Pollen's collecting

[wijaya]

Hi,
I will like to share on how I collected and stored pollen, hope this will be useful.

1. male flower, how to tell if they are ready to be taken/'milked':
- by sight - watch carefully as many insect will get around the ready
pollens (ripe), also the 'petal of the flower bud will fall back'
- by smell - they dispersed distinctive smell
- by touch - when you touch the tip, the yellow powdery pollens will stuck
on your finger

2. not all the flower buds ripen at the same time, so just take the ripe one.

then I let them air dry in the tray, easier to collect the pollen this way,
let it stand for about half day.

3. Then using a tweezer try to rubbed slowly and the pollen will fall off, only
this powdery pollen stored.


4. after that just put the pollens in a 'wax paper' then they are ready to be
stored in the fridge, they will stay fresh up to 6 months time.


5. this is the tray, the tweezer and ready to stored pollen pack, remember
to put the name and date of collection.


Ed

[NepNut]

Really good of you for taking the effort to include pic illustration, thanks for sharing the tips.

1 question, when you said to store the pollen in the fridge, you meant the lower compartment of the fridge, not the freezer, right?? Thanks again.

[wijaya]

@cpnut: you 're welcome, always nice to be able to share. Yes not the freezer but the lower compartment.

Ed

[kentosaurs]

Hi Wijaya

Nice thread you made here...........When you say you dry off the petals what do you mean??? Till they turb brown??????????????/

Ken

[wijaya]

No Ken, the pollen when first cut from the flower will surely got some moisture on it, when wet the pollens are not easy to fall off, so in my case in the picture, I cut the buds in the morning and later at the evening I can rubbed the pollen off easily.

If they turned brown then it is ready to be throw away.

Ed

[kentosaurs]

Hi wijaya

Okays thanks

Ken