Can pollen last 2 years? Coz I'm F**ked

furious248 said:

Hello all.


This is my first grow in just over 2 years.
My last grow had some issues where I had to leave it for a while. heat became a issue and I ended up with hermies.

So now 2 years later I decided to do a grow and used the same tent the hermies were in, I thought nothing of it because I was under the impression the pollen would have died during the 2 years...... But now my females have been pollenated!!

I have a ak48 auto, and a northern lights auto and they have 10-20% brown hairs (yep imagine my face)

I knew what It meant.. so I chopped a calyx and surprise surprise there are seeds forming, so I went searching for the little f**kers who are responsible for ruining my beautiful sensi..... No where !... I checked and checked and got my x40 microscope, then checked again and nothing ! No balls or bananas.

And just to add insult to injury I have 2 sin tra bajo in the same tent in pre-flower just waiting to be pollenated.

So long story short is there any way what so ever the pollen could have lived that long ?

Thanks, and sorry for the rant

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Jimmy Sparkle said:

I dont think that there is any real study that can prove it either way but I personally would suspect not. There has been a "rash" if you will of hermaphrodite plants turning up. Much more now than before so I would suspect inferior genetics due to poor quality control from the high demand of production. I am having issues where there has never been any before. I do grow a strain that hermies and I know this and I grow it any way because it is super stony and medicinal. Soo worth letting her impregnate herself and her sisters lmfao

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GroErr said:

Unlikely the 2 year old pollen angle but anything's possible. I don't trust pollen older than 6 months and that's storing it in the freezer. I've used 7 month old pollen and got nothing, but there are a lot of variables. Not sure anyone can answer the question 100%.

If there was left over pollen in a tent that hadn't been used in 2 years, and op didn't clean the tent in that time, it's a well deserved lesson in gardening practices.

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Cx2H said:

Yeah, don't you sanitize, ever? Once a year I pull all fans and ducting. It's amazing the sheet i find in the pipe's. (Outside in & out pipes)

Inside the spaces gets mopped and wiped down 4 times a yr or more whenever the room is manageable logistically in count.

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Mohican said:

If it was dry enough and cool enough, sure.

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