Awesome my brother…
Well things are looking good and pollen collection is picking up. Got 5ml yesterday, 15 more today Woo hoo, gonna be a pollen storm.
SO MUCH GOLD DUST!!!
wholly fucking fuck Doug!
I’d stay you need to stop but DON’T YOU DARE!
WELL MET
Thanks brother, those boys are just getting warmed up. Got under 1 vial day one, 2 on day 2 and now 3 on day 3. That’s almost 6 x 5ml vials thus far. Only going to increase from here. They will be kind of ugly by the time I am done smacking them around but I can see they are givers Ladies sit in a cloud when I leave the tent, lol.
I’ve never heard of a pollen shaker. What dat is?
This is it here. Has a lid on either end, put the material into the open area and shake, pollen ends up in the bottom below the screen less the plant matter.
Very nice indeed! Thanks!
How do you store the pollen and how long is it viable? You’re knocking this out of the park man!
That’s a bit of pollen @DougDawson, how are you collecting it?
I can’t say for sure but I did send some to people over 6 months after collection and it still worked. I hear it lasts longer if in freezer. The PPP I sent was stored an a dark closet in my basement that’s always cool. It’s in a sealed Tupperware with a dehumidifier in it.
Basically I grab each branch one by one or a couple at a time and bang them into a big metal bowl. Work around to all the branches and than scrape down the bowl and put it through the pollen shaker.
Just bought one of those pollen shakers. I wanna collect pollen just like Doug when I grow up
collecting pollen is almost as enjoyable as harvest. maybe more cuz there’s no trimming
Ima have to get one of those lol.
Looking great Doug .
it really does help with my method. I get many pods in the bowl when knocking pollen out of the branches. That shaker takes all the plant matter out of the mix, you can see how clean the pollen looks. It will likely store much better with no plant matter in it once it has been dried. Got folks that successfully used my last pollen over 6 months after collection.
Moisture is enemy number 1 .
Now for pollen collection. Some have asked so here is the play by play, collected pollen today. Into the pollen shaker it goes.
This what comes out.
Todays collection is here.
So now we are up to this much pollen so far
Pretty sure we can get some crosses out of here More to come. Happy 420 everyone.
Yeomans job brother! What is your method for drying the pollen before storing it? Thanks!
Hey brother, I keep it in a dish inside a Tupperware container which has a gasket lid. Than I put a portable dehumidifier in there with it.
I don’t know how you do it those vials came out spectacular.So much life and so many future beans in those tubes.