Pollen in grow room

Bumpin this thread, didn't want to start a new one.


Different situation, same problem.

Found 10 males from 100 clones. Really not good:swear, i'm delayed in my flip already. Not to mention, i've been sold 10 male clones.:character0029:

So, I know i'm going to have to spray the clones..and most likely the whole room. But, i don't know how intensly i should spray. And should it be only water?

How'd this happen?
-I suppose it could have been an honest mistake and someone tossed some male clones in the wrong tray. But, who is cloning males?
-Could be someone was cloning a plant yet to be sexed(unlikely, i don't have them in flower, so i couldn't have been the first to sex it.
-Could have been scammed, but i hardly thing 10 of 100 is scam.


The sacs weren't open, except for one plant. But i did get some pollen on my hand when i was inspecting. Its in the grow space, and in my work space. Not happy about this.


How do I move forward?
Is it possible for a plant to hermi before flower?
spray all plants, the whole room?
how long is pollen viable for if its drifting around my growspace?
Will sulfur help?

Thanks for looking. appreciate any help.

bah, i hate bumping, but i need some reassurance...anyone?

If the plants weren't in flower yet, how are you getting blooms?

To me, this says that those clones were cut after the donor plant was put to flower. They either removed the small buds so they would look like vegged cuttings, or you just mistook the small buds as preflower.

If I had to guess, I would say all those cuttings came from hermied plants during flower. And, if you didn't keep them under 24/0, if instead you chose an 18/6 schedule, they could be getting just enough dark to continue flowering and not reveg.

I take cuttings from female plants up to 3 weeks into flower, but then they're under 24/0 for a very long time to make sure they're back in veg mode after they root.

Water will make pollen non-viable. Spray all the plants, room, walls, floor, equipment with water. Get rid of the plant you know for sure have hermied. Check every plant everyday for nanners and remove them, all the way up to the time of harvest, while continuing to spray everything, everyday. Even with all that work, you're still going to have seed in your weed if even one of the other 90 clones put outs pollen you miss.

I'm sorry this happened to you dude. I hope you work it out.

Thanks for well wishes Melvan.

It was very surprising to me that they had flowers, too. Not to mention they were nearly open.
Was real confused when I found them, but when i got these they were real small cuts. And to be very honest, I wasn't worried about males. Didn't even cross my mind.
http://i957.invalid.com/albums/ae53/sfzoo/stadium/IMG_4405.jpg

..i'm still sorta scratchin my head.

I'm not seeing male parts in this pic. Do some clear close-ups of what you think are males, you may just be seeing preflowers. I just don't understand how you could have pollen unless they were cut from flowering plants that had already hermied, and the cutter is scurvy and sold them to you.

yeah water will work fine just like melvin said. i also don't see anything wrong with those plants you have. to get males mixed up would seem someone popped some seed and mis sexed a plant, this kinda sucks for you cuz it would mean u are growing and untested plant that could turn out to be junk. seeing that they say aleindawg though you should be ok, haven't seen any complaints on that line yet.

can u take a close up of what you think is a male?

Im not sure where your clones came from, but I agree it could have possibly been a plant grown from seed wasnt sexed correctly and was marked female instead of male. I would hope the seed plants would be grown out and not only confirmed female but grown out for quality before any clones were taken and put up for sale. Especially if these are coming from a dispensary. Or if the male plant was intentionally cloned it may be from someones breeding stock and possibly, mistakenly, made its way into your tray of "female" clones. If thats the case, you may just have a very good male on your hands. Did u save him or was he destroyed upon discovery? Theres def some shady ass dispensaries out there, and if that is indeed where this cutting came from I would avoid that place at all cost. On another note, ppl do keep male plants around, breeders to be more specific. More often than not, the male plant account for and are used to lock in the more important dominate traits in a cross.

To clear some things up, that pic has no males. I just wanted to show how small they were when i got them. Probably a bad reference picture since it is the only strain out of 4 that were all uniform in structure and sex.

I've since been in contact with the vendor. As of now, they can't pinpoint the problem. They suspect sabotage. They will replace the clones, and hopefully will throw in something extra to make up for the extra work I now have to do. Service, so far, has been great. Just hope it is made right.

The vendor seems to be just as shocked and has said that i'm not the only report. I've talked to the breeder and he assured me that he'll replace with clone only stock, as to avoid the problem.

As far as the male, he looks really good..and stinks too. I'd love to have him around, but not sure where to put him. I don't want the risk of pollen fying around my growspace. I haven't culled any of them. So far, i've 20 males..all the same plant.


Thanks for the responses. I'm still trucking on...more work, but trucking on!

Thank goodness they're going to do what they can to make it right.

You could harvest the pollen he's putting out now before you destroy him and just store it for future use. You'd get plenty to pollinate some branches in the future and get some true strain seeds for free. You'll probably end up with some seeds in this grow too.

Great idea, might as well. I'll harvest some pollen and then cull the rest.

When you say i'll end up w/ seeds. You mean from stray pollen flying around? Will a thorough wash of the girls and the room not be enough?

Also, if the girls were to get hit with stray pollen, the seeds won't be throughout, right? just at the spot where the pollen landed?


Thanks again, all. I've never dealt with this, so i'm trying to be as thorough as possible to prevent as much seeds as possible.

I'd say as long as you pulled all the males, and you know for sure they're males, not hermies, you'll be ok. Do their "sex parts" look like the attached pics, or do they look more like bananas, light green to yellow in color? (Attached pics are from an Indicas XXL by the way) Attached pics are true males.

If they look more like bananas, then you have hermies, not true males. If you have 100 cuttings from hermied plants, then they could all hermie before harvest and give you seed if they have stress conditions. If they were true males, don't worry about it. A good cleaning and a light spray down of the plants with RO water (they're just vegging now right?) should take care of any stray pollen.