Re: Collars on Arilmed Seeds
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- Subject: Re: Collars on Arilmed Seeds
- From: P* R* <x*@xtra.co.nz>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 01:42:29 -0700 (MST)
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> > Greetings from New Zealand.
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> > Although it is more convenient to use current season's aril(bred) pollen>
> > on later blooming TBs I have found that with normal care pollen will
> > survive quite well over a 12 month period for reversing the operation.
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> Paul, how can you store pollen for that long?
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> I save pollen from fall rebloomers to use in the spring, and that
> pollen is still viable. But, saving it for a year??? How do you do that?
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 10o this morning
I must admit to working on a very small scale and cannot now give details
of which pollen was used but the occasion(s) indicated that saving pollen
over from TB time to aril or SDB tiome was no great feat.
I prepare small boxes (smaller the better) gleaned from any available
source - mostly plastic, line with clean filter paper and add a few
grains of dessicant (pre-collected from a variety of sources.) Warm this
first in the oven to revitalise. Add the anthers after a brief drying on
the windowsill, wrap all in a plastic bag and place in a corner of the
domestic refrigerator.
Paul Richardson
