Cartman
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What an excellent excellent thread.. I laughed, I cried... I learned.. LOL.
But seriously, awesome share man.. I goof off with minor pollen chucking that started out with just wanting to save a strain last year when I took my 1st shot at Auto Flowering and all my research told me Sour60 was a strain to keep around. It worked out great as I did not do a full pollination but only a Pre-flower pollination allowing the male to only hit the 1st small amount of hairs just after all the plants sexed..
I wound up with 25 seeds of each plant and didn't lose to much of the bud to seed production.. after this I was hooked..
Since then I've taken 2 new crosses to F3 and will be growing them out soon.. I've had a few test growers who actually had pretty fair results..
I fully understand the HUGE difference between what I do as a hobby pollen chucker and a true breeder who has to go thru thousands of plants sometimes to find the 2 donors who show the traits "they" are looking for be it resin production or only size matters..
However, I am enjoying the pollen chucking tremendously, learning a lot and having fun..
For me though it's mostly about not having to purchase seeds from the seed banks as I just cannot afford it living off a small disability check.. Is what I'm doing ok as long as I'm honest and up front with anyone I gift seeds to for testing/trying..? :sumo:
again, thanks for this thread.... you've got a fan here.. :flower:
But seriously, awesome share man.. I goof off with minor pollen chucking that started out with just wanting to save a strain last year when I took my 1st shot at Auto Flowering and all my research told me Sour60 was a strain to keep around. It worked out great as I did not do a full pollination but only a Pre-flower pollination allowing the male to only hit the 1st small amount of hairs just after all the plants sexed..
I wound up with 25 seeds of each plant and didn't lose to much of the bud to seed production.. after this I was hooked..
Since then I've taken 2 new crosses to F3 and will be growing them out soon.. I've had a few test growers who actually had pretty fair results..
I fully understand the HUGE difference between what I do as a hobby pollen chucker and a true breeder who has to go thru thousands of plants sometimes to find the 2 donors who show the traits "they" are looking for be it resin production or only size matters..
However, I am enjoying the pollen chucking tremendously, learning a lot and having fun..
For me though it's mostly about not having to purchase seeds from the seed banks as I just cannot afford it living off a small disability check.. Is what I'm doing ok as long as I'm honest and up front with anyone I gift seeds to for testing/trying..? :sumo:
again, thanks for this thread.... you've got a fan here.. :flower: