Sunday I came home from an overnighter and Checked on my lil breeding program.Two plants,Lemon smelling male and Hash plant girl.These are fifty foot from my hot house.Saturday morning ,before I leftI cked to see if the pollen was dropping.It looked like on flower had opened .Sunday... when I got home things were dusty so I got rid of the boy.
Today its tuesday and its storming.My ? is...Is my pollen going to wash off?
I doubt it but still I am curious.The pistols went from white to brown between saturday and monday.
O.G.G.2010 ftw

No, you'll be fine. It gets the job done efficiently. The hairs will retract within hours of finding what they're looking for, I believe.

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Sweet,Thanks Michael,I Was thinking that it would take.So the hairs retract upon thier gathering ,eh?

Yep. Kinda like a sea anemone.

Hey Pine here is what I am doing also... I am not sure if your trying to pollinate your plant on purpose but I am...

I have a hermi on the left... its male dominant but also has female hairs... on the right is a female... I shook and spread the pollen on the plant one day and then that afternoon it rained... well the next day or so I saw the hairs turning brownish on the tips and starting to receded back into the pods... So I know the rain did not wash off the pollen that was needed to pollinate this since it obviously already stopped THC production in order to make seeds...

Well just my input of what happened to me...

but that's the EFP... I produce some seeds of every strain to keep for myself if I ever want to bring it back...
I don't sell/trade/ or give them away though.. lol There mine... ALL MINE I TELL YA!!!

http://www.highgrade-seeds.com is where to get them peeps... They are a great seed bank...

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Biology of Pollination

Pollination is the event of pollen landing on a stig-
matic surface such as the pistil, and fertilization is the
union of the staminate chromosomes from the pollen with
the pistillate chromosomes from the ovule.
Pollination begins with dehiscence (release of pollen)
from staminate flowers. Millions of pollen grains float
through the air on light breezes, and many land on the
stigmatic surfaces of nearby pistillate plants. If the pistil is
ripe, the pollen grain will germinate and send out a long
pollen tube much as a seed pushes out a root. The tube
contains a haploid (in) generative nucleus and grows
downward toward the ovule at the base of the pistils.
When the pollen tube reaches the ovule, the staminate
haploid nucleus fuses with the pistillate haploid nucleus
and the diploid condition is restored. Germination of the
pollen grain occurs 15 to 20 minutes after contact with
the stigmatic surface (pistil); fertilization may take up to
two days in cooler temperatures. Soon after fertilization,
the pistils wither away as the ovule and surrounding calyx
begin to swell. If the plant is properly watered, seed will
form and sexual reproduction is complete. It is crucial that
no part of the cycle be interrupted or viable seed will not
form. If the pollen is subjected to extremes of tempera-
ture, humidity, or moisture, it will fail to germinate, the
pollen tube will die prior to fertilization, or the embryo
will be unable to develop into a mature seed. Techniques
for successful pollination have been designed with all these
criteria in mind.

Not sure if you had a look at this or not.

Here is the the link in which it came from...HIGHGRADE DISCUSSION FORUMS - I bit you might like to know on MJ botany

Hope it helps somewhat.

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Nice.. thank you... ;)

Me personally I only do it once in while for my own personal bank of seeds I have grown... but this was very informative...

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Ya, good post Shinning and No I havent seen that.I'm excited ,I am making lemon hash rite nowI sence an epidemic in my niehborhood.Of the green kind.
Thanks Mike, S. & J.B

So, pollen just laying around will stay viable for months as long as its dry,Right?
If its wetted ,like with the rain ,I dont really have to worry about it traveling?
I killed the male and put him to compost about a foot under but I know its all on the ground by my girl.