Re: Pollen Strike Rates/ Fw: BUGLES AND HORNS

Hi Bill

Depends how much pollen each anther has and how precious it is. Best at one
anther per bloom and yes I do all three stigma. However I have stretched to
3 blooms for very precious pollen if it produces nice quantities.

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: Thursday, May 27, 2004 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] Pollen Strike Rates/ Fw: BUGLES AND HORNS


> In a message dated 5/27/2004 2:20:05 AM Central Daylight Time,
> colleen@impressiveirises.com.au writes:
>
>
> > Never use a brush. Hold the whole anther with tweezers. I feel you can't
> > properly clean a brush between different pollens.
> >
>
> Answers prompt more questions here. Are you, in general, using one anther
to
> pollenate one bloom or several? If several, how many? Are you, in general,
> applyin' pollen to one stigmatic lip or all three?
>
> Smiles,
> Bill Burleson
>
>
>




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