Pollen shelf life
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xtsho
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I mix mine with a little cornstarch, put in small plastic tubes with a few desiccant balls and an airtight cap. I then vacuum pack and put in the freezer.
Skunkbudz
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Got a link for the vials?I mix mine with a little cornstarch, put in small plastic tubes with a few desiccant balls and an airtight cap. I then vacuum pack and put in the freezer.
Thx / peace
xtsho
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DEPEPE 60pcs 6ml Clear Mini Plastic Test Tubes with Caps, 13mm x 75mm, for Science Lab and Storage Containers: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
DEPEPE 60pcs 6ml Clear Mini Plastic Test Tubes with Caps, 13mm x 75mm, for Science Lab and Storage Containers: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
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Skunkbudz
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Thanks...checking it out .
xtsho
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Way over thought? Not really if you're trying to keep pollen viable for as long as possible. Moisture is going to be the biggest enemy so ensuring that there is no chance for moisture to get to the pollen is critical. You can use a jar if you want but some of us save pollen from strains we won't be growing again for a long time but still want to use those genetics for various projects. It's prudent that adequate steps are taken to ensure the viability for as long as possible.
It takes a few seconds to vacuum pack and put in the bottom of my chest freezer in a square airtight food storage container. You can stick pollen in a jar in a drawer if you want. I do it my way because it makes it easy to store in little space. I don't want glass jars that might break on the bottom of my freezer.
Coldnasty
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Pretty sure that chungay guy is a troll. Literally every thread they make is bait. Lol
xtsho
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Oh I know. Just in case someone wanted to store pollen long term with the best chance of viability I wanted to give the reasoning for my methodology so they could decide if it was worth the minimal effort or if they just wanted to toss the vials in a jar.
xtsho
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The only thing I regret is not splitting it up into smaller vials. It would have been a better method as you could just pull out enough pollen for one use and not the entire stash. I will definitely be doing that in the future. I didn't plan ahead as well as I could have. I used the same vials I use for storing seeds which are much larger than needed for this purpose.
afterburner
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Does it work? Do I need to dry the pollen flowers first?I mix mine with a little cornstarch, put in small plastic tubes with a few desiccant balls and an airtight cap. I then vacuum pack and put in the freezer.
xtsho
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Yes
Some people dry the flowers and then get the pollen from them. I let the pollen fall from the flowers and collect it that way.
crimsonecho
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can you dry pollen too much? i was thinking of doing something like putting the male flowers in a jar with silica balls, the dessicants, and shaking it so the pollen adheres onto the silica balls then i can use a tweezer to do limited precise pollination of flowers.
and i can just toss the unused silica into an eppendorf tube and put it into freezer for longer storage but i wonder if direct contact with silica is detrimental or not for the pollen itself.
and i can just toss the unused silica into an eppendorf tube and put it into freezer for longer storage but i wonder if direct contact with silica is detrimental or not for the pollen itself.
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