Will my cannabis be seedy because I let a male start dropping pollen in the cannabis garden?
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I let a male cannabis plant reach maturity in the rabbit colony cannabis garden. It was the last pineapple pomegranate seed I had so I wanted to let it produce pollen to save for breeding. I harvested the pollen and pulled the plant to feed to the rabbits. The female plants have just barely started to produce flowers so I don't think I'll end up with too many seeds (and if I do I kinda want them anyway). The rabbits sure do love to eat cannabis.
For those who have experience preserving pollen please point me in the direction of some good techniques.
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If the pollen sacks were open at all, you'll get seeds. Hopefully it's a small enough amount that your girls still vigorously produce more flower. If they get pollinated enough, they will slow down, or even halt.
I don't know anything about preserving cannabis pollen, in particular, as I haven't performed any breeding. However, for many/most plants, pollen does not preserve well.
I let one make open up and drop pollen for a week a couple seasons ago. Ended up with lots of seeds in the plants closest to it but not too bad with the others. Definitely still got lots of flower. I hope this time isnt as bad. I really wanted to have the pollen from this plant so I took the gamble. The trick will be preserving it for a few more weeks until I'm ready to pollinate a few branches.
