rlglsg

I'm still a bit of a to all of this. So, please be nice... please!

In all of the reading that I have done on the forums that I am a member of, it would seem that the general consensus is that seeds in the smoking bud are about as desireable as a handful of horse flies scrambled in your breakfast eggs! Other than the inconvenience of having to pick them out before smoking or running the risk of one of the seeds exploding like a cigarette load , what's the big deal??? Why are seeds so bad???

Thanks for helping me understand!!

bobbooty

hi and welcome to gc

well, usually there is more then one seed, when there is one. when it does get in a joint it pops, burns and smells bad. kinda ruins the joint. most of the time i have to unroll the joint and make sure its clear of more seeds if there was one. or if its in a bowl, i have to dump it out to check for more seeds and to clear it of the burning seed.

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illegal-clone

Seeds take energy to make. That energy spent making those seeds could have/should be used to make buds and focus on potency.

When a plant gets pollinated, all it cares about is making those seeds ripe. Bud growth, resin production slow down a lot.

Not saying pollinated bud is less potent...But if it wasnt pollinated I bet it would be slightly better. Also depends on level of pollination. You could have a seed every 10 grams, or 10 seeds a gram. The more the less potent usually.

bobbooty

if you let a male plant pollenate a female,you would end up with buds almost completely full of seeds. just cleaning or separating them would be a major task. so less seeds is better simply for that reason alone. it does lower potency to some degree, depending on the strain.

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Allglad

welcome rlglsg

good info....

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rlglsg

Thank you all for the welcomes!! And, thank you for the information!! I've done seed collecting on vegetable and flower plants before. And, I do know that some of the seeds can be a royal pain in the butt to harvest/seperate because of size and other things.

Thanks again for the great information. Oh... thanks for responding so quickly!! I was quite impressed!!!!!!

Allglad

:IMHO: I would say the hardest part of harvesting seeds is the thoughts of how much better the bud would be if it had no seeds.

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rlglsg

Thanks for your input, Allglad! If it is true (as others have stated here) that the quality is only affected minimally, it still doesn't seem like seeds would be a big deal (Just my humble opinion also). I guess that I should do a grow with a male and female, allow nature to take it's course and compare it to some of the bud from a unpollinated female of the same strain. The only problem that I see with doing that is the fact that (from what I've read) there can be rather large differences in quality between plants of the same strain.

I only have room for a couple of plants at a time. And, from what I've read in this thread so far, the down sides to having the seeds won't be that big of a deal to me. Plus, if things go well, I'll then have a bunch of "free" Northern Lights seeds to use in the future. And, that is a "Martha Stewart good thing!!"

Allglad

nice nice..yep there are possitives to make'n seeds. I want to do so with some auto flowering Blueberry.

course there are other good and bad things about make'n seeds.

One big thing is that if you make seeds is that clean up would need to be more thorough than normal as pollen may hang around. I hope the grow area you have is easy to clean.

Hope all goes well for ya here at GC and with your grow.

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rlglsg

Thanks for the words of encouragement, Allglad. I too wish you luck with your Blueberry!!

My grow area is a relatively small closet. The only bad thing about it is that it has carpet on the floor. I was hoping that I could use a good bagless vacuum with a hepa filter to thoroughly vacuum the carpet; then use my carpet shampooer to shampoo the carpet. Should that be enough for the carpet? And, what would you suggest for the walls and ceiling?

Thanks again for your input and advice!!