On Sep 16, 10:50*am, Spider wrote:
On 16/09/2011 09:23, Dave Hill wrote:





On Sep 15, 10:16 pm, "Christina Websell"
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"Dave *wrote in message

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I want to save pollen from some dahlias to use next year.
Has anyone here ever saved pollen?
How did you do it?
David Hill

Ask the bees! * Seriously, I'm not sure you can. *I suppose you could try
and collect it and keep it in a paper bag.
Why do you want to, as a matter of interest?
Tina
I know it can be done, and can be kept for several years if done
properly.
I want to cross a very late flowering dahlia with some early flowering
varieties.

Forgive me, David, if I'm being particlarly dense, but wouldn't it be
easier to save the early-flowering dahlia pollen for 2 or 3 months until
the late-flowerer blooms and then cross them, rather than try and keep
pollen viable for a year?

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Spider
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As the late dahlias don't come into flower till November there is no
time for them to set seed and have it develop, where as I could cut
the flowers in bud if I have to and still be able to get pollen from
them.