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.
Mal420xl Reviewed by Mal420xl on . Hermies We have been growing using hydroponics for almost 2 years. The problem we are seeing right now is that most of our plants look perfect up until the due date. Then as we trim we notice seeds......lots of seeds. I thoroughly inspect each plant once or twice a week. I have never seen an open flower that has released pollen. I have pulled out 2 males in the last 2 months but none of the seed pods were open. Are we doing something wrong towards the end? It seems to happen when they get put into the Rating: 5