Hermies

[Mal420xl]

no water will absolutely not "sterilize" pollen if it would the first time a rain fell on cannabis it would not have been able to reproduce. once pollen hits a pistil you get a seed. as for where they form it depends on where the pollen lands. you cold easily have had a hermie pop in random or a few. not every pollen grain is viable thats why they produce so many that and how many blow away and never see a female plant.

[mrumley]

thank you.....it seemed far fetched but I thought I would verify. Thanks. We are in the long process of clearing out the room and cleaning EVERYTHING!! Thanks again :jointsmile:

[Shovelhandle]

water does absolutely make pollen ineffective. The pollen only has to be on the pistil a short time (hours?) to pollinate. After that water will ruin the pollen. This has been used for years for selective pollination of limited number of flowers or branches. Typically a plastic bag with pollen is put on a branch. The next day the bag is removed and the plant is wet down.

[Weezard]

Actually they are both correct.

Tap water will take the pollen out right away.
And distilled/rain/RO water will , well get it wet.
Wet pollen can't fly, so it rots.

Aloha,
Weeze

[Esteban1]

Sorry for your loss. Hermaphroditism sucks, worked all that time! Been down that road & tried to fix the problem, HUGE MISTAKE!!! Toss em & start over or suffer the consequences.

:wtf:

[mrumley]

That is what we are going. Starting over from scratch. Room has been disinfected and sterilized. Starting from seeds, won't be too long before our crop florishes again!!!