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Buck5050

Underground Chucker
I would take any overstock you are left with on ripper or pandoras box, I like the look of vanilla tart as well.
No doubt, I'll let you know once I sort out the purchase. Just waiting on some financial institution to confirm a few things and I'll drop you a line.

Since I haven't ordered anything from this particular bank before I am just looking at one 50 pack of the JTR to get my feet wet. If everything goes good I can go back in for some more.
 

Buck5050

Underground Chucker
Old man Stink Bug
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In a couple of days, these tops will get snipped off and hung for collection. But, in the meantime we have some BlueRipper on BlueRipper action going on behind the curtain...
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BlueRipper F2s in the making. Using the outdoor breeze to do the "sprinkle sprinkle shake shake!"
 

Buck5050

Underground Chucker
Cooking some GG88.
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Been feeding them the same flower mix of MegaCrop as my indoor girls. Keeping Ph between 5.6-5.9.

GG75 -- 2020 selected female going full term holding F2s. She's in-ground and I have been alternating feedings with just hose water and 1 part MegaCrop. Healthy even with borderline treatment. She is a breeze to grow.
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Buck5050

Underground Chucker
When working with limited space or just attempting to make a small personal stash of seeds, single branch breeding has served me well. Over the course of a couple of years, I have developed a little method that I found works quite well in both pollinating a particular site and keeping the cross-pollination down to a minimum leaving me with more usable flowers.

Things needed:

small plastic bags-- I used the pillow cushion bags that come in most shipping boxes. These make a great bag because they are longer then they are wide and being filled with air proves they don't have any holes for loose pollen to escape.
spray bottle water-- I use just a run of the mill spray bottle filled with RO water

viable pollen-- I use pollen from a male usually but this method works for female pollen as well

tweezers-- I use these as a tool for controlling the pollen and the bags if need be.

small container--for holding small bags

tags-- in cases where you bag multiple branches with different pollen

ties-- used to tie up the bottom of the bag around the branch

The first thing I do is separate the plant from other flowering girls and turn off all my fans. The least amount of air movement the better. Once I have her separated I decide on the branch that will be pollinated. Here's a shot of CandyMan outside the flower tent:
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I'll be hitting her with some of the GG75 pollen I collected a few weeks back.

Here I checked two of the pillow bags for leaks:
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No chance of pollen falling out without me knowing.

Since they still were holding air I snipped off one end making sure to keep some length on the bag:
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One of the bags I took and placed it on the selected branch to be pollinated and sprayed down the rest of the plant with a decent mist of RO water:
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The idea here is if somehow pollen gets loose during the process that it will be neutralized by the residual moisture. This can help eliminate some stray pollen going back into the flower area. Once the plant is sprayed down I remove the bag we used as a shield and discard it. Taking consideration at keeping the moisture away from the previously covered area.

Using the other bag, I stuff it in a small container and fold back the edges:
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Using a vial and some tweezers I gently sprinkle in a bit of pollen directly into the bottom of the bag. Keep in mind I don't need much since this will be contained in a small area around a couple of buds.

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Gently lift and pinch the baggie to not let the pollen get carried away. From that point, I take it very slow and steady while placing the bag on the target branch.

It helps if you can bend the branch some to create more of a horizontal direction to pull the bag over the buds. Once I get the baggie bottomed out over the bud I gently roll it out to its full length and pinch or tie the bottom.
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I also give the plant another spray down of RO water and the area around the process. When that done she'll go back into the flower area with the bag on for 24 hours.

After 24 hours, I remove the plant from the area again and use a spray bottle while I remove the bag. I use the spray bottle to mist the pollinated area before placing the plant back in with other flower girls.
 

MO_Grow

Underground Chucker
It'll be a grand story... They'll love it!

I know what you mean. I just got done shucking the last of everything from this last run and was looking at all the baggies full of seeds everywhere like 'shit, another addiction to add to my addiction, great!' ? and of coarse I have a new bag of randoms that I'm finding in some of nugs I'm smoking. Cause probly half the time I like mixing 2 different ones together then I find a seed or several in the grinder after the deed is done so only have speculation on what they are. Then the ones from plants that unintentionally got some sploosh. I'm sure I'll do a bagseed run at some point just for shits and giggles to see what I find. Fun stuff and times coming that for sure!
 
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