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Aloha, Oregon

Hey all just let me know if you may have male flowers up for sale or something I may buy an it may change my whole idea I may even have some males to offer during the season so I may be able to trade.!
Jordan

11/14/2005 11:14:39 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

lol...

11/14/2005 11:58:51 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Jordan most growers will gladly give you male flowers that they are not using for pollination. It is very handy to have someone close by. So when the crosses you are planning are not cooperating.

11/14/2005 12:09:15 PM

Maine

nice idea jordan, wonder where you got it....lol

11/14/2005 12:54:02 PM

Sioux Falls, SD garyboer@dakotalink.com

you can have mine for free
just send me a self addressed stamped ice cooler
(SASIC)

11/14/2005 2:43:11 PM

Long Island,New York

I have 935lloyd flowers up for sale....today.

11/14/2005 4:02:37 PM

Ankeny, Iowa

Yeah that's a good one LOL!

11/14/2005 4:44:45 PM

N.Benton/Ohio

Ha ha ha (sasic) Gotta love em

11/14/2005 6:52:45 PM

Webster, NY

Just wondering, how long can you freeze pollen and have it be good?

DAve

11/14/2005 7:26:46 PM

Hayes, Virginia

G,
How much for 2 of your 935 lloyds?
will you trade for two 801.5 male's?
Ed

11/14/2005 8:03:21 PM

Garden

Maybe it would last a little longer if you cut the flower a day before it opened on its own? Yes? No?
They have same day delivery service, but we're talking mucho dinero.

11/14/2005 8:07:20 PM

Leamington, Ont.

SASIC... lol @ Gary
Should I send a few dollars for ice?

11/14/2005 10:10:00 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Dry Ice...come on get with the program....Can't have a melty cooler going threw the USPS.

11/14/2005 10:34:47 PM

Williamsport, Pa.

biggie, do you smoke these flowers?

11/14/2005 10:52:17 PM

New York

I sent out some green 845 Bobier males in 2003 to a fellow grower around 400 miles away. Unfortunately there was a little miscommunication and the box arrived later than planned. It cost me about $20 to send it one day. If theres a next time, I'll use dry ice and one of those foam containers they use to send frozen steaks and seafood. This year I had males in the frige for 3 days and they pollinated okay in the patch.

11/15/2005 12:29:32 AM

Aloha, Oregon

Just give me a price may be able to trade males from my plants this year.!
Jordan

11/15/2005 12:40:09 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Make sure to call the receiving party ahead of time. And NEVER ship on any other days but Monday & Tuesday. Thus a same State UPS delivery will arrive in 24-48 hours at the regular UPS Ground fee. Second Day shipping would work for more distant deliveries.

11/15/2005 6:50:59 AM

Wow, pretty soon we're going to be selling clones and selling this and that and every other part of a pumpkin plant.

11/15/2005 12:41:06 PM

Mocksville, NC

Jordon, the luck on 1 or 2 days wait for Male flowers is not good. Frozen pollen not much luck , there are a few growers working on that, that show promise. For your sake grow your own males on just a pollinator plant. Fresh pollen from your own is the way to go! Rog

11/15/2005 3:03:51 PM

Spanish Ontario

I got some male dandelion flowers
DO YOU WANT SOME you don,t even have to thank me .

11/15/2005 4:12:19 PM

Ontario, Canada.

This topic needs to be discussed further. Jordan your idea while simplistic is feasible and worthwhile to pursue. The cost of shipping is really the only prohibitive factor.

I have kept pollen stored in the fridge for up to two weeks and successfully pollinated female flowers several times. The petals are removed and they are stored in small Tupperware containers until ready for use. In fact each plant I grow usually has its own storage container in my refrigerator.

I successfully stored frozen pollen in the freezer during Feb 2005 and pollinated a female in June of this year. Keeping the pollen dry was the biggest challenge. Vacuum packaging may work even better than the slow natural warming technique I used.

Shipping flowers is a very common practice. We don't want the flower just the pollen. The AG flower is very tender and delicate. Shipping just the pollen in sealed test tubes or other devices may be very practical for isolated growers or those requiring a special cross. It's just another level of desire and skill that is sometimes a prerequisite to produce the right progeny.

11/15/2005 7:34:09 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Didn't Pappy need male flowers bad three,four years back??..had a plant full of females and no males around!

11/15/2005 8:04:23 PM

Webster, NY

kahuna, so you are saying you were able to keep frozen pollen for at least 4 months and were able to pollinate flowers with it successfully? That's pretty good. I'm assuming that the flowers were from the previous year so that would probably mean that the pollin was even older, maybe from September or October?

Dave

11/16/2005 5:24:50 AM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Wow. It looks like somebody may need to start a pollen business. It would be like the groups that broker bull semen.

11/16/2005 10:27:33 AM

Western NY

hmmmm, i have a handfull of vials of pollen in my freezer from the 723 plant i grew this year.

11/16/2005 10:38:57 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

I have plenty of pollen in my freezer from my 723, 1370, 801.4, 1141 sundstrom.

11/16/2005 12:38:08 PM

Garden

So, if somebody has enough room in their freezer, they could start collecting pollen, maybe pay a small price for "deposits" and charge a little more for "withdrawals".
Like a sperm bank, but for pumpkins.
Next Biggie, this is your mission.
But before you open something like a sperm bank, might wanna change your name so people dont get the wrong idea :)

11/16/2005 2:26:59 PM

How do you earn interest David? :-)

11/16/2005 4:23:22 PM

Garden

Sounds to me like you're already interested :)

11/16/2005 4:32:14 PM

Syracuse, NY

DOE! DOH! LOL! good one!

11/16/2005 6:25:21 PM