RE: pumpkin pollen
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: pumpkin pollen
- From: "* J* <M*@doaks.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 15:31:34 -0400
Uncle!
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>From: Tanner, Gordon L[SMTP:Gordon.Tanner@PSS.Boeing.com]
>Sent: Thursday, June 11, 1998 4:37 PM
>To: 'Pumpkin'
>Subject: FW: pumpkin pollen
>
>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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