Best way to harvest pollen from reversed female plants?

[oceangrownkush]

I got a good amount of pollen off of my recent reversal but it seems like a lot of the pollen was not viable. I was having a hard time separating the pollen from the reversed flowers so I sieved the nanners on a screen printing screen, I think the holes may have been too small and kind of cheese grated the pollen into being less viable or something?

Anyways, how do you pro reversal artists get that good sticky wet pollen off the reversed plant? It was coming out all custardy and moist like some mayonaise so I dried mine for a few days and sieved, thought it worked good but the number of beans looks low.. Any tips, pics, pointers appreciated.

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

Main enemies of pollen are heat and humidity, so I would start there. Living in 20%RH has terp and pollen drying advantages for sure. I have yet to see custardy pollen...

 

[crimsonecho]

no artist here but sometimes pollen just isnt that viable ime, sometimes i get that free flowing goodie good shit from the sacks and sometimes bananas just don’t open up an release it with some plants. when that happens i harvest each ripe sack with tweezers cut open the bananas with a scalpel force the pollen off wipe it with the said scalpel and run it gently on the pistils till clean.

but usually luckily girls release pollen and i put them all into one tent with a fan on till i see all pistils browning and baam, seeds 4-5 weeks later.

 

[chilliwilli]

Maybe a electric toothbrush can help seperating the pollen from the plant material.
Did u use fresh or dried material for the separation?

 

[ArtOfSelection]

a good ol kitchen sieve/strainer ..like a person would use to sieve flour for baking................that usually works well without damaging pollen

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

a good ol kitchen sieve/strainer ..like a person would use to sieve flour for baking................that usually works well without damaging pollen

I use a small tea strainer, and looking forward to needing a large tumbler. lol

 

[Lester Beans]

Cut a branch off and put it in a glass of water, the pollen shall fall.

 

[crimsonecho]

Cut a branch off and put it in a glass of water, the pollen shall fall.

roflmao i thought you meant head first hahaha