hi there,

i missed this post for a bit, ive been job hunting.
anyway, here are some tips on pollen collection...

you get your male(s) and flower them right up till the little magic beenbags are about to open, (this is a bit tricky cause i have noticed that the little buggers open at night for some reason), then here you have two options:

1- you can 'harvest' the almost open bags into little plastic zip bags, or into a small bowl,(you can tell they are ready cause, they are fuller and slightly yellow or lighter green than the others..) ... they will open at night and you tap the pollen out of them, one or two of these balls are enough to pollinate 1 bud;

2- this is the method i usually use and i'll explain why afterwards. when the flowering tops are almost 'ripe' but still unopen cut the branch, and put it in a cup of water like you would a clone, then put it somewhere safe away from your females, put it near a window but somewhere where there is NO breeze, now work out a way to collect the pollen, if theres no breeze itll drop straight down onto a paper or foil and not float into the air, any way work it out, and if theres more than 1 male as was your case, keep these seperate as well, seperate room, containers ...

now the reason i choose this method normally is that after you take your 'clone', you can ditch the rest of the male... you really nly need that tip, and there is absolutely no risk of contaminating you females

by the way if you take the males out of the flowering and get them onto a window sill there is no amount of light that wil stop the almost ripe flowers from opening anyway,...

now you collect your pollen int marked plastic zip baggies and you get yourself 1 CLEAN and DRY small paintbrush for each strain of pollen(like those thin watercolour paintbrushes) and pollinate carefully 1 bud with each ... did i stress 1 clean and dry brush for each strain enough?, ok, your set.

oh, once in the baggies and tagged you can store the pollen in the fridge till you need it

well as a stoned ileso always says...
have fun