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Tipp City, Ohio

Placed freshly cut males in seperate glasses of water. How many hours/days can they last. If male flower starts to droop is the pollen inside history?

7/17/2003 1:35:44 PM

Utah

1) that is a tough question to give an exact answer. It depends on temp., humidity, etc... I know many people have successfully kept flowers overnight. and I have heard of people going 2-3 days, but I'm skeptical. Still other using frozen pollen or pollen frozen with liquid nitrogen... days/weeks later.
The easy anwser, which i'm sure you already know, is don't use them unless you have too. and if you have to- well then you have to... and it may or may not work.
2) I don't know.
sorry i know you'd like a better answer but i don't think we've figured it out yet.
best wishes
gordon

7/17/2003 4:46:24 PM

syracuse, ny

i will be bee-keeping an accurate record this year of
my pollen usage, as i have often wanted to recall
how old the pollen was once i got around to using it.
some of the pollinations in '02 were from 8:30 am
to as late as 2pm...so now is a good time to start
keeping track! 'pal

7/18/2003 6:03:50 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

I figure my cut males in the fridge are no longer viable when the pistil is smooth, no visible grains..usually 2 days or so.

Does it work? So far, so good.

7/18/2003 6:33:45 PM