Re: Pollen Strike Rates/ Fw: BUGLES AND HORNS

Bill

I collect my pollen into little test tubes which I keep labelled in a rack
in the fridge in a sealed container with milk powder as a desiccant. Mostly
the pollen I'm using is less than a week old but have had strikes with it
months old.

We don't get a lot of rain during bloom season, and I mostly pollinate onto
very fresh flowers, sometimes I force them open if they are not quite there.
I usually pollinate in early morning or late evening because of work
commitments.
Did some pollinating while in California, all with very fresh pollen and
probably got at least 50%.

Colleen Modra
Impressive Irises

PO Box 169
Charleston  SA 5244

sales@impressiveirises.com.au
www.impressiveirises.com.au


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <oneofcultivars@aol.com>
To: <SpaceAgeRobin@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] Pollen Strike Rates/ Fw: BUGLES AND HORNS


> In a message dated 5/26/2004 4:32:50 AM Central Daylight Time,
> colleen@impressiveirises.com.au writes:
>
>
> > I'd prob get about 40% takes on my crosses
> >
>
> I know we toil under different climate conditions. Still, I would be much
> interested in the details of hybridizing techniques by which you attain
such a
> high strike rate.
>
> Smiles,
> Bill Burleson
>




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