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 nnn-yan
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 Can male pollen go bad/expire? 
#790134 - 08/18/15 04:49 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey ya'll
So I have some male pollen from about a year ago, it's been kept in a small piece of folded tin foil in a dark dry place.
Does it ever lose vitality?
I'd like to breed some plants with this old pollen because it was good genes
Thanks
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 oeric mckenna
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 Re: Can male pollen go bad/expire? [Re: nnn-yan]
#790136 - 08/18/15 05:01 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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It definitely does degrade. just dust it up and see what happens
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Deadkndys420
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Re: Can male pollen go bad/expire? [Re: nnn-yan]
#790138 - 08/18/15 05:03 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Did you dry it out prior to storage?
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captain.koons
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Re: Can male pollen go bad/expire? [Re: Deadkndys420] 1
#790287 - 08/20/15 12:38 AM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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It should be viable.
I store my pollen the same way except in an airtight container and in the freezer. I make single use packets which also makes them easy to label. I cut the pollen with oven dried flour at a rate of 1/4 tsp pollen to 3 tsp flour. This pollen/flour mixture is just as viable as straight up pollen when applied with a brush.
These packets go into glass jars and I have an aspirator to remove the air before sealing.
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captain.koons
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Re: Can male pollen go bad/expire? [Re: captain.koons] 1
#790288 - 08/20/15 12:41 AM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Oh as far as degrading. Pollen is INCREDIBLY sensitive to water/moisture but is very dry as soon as it drops. I'm not sure how quickly it degrades when exposed to air but I would imagine far quicker than normal storage conditions.
If your plants are ever exposed to unwanted pollen you should spray them down to minimize the damage.
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H J Farnsworth
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Re: Can male pollen go bad/expire? [Re: captain.koons]
#790357 - 08/20/15 09:10 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've had pollen go bad after a week on my desk
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