FW: pumpkin pollen
- To: "'Pumpkin'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: FW: pumpkin pollen
- From: "* G* L* <G*@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 10:37:16 -0700
Had enough yet?
Gordon Tanner
Maple Valley, WA
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> From: William Ruesink[SMTP:wruesink@uiuc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 1998 11:29 AM
> To: gordon.l.tanner@boeing.com
> Cc: Kenneth R. Robertson
> Subject: Re: pumpkin pollen
>
> Gordon,
>
> My experience is with hard shell gourds, not pumpkins, but I think the
> two probably are very similar. The short answer is, yes you can store
> pollen in a refrigerator several days and it will still be viable
> (that's what I have read, but I've never done it myself).
>
> Pollen is, indeed, alive. I would recommend you gather fresh pollen
> about once a week. Dislodge the pollen from the male flower onto wax
> paper (or something similar) by tapping the male flower while held
> upside down over the wax paper. Wet pollen is hard to work with, so
> collect it dry. I don't know what happens to the pollen after a male
> flower starts to wither. Fold the wax paper to contain the pollen,
> then place the paper in a small jar with a tight sealing lid & put it
> in the refrigerator until needed.
>
> The best (largest) fruit come from well-pollenated female flowers. I
> use 3 male flowers for one female. A slightly moistened camel hair
> brush is an excellent way to transfer pollen to the stigma.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Bill Ruesink
> wruesink@uiuc.edu
>
>
>
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