Killing off all pollen in a room

Farmer88 · Apr 1, 2021

No one said pour. I said clean. You know, with a rag. Gasoline is used as parts cleaner becasue it works as a solvent. Again my recommendation was medical grade alcohol which would also be scrubbed not poured. And gasoline is an in a pinch subsitute as described above. It came last in a list of things decending of proper use. That was met with hyperbolic insults and was returned in kind which I think is fair play. If you are insecure about your ability to grow or the experience you lack at this time, insults don't seem to be the correct response.

Magi · Apr 1, 2021

... ok, never gonna get my answer room temps and humidity being able to help I guess, I also wanna know the real viability over time in open air. I hope to anyone in the future reading this will NOT use gasoline, although it is an option it is seriously not recommended for your own safety and smell of the room. I've already been over this, I'm using iso. Although I'm prolly the youngest here I feel the most on track to closing the topic with acquiring definitive answers, not fueling petty arguments all you should be shrugging off.

Moe.Red · Apr 1, 2021

Magi said:
... ok, never gonna get my answer room temps and humidity being able to help I guess, I also wanna know the real viability over time in open air. I hope to anyone in the future reading this will NOT use gasoline, although it is an option it is seriously not recommended for your own safety and smell of the room. I've already been over this, I'm using iso. Although I'm prolly the youngest here I feel the most on track to closing the topic with acquiring definitive answers, not fueling petty arguments all you should be shrugging off.

I have read anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks and pollen viability is no more.

I think it requires vacuum sealing and desiccant in a refrigerator to store long periods, and even then it won't last forever. Just fragile stuff.

Magi · Apr 1, 2021

Moe.Red said:
I have read anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks and pollen viability is no more.

I think it requires vacuum sealing and desiccant in a refrigerator to store long periods, and even then it won't last forever. Just fragile stuff.

Thank you! I've heard a huge range of how long it can still cause issues and just wanted to put worry to rest on that. I'm prolly gonna keep cleaning as well for redundancy and mold prevention. I have Iced out from in house and id prolly cry if they pollinated, especially due to how hard they are to get now

Farmer88 · Apr 1, 2021

Magi said:
... ok, never gonna get my answer room temps and humidity being able to help I guess, I also wanna know the real viability over time in open air. I hope to anyone in the future reading this will NOT use gasoline, although it is an option it is seriously not recommended for your own safety and smell of the room. I've already been over this, I'm using iso. Although I'm prolly the youngest here I feel the most on track to closing the topic with acquiring definitive answers, not fueling petty arguments all you should be shrugging off.

Sorry for derailing your thread. I apologize. Good luck with the iso.

GNick55 · Apr 1, 2021

it’ll die off naturally/ineffective in 3 days.. no worries after that

3 balls · Apr 1, 2021

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If you do go the gasoline route turn off the CO2 burners. I use Physan20 between crops.

skinnypuppy · Aug 8, 2021

Killing off the pollen..... WITH GASOLINE.....

freezeland2 · Aug 8, 2021

DistyDemon said:
Water negates pollen. It's as easy as that.

WTF washes their grow room with gasoline, methanol, or alcohol. Are you FN kidding me? What has happened to the next gen of growers? Pass the torch huh, riiiiight!

But don’t pass that torch with gas in the grow room. Lol.

growsince79 · Aug 8, 2021

GNick55 said:
it’ll die off naturally/ineffective in 3 days.. no worries after that

I think it last more than 3 days. Not exactly sure just how much, but I've painted bud sites with only 4-6 pistils and end up with 30 seeds. So its gotta be more than 3 days.

GNick55 · Aug 8, 2021

growsince79 said:
I think it last more than 3 days. Not exactly sure just how much, but I've painted bud sites with only 4-6 pistils and end up with 30 seeds. So its gotta be more than 3 days.

maybe because you collected it and stored it? though i think naturally it’s give or take 3 days., i could be wrong for some reason i think that.

growsince79 · Aug 8, 2021

GNick55 said:
maybe because you collected it and stored it? though i think naturally it’s give or take 3 days., i could be wrong for some reason i think that.

the last time i did it was collected 3-4 days and not stored.

Cbdfool · Aug 9, 2021

Be careful with alcohol and gas. The vapors are very dangerous. Static electricity or even breathing it in a confined space is not recommended. Soap and water is cheap safe and available.

Scar818 · Aug 9, 2021

lvstealth said:
i can get some rocket fuel, i mean if you are doing something, do it BIG!

I usually order lava from Iceland

lvstealth · Aug 9, 2021

in most species the pollen is very fragile. when a plant puts out seeds/pollen the number is relative to the % that live. and that is out in nature.

you will note that in an unusually wet season many pollen plants do not fair well, the water and the humidity make the pollen ineffective or not viable at all.

if a plant has as much pollen as a cannabis, statistically speaking it has a very fragile pollen. you get 30 seeds because you use a bazillion tiny bits of pollen, so small they look like yellow dust. if it were all that great youd get a thousand seeds.

growsince79 · Aug 9, 2021

lvstealth said:
in most species the pollen is very fragile. when a plant puts out seeds/pollen the number is relative to the % that live. and that is out in nature.

you will note that in an unusually wet season many pollen plants do not fair well, the water and the humidity make the pollen ineffective or not viable at all.

if a plant has as much pollen as a cannabis, statistically speaking it has a very fragile pollen. you get 30 seeds because you use a bazillion tiny bits of pollen, so small they look like yellow dust. if it were all that great youd get a thousand seeds.

I get 30 seeds because I paint tiny budsites (6-8 pistils) with the least amount of pollen I can. A week later the extra pollen has hit all the new pistils (on same site) as they emerge. I turn the fan off for one day only, and I don't have any problem with pollen flying around making seeds where I don't want them.

time to pollinate lower buds only. Tops will still be seedless.

dakotaoutlaw · Nov 7, 2024

lvstealth said:
... you could kill all pollen by sending my mom in law into the room, she seems to have that effect...

rofl i 2nd that

sirchezz420 · Feb 24, 2025

Magi said:
So recently I grew out some Tropicana Cookies. While most of em did well one chose to hermi a little (didn't even notice it till I trimmed). I've left the room to sit empty with everything turned off for 2 weeks to prevent pollen getting on the next run. I'm running high humidity. temperature. no airflow and wiping the walls with water that I can reach. Am I safe from any pollen affecting the next run? some say its 3 days, 1 week, 2, even months or years till pollen dies. So what's actually correct, and when should I be safe to move my stuff outta the veg room and into the flower room?

Water will kill off pollen. I've been breeding for almost 25 years and have 30+years growing cannabis. I've always done controlled pollination ......what I mean by that is .....by spraying a section or sections of a plant with water. Eliminates that part from getting pollinated. And only the part or parts of that branch that didn't get sprayed with water will be pollinated. Stop using unnecessary chemicals to clean your tents up it will only eat your materials and make them last not long as they should. When it does rain outside it does affect pollination process do your science before you throw your bro science out there people!! Good luck was it's all your future grows.....
Sirchezz420

amneziaHaze · Feb 24, 2025

DistyDemon said:
WATER KILLS POLLEN AND MAKES IT INERT.

Thanks for playing. Please stop with the bro-science bs please. Omg what's happened to this site

what happens with inert polen that sits for a year in a tent with 75% humidity? does it maybe get moldy?

Gmix · Feb 24, 2025

lol the op asked about cleaning out a tent after a hermi not how to sterilise a laboratory

Gasoline & other stuff mentioned will do your tent no good

Just use warm wet water

Mold from old pollen that’s a bit of a stretch

Killing off all pollen in a room

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