How to KILL POLLEN? Spray plants with Bleach?

CrackerJax said:

Water does not kill pollen.

It's a water world out there...... pollen would be quite ineffective if it all died everytime it rained.

In the end you have happy plants..... they have completed their mission in life. Your bud won't be so bad as you think. Cheer up.... because you are stuck with it.

When served lemons, make lemonade.

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I did some research and Jorge Cerventes seems to suggest water kills any viable pollen.

But I am still stuck with wondering if I should remove the teens I have in there. ughh, FML

Yes, but he means drowning the pollen. Think about it...... every rain kills pollen?

I think the best you can do is wash the plant with water. I doubt simply spraying water on pollen would kill it. It may make it susceptible to mold, and WILL definitely keep it from getting airborne.

i just cant believe water kills the pollen, cant be

2much said:

i just cant believe water kills the pollen, cant be

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You wouldn't think so huh?

I mean, there is a slim possibility that the PH in the water could kill it, but most water is around nuetral..

I sent an email to a professor in Australia that used to deal with Cannabis, although I doubt he will know specifically if cannabis pollen is deactivated by water, he will know if pollen in general can be.

google some info on Dutchmaster Reverse. I have heard mixed reviews, but at least a few almost identical to your situation in which pollenation of younger plants was prevented...

Technically, though, from what I have read it really needs to be applied at the outset of 12/12, and then again ten days later - (it is really more of a 'preventative' for hermies; supposed to steralize male organs)


But those who used it on the younger plants were past this point, and saved their crop.

PS. even if you DO save those teens, you need to remove them and wipe down THE GROW AREA with a light bleach solution - not the plant, the GROW AREA - lights, walls, mylar, everything - and then you can bring them back in and hope for the best. They might have pollen on their leaves tho, which is bad and in that case cleaning the grow area probably will not help. I wonder also if a spray down with light rubbing alocohol solution, like when dealing with pests, might work. Be sure if you do try this to heavily spray down your girls afterwards with plain water or the alcohol will burn your girls.

PSS. my first post! lol.

I believe you can't actually kill pollen with water, or with anything for that matter. Pollen itself is virtual indestructible. What you are doing though is reducing the spread of it by making it essentially to big to be processed since the water molecules are now attached. Most likely you can dry out the pollen and use it later without issue, this is how they have brought back long-extinct plant species to life.

Unfortunately though, I'm only going by what I've read and have no real experience in this, so, I'm not exactly the best resource.

I did find various articles though that support my idea; http://www.google.com/search?q=pollen+is+nearly+indestructible.

HHGTTG420 said:

I believe you can't actually kill pollen with water, or with anything for that matter. Pollen itself is virtual indestructible. What you are doing though is reducing the spread of it by making it essentially to big to be processed since the water molecules are now attached. Most likely you can dry out the pollen and use it later without issue, this is how they have brought back long-extinct plant species to life.

Unfortunately though, I'm only going by what I've read and have no real experience in this, so, I'm not exactly the best resource.

I did find various articles though that support my idea; http://www.google.com/search?q=pollen+is+nearly+indestructible.

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Thats awesome, thanks for the heads up.

I have decided to buy an air scrubber.

2nd, I may have been jumping the gun. Either they have been pollinated or I was just trippen. I have only found 1 half way mature seed, the rest of what I have found with that I think are seeds, are pin like balls within the "sack" which a seed would normally be in. They don't seem to be maturing. Since I don't have any other 100% confirmed unpollinated females, and have never worried about this before, I am not sure if this is normal or not.

Water "may" inactivate pollen, but it certainly does not kill pollen, per a Professor with a PHD in Plant Biology and Genetics.

What does kill pollen is "Methylated spirits".

Not sure if normal denatured alchohol will work, but Methylated Spirits are used to kill mealybugs on plants, so... apparently there is something that you can spray plants that will kill pollen and not kill your plants.

I will be testing it with a copy crap clones I have and try to remember to come back and reply.

coworker23 said:

Water "may" inactivate pollen, but it certainly does not kill pollen, per a Professor with a PHD in Plant Biology and Genetics.

What does kill pollen is "Methylated spirits".

Not sure if normal denatured alchohol will work, but Methylated Spirits are used to kill mealybugs on plants, so... apparently there is something that you can spray plants that will kill pollen and not kill your plants.

I will be testing it with a copy crap clones I have and try to remember to come back and reply.

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"Control of mealy bugs: If there are only numbers of mealy bugs to be dealt with, dabbing a little methylated spirit (industrial alcohol, denatured alcohol) will kill them. Some people also spray their plants with methylated spirit diluted at least 1:3 with water. If you try this, remember that the fumes are potentially toxic and flammable and the liquid could harm the epidermis of delicate plants."