Hi folks - I'm new to this whole VFT growing business, but I've been having a lot of fun so far. Flowers were already beginning to shoot up when my plants were shipped to me a few weeks ago, so I let them grow. Why not? - growing lots of little VFT's sounded like a cool idea.
Once the buds opened, I harvested the pollen with a letter opener, stored it in a cool location, and transferred it to the stigma of the next plant once it was receptive after a couple of days. So far, so good - the only thing is that now that the flowers have closed up, two have gone black and one is staying green (see picture). Which are the healthy ones, and should I cut the others off? They all opened within a couple of days of each other.
Picture here: http://www.hdpixel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7099
Once the buds opened, I harvested the pollen with a letter opener, stored it in a cool location, and transferred it to the stigma of the next plant once it was receptive after a couple of days. So far, so good - the only thing is that now that the flowers have closed up, two have gone black and one is staying green (see picture). Which are the healthy ones, and should I cut the others off? They all opened within a couple of days of each other.
Picture here: http://www.hdpixel.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7099