RE: Pollen Strike Rates/ Fw: BUGLES AND HORNS

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Hi Colleen and Bill,

I use a brush and get 40%.  I keep 4 or 5 brushes of various size and tip style on hand so I do not have to use the same brush over and over again.  I might do a couple of crosses with one brush and then go find another.  I clean brushes by licking them (acid in saliva…hypothesis at least) and then brush them against my leg to get any embedded pollen grains jarred loose.  When I pollinate, I make sure each lip is entirely covered with pollen and will often use all three anthers from the pollen parent to ensure this.

Not disagreeing, just sharing my technique.