Saving pollen
- cactushobbyman
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Saving pollen
Is there a way to save pollen? I have one plant flowering now and the other has swollen buds.
- cefalophone
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Re: Saving pollen
I have seen people collect pollen with a q tip. Then place the qtip into a plastic bag and into the freezer. I have not tried this myself but it seemed to have worked for those that have.
- Peterthecactusguy
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Re: Saving pollen
dont freeze it tho.. put it in the fridge..
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
Re: Saving pollen
Yes! http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... len#p38687" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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- cactushobbyman
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Re: Saving pollen
Thanks
- Peterthecactusguy
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Re: Saving pollen
shows ya what I know. lol but the advice I got was from someone with way more experience than me, so I placed mine (on qtipes) inside the fridge in plastic baggies that I let all the air out of. Hopefully it will work, if not that's ok. Looks like I will have an O. engelmannii and an O. aurea hybrid blooming on the same day (tomorrow)
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.