Damn this thread is still open??? Perfect...Hello Weed Barons, I've returned with some questions (i messed up big). I stressed out a girly and she man'd up and pollinated my plants. I slipped up. So I removed her and harvested half my tray cause it was about that time. I left the other half of the plants on the tray to finish up their flowering with the understanding that they would be bearing seeds. I cleaned up the room (sterilized) and moved my next round of vegging plants into the flower area. Come to learn today that these new girls are bearing seeds too, it looks like they were pollinated by the contaminated plants that were still in the tray. Looks like mainly by physical contact. But potentially there was pollen in the air still because my oscillating have been on.
My question is...I had some rooted clones in my veg tent which is in the flower room that was exposed to this same air. I sometimes leave the doors open to expose them to more light, but now I'm concerned they may have been exposed to floating pollen. These clones have been out of the clone box and into the veg tent for 3 days, they are really nice, and have had pistols since I cut them off the mothers. Is it possible that vegging clones this young are vulnerable to pollination? The pistols are mature because they came off of an old mother, but maybe they degress when their cloned? Some help PLEASE. Thanks!
PS. How long does pollen remain a threat, meaning does pollen get old after a certain amount of time if it remains? Or can year old pollen still pollinate?