Re: [ HYB: questions - pollen
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- From: P* O*
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 16:09:10 -0700
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That sounds awful Betty! You poor thing. You probably have an allergy to
it. That must have been disappointing to you. However, your
"unconventional" method sounds like it seems to work wonderfully for you.
I haven't had any adverse effects due to the pollen (knock on wood, thank
God...etc.), but I do always try to wipe off the toothpick first in my shirt
before sticking it back in my mouth. I DO have allergies, so I don't want to
intake any more pollen than necessary. But I don't think I have an allergy
to iris pollen. If I did, I am sure it would have reared its ugly head
while at convention.
Patrick
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Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [[iris-talk] HYB: questions - pollen
> In a message dated 4/30/2000 3:52:01 PM Central Daylight Time,
> PatrickJOrr@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << The same can be done with a (dry) paint brush or Q-tip, but I find the
> moist
> (not wet) toothpick works the best, because when you are done with the
> transfer, you can just stick it back in your mouth and reuse it again and
> again. >>
>
> One spring, around 1991 or so, I developed a serious case of laryngitis
which
> seemed to be connected in some way with iris pollen. Each time I ventured
> into the beds (nearly 2 acres) my throat would tighten and, after a cross
or
> two, I would RUN back into the house gasping for air. This continued for
the
> entire iris season. There could have been some connection with injested
> pollen?? Who knows?
>
> My process may be a bit unconventional, but it works for me. I remove the
> anthers with a pair of tweezers, but from there my technique is different.
> With the pollen facing the pad of my ring finger, I grasp the shaft of the
> anther tightly and rake the pollen off between the ring finger and my
thumb.
> I ran remove a maximum amount of pollen in this manner. Then I roll the
> pollen off my finger directly onto/into the stigmatic lip. I've had very
> good results with high seed count using this method. I like the hands on
> approach.
>
> In years past, I've carried either a wet cloth or a bottle of alcohol on
my
> rounds to remove/kill any pollen left on my hands. Now I carry the
alcohol
> jell with a pump. It works great.
>
> Just another technique . . . in Bowling Green KY . . . Betty W . . .
found
> nothing but dry lips today.
>
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