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Can we tell if a particular cannabis flower has been successfully pollinated just by looking at it? Yes! I pollinated certain parts of my Reclining Buddha cannabis garden a few days ago, and as these photographs show, there are already clear differences that the perceptive gardener can spot!The VirginThe untouched, virginal, and unpollinated flower (shown on left above) has long and fluffy pistils that are white and pointed upward.The Mother-to-beThe side of the plant which DID get visited by a pollen-coated cotton swab looks quite different. First, here she is 4 days ago, at the moment of conception:Congratulations! She's pregnant! A new generation has been bred, and is now being nurtured inside the mother plant. In just a few weeks, protective shells will form around these baby plants, and when the flowers are dried, the seeds will be gathered and saved.The lower nodes of the same pollinated branch look the same:So yes, there are several clear indicators to look for when checking for successful pollination in cannabis plants. I hope these photographs and descriptions clearly demonstrate those indicators.Control groupMy other two females didn't get involved whatsoever. They're just doing their thing, unaware a male was ever among them! (He's in the compost now. RIP "Monster".) Because they aren't part of the experiment, it's useful to follow their progress as well. So far, one is unremarkable, but the other seems to be accelerating:Lots of growth - a big afro of pistils reaching and stretching for pollen! She clearly resembles the unpollinated side of the other plants, showing no signs of pollination at all.I wouldn't exactly say she's "stacking up" or anything, but for 200% organic plants, this early into flowering, that's pretty good. In other words, maybe not having ANY pollinated flowers at all might boost a plant's sensimillia (seedless bud) production significantly. That's worth noting, because I had previously believed that pollinating half a plant didn't affect the other half. It would mean I should treat each plant as either a seed-bearing plant or a medicine-bearing plant, not pollinating parts of plants. More experimentation is required.Originally posted: https://hive.blog/hive-195708/@drutter/pollinated-versus-unpollinated-cannabis-flowers
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