so I’ve used paper and plastic I the plastic is easier I guess but I get nervous if I have to leave it sealed idk why so yeah its j uth st a matter of isolating whatever branch or branches were pollinated and the water doesn’t kill the pollen it just keeps it from blowing all over a mix of iso and water kills pollen but I haven’t tried it yet and don’t know the ratio yet but I have bagged and dusted branches then sprayed and returned on many occasions with great success just remember to label everything and never dust in a tent unless you want everything seeded
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Ace! So a safe method can be “pollenate → mist down with water → place back in tent”?
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I don’t want to contradict @cannabliss here but everything I’ve read and been told is that wetting the pollen ruins it. When I pollinated I waited until the next day to spray it to keep the other colas from getting pollinated because of advice I got here. This goes against everything I’ve heard but if true would be useful info.
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Nice @Pigeonman . I was going up I seen a guy named Hemp. Gezzzzz it late or I have smoked to much.
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I agree. Very nice.
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Okay. I’m gonna err of the side of caution. Each set of four will be pulled out and dusted in different spaces and kept apart for 24 hours before a wet down and then all return to the 4x4. My 2x4 is empty so 4 can go in there while the other 4 stay in the 4x4. I’ll wet down the interior when i spray down those 4 before returning the others back from the 2x4.
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You don’t need to wait a full 24 hours after dusting. I would just separate and pollinate before lights out. Once lights come back on you can spray em all down and put them back together.
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Thanks @Oldtimerunderground ! Sounds like a better plan time wise 
Any opinion of current bud sit size relating to pollination timing?
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I would wait a couple more days until there are a few more pistils to drop the pollen on them. If you wanted to hit em again a week after that to make even more seeds, that would be fine too. When you do 2 rounds it really helps fill up the buds with seeds. Things are looking good, nice work 
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Thank you! Ya know what? I always aim to over do things so i’m gonna hit them up this weekend and again in 2 weeks.
If i’m spending the time, energy & coin on doing this I might as well overdo this!
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Don’t wait too long before the 2nd round, you want them to have plenty of time to finish up. I usually stop by end of week 4, at the latest.
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Thanks for the warning! I definitely do not want too many under developed seeds.
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Shouldn’t be an issue seeing how healthy they are and using the method I described. I like your transplant technique too. You could throw some frosting on that soil and it would look just like a cake lol.
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I top water at the stems base and while some water does go into the tower a lot flows off the edge of each tier and progressively wetting the entire mass. Watering is super zen.
If anyone’s wondering what the white on the leaves is I sprayed everything with sulfur when still in veg.
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I thought the same thing until last night then I did a bunch of reading and from what I can find it doesn’t actually kill it so I will go with further info needed someone mentioned something about it up further like I said I’ve thought forever wetting it killed it then I went looking further and was shocked myself so if anybody else has any input that would be awsome
I read a bunch of stuff that said if water killed pollen rain would too and we had to use bleach or alcohol that’s why I said I’ve never actually used that method I’ve just always sprayed water and never had an issue so a mystery ensues lol
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What I had read when pollen gets wet it’s “active” for about 24hours before it’s ends up “failing” and will no longer be viable. I forget what the terms are; but they pop a lil’ tail to fertilize but it withers by the 24hour mark.
I tried to find the article I read but I forgot to bookmark it.
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Weed pollen is meant to be carried by wind so I am guessing the water just prevents it from blowing around but doesn’t kill it. That’s just a guess though.
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yeah I have thought and carried on under the idea water killed or deactivated pollen for years now. Yesterday i did a bunch of reading and have found conflicting info as usual. I read a bunch of things that say water does the trick and a bunch stating you need to use peroxide or Iso or bleach even. HMMMMMM
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Good to know! You taught me something 
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