Re: Pollen Ponder
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- Subject: Re: Pollen Ponder
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:34:09 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Walter A. Moores" <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, David Sidwell, USU Dept. of Theatre Arts wrote:
> From: "David Sidwell, USU Dept. of Theatre Arts" <dsidwell@cc.usu.edu>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a few questions about pollen that I'm sure you experts can help me
> with. I'm wondering how long pollen can last after being removed from the
> iris before it is used to pollenate another iris. I realize that
> scientists are still recovering pollen from prehistoric times, but I still
> wonder if the pollen can still do its stuff after being removed for some
> time.
I freeze pollen from rebloom in September and October. It is
viable the next spring; I have never held frozen pollen for more than six
months so I really don't know how long it can be kept in the freezer.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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