Do male flowers smell similar to a flowering female of the same strain

[doctor_nelson]

Can anyone confirm that male flowers smell like female flowers from the same strain?

 

Long story short, I cut some clones that I plan to convert into males with silver thiocyanate from four favourite mother strains.

 

Unfortunately I have reason to suspect that I mixed up the clone labels - one of the perils of gardening after sampling some of the last harvest

 

I want to make specific crosses so I need to be quite sure which female each of the males came from - I may need to leave an untreated branch on each of the males so I can get the smell of the female flowers.

 

Suggestions welcomed...

[micmac]

Good luck, can’t u tell when they start bud which 1 it is?

 

 

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[doctor_nelson]

Good luck, can’t u tell when they start bud which 1 it is?

 

 

Yes, the female flowers of each of the four mothers are easily distinguishable, but I need to know whether the male flowers from a female converted using silver will smell the same.

 

I think I'll just leave a small branch untreated on each of the "males" I make so I can smell that female flower smell to identify the male pollen source - seeds from those female flowers will be self fertilised so I'll toss them for fear of recessive traits in the seedlings - but at least I'll know which female to hit with each of the different female pollens I collect to avoid crossing a female with her own pollen.

Edited May 15, 2018 by doctor_nelson