FW: Pumpkin Pollen
- To: "'Pumpkin'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: FW: Pumpkin Pollen
- From: "* G* L* <G*@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:15:26 -0700
One more email on pollen- it just came in (these guys are slow).
Gordon Tanner
Maple Valley, WA
> Gordon,
>
> The hort department put together some information regarding your
> question
> about pumpkin pollen.
>
> Hope it helps, Ed
>
> Ed,
> Pumpkin Pollen is desiccation sensitive, thus requiring high humidity
> for
> storage. Cucurbit pollen generally only remains viable for upto 48
> hours after
> collection. To attempt to store the pollen, the male flowers should
> be
> collected and stored in a plastic bag with a moist paper towel in the
> crisper of a refrigerator. Once again, the pollen will remain viable
> for 48
> hours at best and should be used as soon after collection as possible.
> Pollen from plants that are not desiccation sensitive can be stored
> frozen
> and dry for long periods.
>
> I hope you find this information useful.
>
> Cindy
>
> Cynthia Haynes
> Floriculture and Urban/Consumer Horticulture
> Department of Horticulture
> Iowa State University
>
> Ed Adcock
> Communications Specialist
> Agriculture Information Service
> Iowa State University
> 515-294-2314
> 515-294-8662 FAX
> WEB: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo
>
>
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