nugs, good call on being vigilant about hermies, not-fems....i was reading kind of a textbook last night and came across this, and promptly wrote it down for future reference:
"When the pollen tube reaches the ovule, the staminate haploid nucleus fuses with the pistillate haploid nucleus and the diploid condition is restored. Germination of the pollen grain occurs 15 to 20 minutes after contact with the stigmatic surface (pistil); fertilization may take up to two days in cooler temperatures."
Good god, man!!! only 15-20 minutes....LOL