quick question about reversed female smell

[Olderfart]

I am thinking about making some seeds this winter, and expect that I will need to move the pollen plants to somewhere else in the house once pollen is about to start. I want to manually apply it, not seed everything in the growdrobe.

I only have one growdrobe with filtration, so my question is how stinky do small fully reversed females get while producing pollen? If I do this, the reversed females will be in solo cups and if necessary topped/trimmed to keep them small. My wife is not fond of the smell, so if this is going to stink the house up, I will not be able to do any time overlap between pollen and seed producers, which would be a PIA by pushing bud harvest until later in the winter or spring.

 

[Arthur]

Smell for me has been no worse than a plant in vegetation. Might look at building an isolation chamber out of a tote, so he/she can live with the others.

 

[Olderfart]

Smell for me has been no worse than a plant in vegetation. Might look at building an isolation chamber out of a tote, so he/she can live with the others.

Thanks for the reply @Arthur, I appreciate it. I wondered about something like your tote idea, but thought that keeping the pollen from getting loose might prove impossible. The growdrobe is only a ~2x4, so keeping the ventilation stream for the pollen plants from getting at the seed plants would be difficult. All plants are going to need air, and separation of the two exit air streams would be hard to do.

Anyway, your comment suggests that a couple small plants elsewhere in the basement are not likely to smell up the house. Worse case scenario is that I toss the reversed plants if the stink becomes a problem.

Another issue here that I just thought of is how likely is cross contamination of pollen from two strains if I grow two pollen plants in the same space. Maybe I would be best to only do one plant to make sure that I consistently know who the "father" actually is. I'm not interested in growing unexpected crosses. Just thinking out loud here. The thinking cap is still on...

 

[Arthur]

If you have 2 males going it will be very difficult to keep from cross pollenation. When I see the first sacks getting ready to open, I cut and put in a vase, like a flower, and set on the kitchen table. Sits on parchment paper, and I place a dome over the top to restrict the pollen. Just a hint of air movement can move pollen a long way...

Growing 2 out and letting them just drop will get you a big mess, so work with one first, and then if you feel you can handle the issues involved, dive in.

 

[Olderfart]

If you have 2 males going it will be very difficult to keep from cross pollenation. When I see the first sacks getting ready to open, I cut and put in a vase, like a flower, and set on the kitchen table. Sits on parchment paper, and I place a dome over the top to restrict the pollen. Just a hint of air movement can move pollen a long way...

Growing 2 out and letting them just drop will get you a big mess, so work with one first, and then if you feel you can handle the issues involved, dive in.

Pretty much what I thought, thanks for the confirmation. If I reverse, it will be one only.

Somewhat unrelated, but as of today, I think I officially give up outdoor growing where I live. Even in my small greenhouse, with a fan on it, my one outside plant now has mould. I will retrieve what I can, but the lady is buggered, which makes about five in a row. I had hoped to nurse her to my preferred maturity, but it looks like that is not going to happen. Grumble.

 

[Arthur]

Sorry about your outdoor lady! Here rippers are the worry outside. To the point I've given up growing photos outdoors completely. Everyone knows when to be looking.

 

[Olderfart]

Sorry about your outdoor lady! Here rippers are the worry outside. To the point I've given up growing photos outdoors completely. Everyone knows when to be looking.

I trimmed and brown bagged what I could off the colas with apparent mould last night. So far, I doubt that I managed to salvage 50%, and it is not ready anyway. Almost 100% clear trichs, not even close to what I had in mind. If the remaining colas show infection, the entire thing may end up in the compost. Damn shame that. She was a nice plant until the evil Botrytis showed up.

OTOH, I kind of expected this. The plant was one of the ones I used to demo Slow's germination method, not really a serious grow. The other two in soil that I gave to a friend produced squat. The weather this summer has been the coldest and wettest that either my wife or I can remember. Rain and a high of 11C tomorrow if you can believe it.

Good thing my indoor setup works...

 

[Bob's Auto's]

I am thinking about making some seeds this winter, and expect that I will need to move the pollen plants to somewhere else in the house once pollen is about to start. I want to manually apply it, not seed everything in the growdrobe.

I have a like minded idea... This winter I'm gonna (solo cup) grow a couple of strains indoors which are planned for next year and reverse them for pollen. That way the pollen is ready when I need it next year. Live and learn

Somewhat unrelated, but as of today, I think I officially give up outdoor growing where I live. Even in my small greenhouse, with a fan on it, my one outside plant now has mould.

Don't know where you at, but where I am (Western Europe) at the end of August it starts raining a lot and humidity goes sky high for days on end. I planned my grow in the greenhouse so the last ones where ready before that happend and even then the last plants which where harvested got mold inside the main cola's which I only saw (colorblind) when harvesting...

She was a nice plant until the evil Botrytis showed up.

You could make a foliar spray with Botanicare HydroGuard or some other brand with Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens in it OR make a solution of milk and water and spray the mixture onto the plants preventative.

 

[Olderfart]

I have a like minded idea... This winter I'm gonna (solo cup) grow a couple of strains indoors which are planned for next year and reverse them for pollen. That way the pollen is ready when I need it next year. Live and learn


Don't know where you at, but where I am (Western Europe) at the end of August it starts raining a lot and humidity goes sky high for days on end. I planned my grow in the greenhouse so the last ones where ready before that happend and even then the last plants which where harvested got mold inside the main cola's which I only saw (colorblind) when harvesting...


You could make a foliar spray with Botanicare HydroGuard or some other brand with Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens in it OR make a solution of milk and water and spray the mixture onto the plants preventative.

I am in British Columbia, a partial day's drive west of the center of the province. It can get wet later in September here, but the conditions this year in July and August have been gross.

Thanks for the foliar recommendations. If I ever do another outdoor grow, which will likely only happen if I build a serious greenhouse, I will keep them in mind. RotBlock would be another possibility if they ever show up again. However, at this point I am done with it. I may move what's left of the current lady inside to see what develops. If I can just get one bloody cola mature so I can see how the strain works for sleep, the grow won't have been a complete bust, but I am not optimistic. Once I got in there, the rot that I ran into trimming last night was a lot worse than I thought. I expect that the rest of the plant will go down before long. Now if it would just stop raining for a little while, I could move the lady.

 

[Bob's Auto's]

I feel ya brother