d.c. beard
Well-Known Member
Pollen usually loses viability after about 2 weeks in nature or a growroom. It can last up to a couple of months though. If it's just one hermie plant then it prob won't be that much of an issue as the amount of pollen it puts out shouldn't be excessive anyway.UserQuestion: said:
Also, there's a 50/50 chance that it might not even be viable, again meaning that you wouldn't have to worry about it.
Remember, water neutralizes pollen. So other than flowering females (you don't want to get the buds wet, they could rot), you can pretty much spray everything down with plain distilled Ph'd to 6.6 or whatever your personal preference, including vegging plants. All the pollen will then be rendered non-viable.
FYI pre-flowering plants are just as susceptible to pollen, however due to the limited number of calyxes on a pre-flowering female in a vegetative state there will not be many seeds produced this way. This is good way to get a few seeds (probably 10-40) without seeding an entire crop. Pollination will still occur as long as the pollen is viable, and the seeds will grow in the calyxes regardless of the photo-period. So in other words, this is a way to produce seeds from vegging plants without having to contaminate or even have a flowering room.
Happy growing!
dc