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Some freshly collected pollen with a few stray male flowers that will have to be strained out
Oncethemalesstarttoflowerandthrowpollen(about2weeksafterchangingthephotoperiodto12on/
12 off) just shake a flower cluster gently over some wax paper or aluminum foil. A lot of flowers will also
fall into the wax paper, and I find that running the whole lot through a regular old kitchen strainer works
great because you never want anything else but pure pollen for storage, or else mold will likely destroy it
all. I let the pollen sit out in the dry air for about two days (out of any real heat or direct light—or wind!)
before using a funnel to pour it into my little storage containers.
All Natural Germinating Road Rules
Germinating in TLO growing is just like germinating in any all-natural growing dynamic. Make sure there
are no synthetic nutrients involved whatsoever! If you are one of those people that likes to germinate in
wet paper towels, more power to you. I like to sow the seeds directly into soil mix in germinating flats.
To do this, just keep them pretty shallow, and don't plant them deeper than about ½ an inch or so and all
should be well. If you go with the moistened paper towel method, make sure your paper towels are not
too wet, but also that they don't get too dry. I would always use something other than distilled or reverse
osmosis water, due to the fact that when the little roots poke out, they can actually find uses for the small
amounts of dissolved minerals in the water. Germinating them in paper towels using distilled or reverse
osmosis water causes their roots to find zero nutrient sources upon making their appearance in the world.
This does not make for a super naturally happy sprout, and that's how we want them from start to finish in
TLO: super naturally happy!
