I am going to have to start doing more of this.
I do have a pretty decent sized turbo cloner…
I usually run 15 plants to start in the 4x4 and cull down to 9.
I usually have my 2x4 with 2 sativas, so I really don’t have room for a bunch of rooted clones, but I just may have to make that happen.
Ugghhh, the ol lady is gonna hang me 
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I totally agree, I plan to use all males, use a different branch for each on same females and lable.
I’m not trying to get into the breeding game or anything, just looking to up my seed counts on some strains and make a few crosses for me and a few people to play around with,and possibly come up with something worth my time.
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I really don’t have room for a bunch of rooted clones
Totally understand. The hardest part is seeing them root and take off and then having to chop em down for space. Every now and then though…you end up with a true-stud.
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Fridge em!
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How long can you keep a wrapped clon in the fridge for?
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Using a bee or small paintbrush in an area without any air movement - followed by spraying the plant down with water 1 hour later has worked well for me.
Keeping male “mothers” as small bonsai plants works the same way as it does for keeping female mothers, most of the time. Sometimes the males start flowering when they get rootbound, but those that do probably aren’t worth keeping anyways?
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That’s pretty wild, pollinating just like the bee’s do
Ok so it is an hour before spray. I thought that’s what I read before, but wasn’t sure, or thought I may have been misinformed.
I pollinate on my bathroom counter with no fan on, and am very careful to close and open the door without making a draft, while letting the magic happen.
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Loving all these useful tips guys, keep em coming.
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Clones from well kept plants keep for long enough to last the duration of flower time… havent played with the tech much myself but its certainly the direction im taking.
Keeping clones for 2 months when you know 2/3 dont even deserve a name is crazy. We must strive for better management
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This would be soooooo helpful to me.
It’s one of my biggest worries, if I find a true keeper, male or female I can’t grow them in the summer here. It’s too hot inside and have no where to grow outside…really don’t have anyone to keep them for me either.
So if I could keep thier clones in the fridge from the middle of June till middle of September, the would be so so so fucking awesome
cuts in fridge ziplocked can last 90 days or so…
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Thats dope man funny as hell you hot glued that be like that 
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Running out the door, but have a look at this post (and a few follow-uPs); First Time (growing legal that is)! - #242 by Tlander
Best of luck! Once you start, you’ll never stop!
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Ha Ha Ha !
You made me remember something.
That’s basically what Subcool said. We were talking about farm hogs quickly going feral when released into the wild, growing tusks etc. Wild rabbits that can’t breed with domestic rabbits, mules etc.
The hogs, like cannabis, want to go back to their original programming, and that many life forms are far removed from their original designs, through domestication, breeding, gmo etc.
He said,
“Don’t pick the first to flower, or biggest. Carefully pick one in the center”.
He said,
“If everyone selected only for those, it’d all go back to being hemp in no time”.
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This might be handy. Haven’t looked at it in a long while.
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Do you maintain a hive to have bees at hands to pollinate buds?
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Wax paper works very well for collecting pollen. The pollen slides easily and it is visible.
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No, he hunts them with a tiny rifle and scope but it’s ok he has a hunting permit.
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As far as just pollinating certain branches I use a trash bag and pollinate bottom branches or poke a hole in the trash bag and put a branch through it tape it up where the branch comes through and pollinate that branch. You can do this with several branches at a time or one at a time:
I use an artist’s paint brush to apply the pollen. Once everything is pollinated I let it sit for a number of hours and then spray everything down with water including the whole bag and then remove the bag and place the plant back in flower room.
Has worked well for me for years and always get quite a few seeds this way.
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plus, how did you get the bee to grasp that stick ?!?
did you get it high first 
?!?
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I used to keep bees so I know how well pollen sticks to those little bums (and legs!) …brilliant dispenser 
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