Re: HYB: technique
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: technique
- From: J* C*
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 22:11:02
> > Anybody care to describe in detail the technique of using toothpicks to
> > spread pollen? I must be missing something or else just don't have the
> > patience to use this technique. How does one get the pollen onto the
> > toothpick?
Cathy, this was the first technique I used. I found it extremely difficult,
and you have to keep changing toothpicks. I find the anther about as
difficult to manage as a toothpick, and the pollen is already there, waiting
to be used. You can also take it to several stigmatic lips before the pollen
runs out. dried anthers are no harder to handle. I sometimes hold them with
tweezers, but usually i can manage with my fingers, which are small and
dexterous.
Cheers, Jan in Australia, where Spring is only 3 & 1/2 months away!
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