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All my seeds get a 24hr soak in DI water with a little saltpeter before planting, germ rates are very good and never have an issue of what your calling helmet heads.  Then again I keep them in high humidity until they are starting true leaves so that helps keep the husks soft.

I've read all I can find and found nothing that sounded to have found the truth.  While doing so I also experimented in my grow room and have concluded that 24/7 light is just fine if you can also provide nutrients and H2o in the proper amounts per species 24/7 which is really hard to do.  Much...

  Well thanks for that vid, showed me yet another way that it ain't going to happen.  The OD of blooms are only 4mm at best, many are under 2mm that I think could be viable for a true F2.  Any other sporting ideas?

Crossing for my own version of what your asking for, doesn't look to be much out there from my research.  Harvested my wild ones from the foothills of my mining claims so pretty sure they are true natives.  Crossed with Reaper and trying for an F2 pod this year.  Flowers are still very small...

And?   Panties look a bit snug on you BTW, consider next size please? :drooling:

Sooo, lets assume you now have your big girl panties on and are over "it", and now fully understanding my original question of how to improve on my technique of cross pollinating such a tiny and delicate bloom do you have anything productive to add to the post?  I'm actually considering some...

Hmmm?  Welcome aboard BCE...  Sorry to have interrupted your early morning with my post and thanks for responding.  Please don't take offense that your response was completely off base in response to my actual question on how to CROSS pollinate my F2's with less trouble for such a tiny bloom.  ...

OR bees could be different I guess, never "bee"n there so don't know personally. :rolleyes:

We were already in the middle of a seed swap so as to not change the deal I posted here and asked him in PM where to get them.  Nice guy to just add some to the swap.  Thanks again man!

Looks like a nice addition to my grow but unable to locate reputable seed stock.

Exactly... I do not have problems pollinating with same, I'm crossing again for an F2

I'm sure your humidity is much higher than here so next bet from me is your heat possibly?  They still look ok, but less water and patience now is my guess.  Look pretty wet.

Last year I had a pain of a time getting a cross but did finally get a few pods.  Native wild Chiltepins here in Arizona are getting hard to find and the Bradshaw ones are now very rare in the wild.  Last year I crossed two Reapers with them by using a micro vacuum when the bloom was just...

+1  I recommend just lifting the lid so that a little more air can get in for a few days while checking water levels.  Out here even a day can dry them out badly.  When they still look ok with that take the lid off.  A day or two later re-pot or put to ground.

Sure wouldn't plant them into a solo cup.  If still too cold to kick them out of the house I would go straight to a 1 gallon pot and water with the same nute's but just enough to keep the soil damp.

I would snip the buds at that stage of growth but thats just me.  Usually I wait after topping it for them to bush out more, top those and then let it flower.  Everyone does it a little different depending on their variety and needs, thats the fun part. They look pretty healthy so your doing...

I have several F1 Reaper / AZ wild Chiltepins that are growing under lights still.  Flowerring like crazy and only 7" tall and bushy.  The Reaper seed was from PJ's and from what I've read may be suspect but they sure looked like the real thing.  My first cross experiment so we shall see, a...

I have two Chiltepins that are now 3 years old and getting better all the time.  Had a few Bell's years back that reached 6 before we composted them, they were 6' tall then but each year after year 2 the fruit got smaller and smaller.  May have been soil, don't know and didnt bother messing with...

I've added UV A in the 400nm range for a few years since I have thousands of them laying around. The starts under them do get leggy quickly then when 6" tall and they get topped they explode out the sides.

I use my hydro water waste from change outs in my outside plants all the time. No problems but can't say it helps any either.