Re: HYB: Was Expert Presence
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Was Expert Presence
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 16:31:49 -0700 (MST)
Gary D Sides wrote:
>
>
> . . . time of day is
> not as important as making sure you have a relatively fresh flower and
> good pollen.
Gary -- I have to agree with that. Still, my morning crosses "take" more
frequently than my evening ones.
I use a pill bottle as a homemade dessicator with the little
> dissicants that come in pharmacy bottles. (My druggist saves them for me,
> even in Massachusetts, after a few funny looks) I store the pollen in 00
> gelatin capsules . . .
Thanks for going into detail about storing your pollen. This should be
very helpful to our new hybridizers who will inevitably wonder how to
make crosses between flowers that don't bloom at the same time. Another
useful piece of information would be -- how long do you find you can
store your pollen by this method and still keep it useable? And what
kind of temperature do you try to keep it at? It sounds like you don't
refrigerate it.
Griff Crump, near Mount Vernon, VA jgcrump@erols.com
