s likes to smoke the flowering tips from his males. He just picks the tip of a flowering top with a mix of open and closed male flower pods, dries it like bud, and then smokes it.
Personally I would shake the dried male flowers until they had dropped all their pollen before smoking.
You can definitely catch a buzz from smoking male flowers and get an idea of the effect of that plant. This still doesn’t exactly translate to the high of the females from that line, or the offspring of that male. But it can be very informative.
Personally I prefer to make edibles. cannabis juice gives you a good sense of the medicinal qualities.
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Hey Doug, this is also a good reading:
''When you select males from among that preselected stock, you are primarily looking for 3 features, and it is not arbitrary crap you read about somewhere, like stem thickness. It is something you can measure and record. Here they are in order of importance:
- High Factor: You want it to be stony, however you like it. With the male you can’t be too choosy because you will be smoking leaf. You will test it for stoniness, by finding small veg leaves, 1 ½ inch diameter leaves, and dry them out. Make sure that the leaf samples to be tested are the exact same size(leaf stoniness varies according to size of leaf). Then first thing in the morning right when you wake up, wake and bake. Take 2 dried leaves pack them in a bong first thing in the morning right when you wake up, and take the single biggest hit you can and hold, and hold it for as long as possible, exhale, wait a few minutes and then rate on a scale from 1 to 10. Only one bong hit per test, and only test one sample each day, right when you wake up. Do this a couple times with each sample, if you have time. You will be surprised what a variation you will find, and if you smoke right when you wake up and you have a superior strain, you will also be surprised by how high you will get. Note: if you can finish the bong then you need to use more leaves. There should be enough material in the bong that you can’t finish all of it.
‘’
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They were given 1 lashing each tonight. Still only that one producing pollen. Hoping the others kick in soon here.
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Incredible read. Implementing immediately.
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