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Saving pollen
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 |
Saving pollen
"Dave Hill" wrote in message ... 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 |
Saving pollen
"Dave Hill" wrote
I want to save pollen from some dahlias to use next year. Has anyone here ever saved pollen? How did you do it? Something in my memory says they deep freeze it. Ask Kew and/or the Millennium Seed Bank what they do. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
Saving pollen
On Sep 15, 10:16*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "Dave Hill" wrote in message ... 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. |
Saving pollen
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, Dave Hill writes 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 According to Orchid growers on Internet David "I do freeze daylily pollen, but someone else may have ideas for you on Hostas. Here's my technique, anyway: I stuff those tiny micro-centrifuge tubes with cotton, than bring it to the pollen, and collect the pollen onto the cotton. Close tube, label. Put in freezer. Take out of freezer 5 minutes or so before opening to use, to avoid condensation. The cotton seems to maintain moisture balance." -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
Saving pollen
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ps.com Dave Hill wrote: On Sep 15, 10:16*pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Dave Hill" wrote in message ... 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. I have tried to cross varieties of alder with different pollen-drop times. I did it by cutting twigs of the early pollener and putting them in the fridge in water and taking them out into room temperature a few days before needed. Not so practical with dahlias though! Michael Bell -- |
Saving pollen
On 16/09/2011 09:23, Dave Hill wrote:
On Sep 15, 10:16 pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Dave wrote in message ... 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? -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
Saving pollen
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" *wrote: "Dave *wrote in message .... 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? -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. |
Saving pollen
On Sep 16, 10:16*am, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Dave Hill writes 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 According to Orchid growers on Internet David "I do freeze daylily pollen, but someone else may have ideas for you on Hostas. Here's my technique, anyway: I stuff those tiny micro-centrifuge tubes with cotton, than bring it to the pollen, and collect the pollen onto the cotton. Close tube, label. Put in freezer. Take out of freezer 5 minutes or so before opening to use, to avoid condensation. The cotton seems to maintain moisture balance." -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraphhttp://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk That seems to be the way to do it Janet, I have wondered about cotton buds rather than cotton wool as it would be easier to use 1 at a time to pollenate over a few days. But what's that about Hostas? David. |
Saving pollen
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, Dave Hill writes That seems to be the way to do it Janet, I have wondered about cotton buds rather than cotton wool as it would be easier to use 1 at a time to pollenate over a few days. But what's that about Hostas? I was quoting from their site David so no idea where Hostas come in though the amount of new ones that come out, like Heucheras is phenomenal! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
Saving pollen
On 16/09/2011 13:09, Dave Hill wrote:
On Sep 16, 10:50 am, wrote: On 16/09/2011 09:23, Dave Hill wrote: On Sep 15, 10:16 pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Dave wrote in message ... 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? -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. Crikey! November *is* late. All understood now. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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