Re: HYB: how to send pollen & shrivelled pods
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: how to send pollen & shrivelled pods
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:25:00 -0400
From: z88keys@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
>From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>
>>From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
>>
>>For all of you who mail pollen to others, I would like to know what methods
>>you used -- which ones worked and which didn't.
>
>Definitely need to ship pollen with something that will absorb
>moisture...otherwise mold will grow within a day or two. You could use
>cotton, paper, rice, anything. I like to use the dessicant packs that come
>when I buy new shoes. :)
>
>As for packages....I've used 35mm film canisters and very small ziploc
>baggies, with equal success.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
>Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Dear Dennis and all: I have had considerable success with bearded iris pollens
by putting them in coin envelopes and mailing them in a regular mail
envelope. Perhaps pollens like aril-bred pollen might need some other
means. This simple
method has been used over several years for pumila pollen , and the results
have been satisfactory. Lloyd Z in Durham NC
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