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Picton,ON (j.vincent@xplornet.ca)

Any one have experiance sending pollen by mail of courier. What is the best method to package and ship. How many days viable. This looks to me like a great way to share top genetics!

1/15/2005 10:29:39 AM

Waquoit Mass

pollen looks pretty sad by noon time on the day the male opens i think maling it is a bad idea

1/15/2005 11:05:24 AM

Ljubljana, Slovenia

A great idea and it may work if sending flowers one or two days before they open.

1/15/2005 12:46:21 PM

Montoursville, PA

Lub-a-dub, of this site has worked with saving pollen. He can give you some pretty straigth answers.

1/15/2005 5:46:45 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Tapping the pollen off onto a folded piece of wax paper & then into a dry glass vial is often used for storing pollen. I see no reason it can't be shipped on ice this way.

1/15/2005 7:18:56 PM

Cologne / Germany

I would send it as a normal flower, tied up not to lose pollen and a small plastic tube (vase) with water attached (the stuff that comes with orchids or a rose in the flower shop). To keep the pollen in the flower until you´ll need it for pollination was the best working method for me so far.

1/16/2005 6:23:11 AM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

I would send it two or three days before opening or even multiple flowers left on the vine and the whole lot sent a week or so in advance the flowers would survive on the sap left in the length of vine.

1/16/2005 7:38:21 AM

Picton,ON (j.vincent@xplornet.ca)

If we ship either pollen in waxed paper or whole flowers with the stem in a vial of water, but pack in ice or dry ice will the cold not harm the pollen?

1/16/2005 10:47:24 AM

Ljubljana, Slovenia

I would send flowers (on a stem) wrapped in a wet paper in a plastic bag. I guess that for two days no ice would be needed.
I would like to hear experience on freezing the pollen too..

1/16/2005 10:53:48 AM

Cologne / Germany

I had zero luck with frozen pollen last year and I thought my method should work pretty good:
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=21797
entry 44 to 49. I let the pollen in the box heat up in the sun for 10 minutes before pollination. Yep, it was dry and looked fresh - no results though.
I still have some boxes in the deep freeze and will try again this year LOL

1/16/2005 4:25:17 PM