HYB: pollen rescue
- Subject: HYB: pollen rescue
- From: L* M* <l*@lock-net.com>
- Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 10:05:37 -0400
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Two blooms worth of good pollen on TREASURED that I forgot to bring in before it started pouring down rain late yesterday afternoon. I ran out and cut the stalk, shook off as much of the water as I could, brought it inside, blotted off more water, pulled all the petals off and stuck the stalk in a jug of water with the "blooms" (nothing left but style arms and anthers) in front of the fan that I used to distribute dehumidified air from the AC.
Hard to believe, but late this AM, there is actually some gritty pollen there. Will let you know if any of it takes on anything.
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