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Phoenix Az

Is there any good way to store pumpkin pollen??? I tried putting them in fridge but they witherd in only a day.Is the pollen still good??? Could I extract the pollen and store it???

6/11/2003 1:09:38 PM

Ga.

AZ,,I have sucessfully extracted the pollen from males and saved in a ziplock and had sucess in pollinating last year..Didnt have much sucess this year doing..But it can work.. J.

6/11/2003 1:12:26 PM

syracuse, ny

i think it would be possible to store them in the fridge
if they're in a glass of water, but for how long, i don't know...i cut them off the night before, they bloom the next
morning, and i pollinate with them. perhaps punch-in
'pollen storage' on MSN--not sure if it'll work; give a try.

6/11/2003 7:02:02 PM

Utah

I have heard of some growers say they keep pollen viable in their fridge for 2-3 days. I've heard of others that tried to store it in liquid nitrogen. ... didn't hear the results. Length of viability depends on temperature and humitity.
I wouldn't count on it to be viable for more than one day in the fridge.

6/12/2003 10:29:09 AM