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Aug 28, 2016 6:18 PM CST
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Name: pam
gainesville fl (Zone 8b)
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James (JWWC). I was curious, unless it's under patent Smiling , could you give some hints on how you got the pollen Steve (ahead) sent you, to 'take'. Im of course assuming he mailed it, and that might be a silly assumption.
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Aug 28, 2016 6:36 PM CST
Name: Becky
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Pam - That is a question that I am interested to know about, too! Please share the details with us, James. Smiling
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Aug 28, 2016 6:40 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: pam
gainesville fl (Zone 8b)
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Im only asking on the seeds from the LA forum, because the LA is where I saw this on some seeds that were listed Whistling . If James will dish, maybe this isnt the forum, but for now.......
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Aug 28, 2016 7:47 PM CST
Name: James
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gardenglory said:James (JWWC). I was curious, unless it's under patent Smiling , could you give some hints on how you got the pollen Steve (ahead) sent you, to 'take'. Im of course assuming he mailed it, and that might be a silly assumption.


Yup it was mailed. Steve, Peter, and I mailed pollen back and forth. My method was to harvest the pollen as I normally would. Once in the tube (I store it in microfuge tubes) I put the tube in the freezer. To mail it, I shipped it overnight with 1 or 2 ice packs in small styrofoam coolers (like 6in x6 in x6 in). The pollen that came to me was shipped the same way!

Everything that arrived was still cool, and based on the pods I've got, viable!
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Aug 28, 2016 8:03 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: pam
gainesville fl (Zone 8b)
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Thanks. Can you refreeze it, or do you use it right away.
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Aug 28, 2016 8:05 PM CST
Name: James
South Bend, IN (Zone 5b)
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I just tossed it back into the freezer. Still have it there.
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Aug 28, 2016 8:07 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: pam
gainesville fl (Zone 8b)
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Thanks alot
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Aug 28, 2016 8:11 PM CST
Name: Steve Todd
Illinois (Zone 5b)
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Pam,

Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?? LOL

For the first time ever, and I have been doing this since 1999, James has got me freezing pollen. I asked him to send me complete instructions, and he not only did that but sent me the entire kits, with tubes. This past week I put ESXRFK tips seedling pollen on a wonderful new intro from Shooter's called A WORLD AWAY, and the pod took, even though "tips" hasn't bloomed for a month.

I always used chilled pollen, but James' method is so easy, and it ships easily too. We sent a few back and forth to try, and the results have been very encouraging.
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Aug 28, 2016 8:13 PM CST
Name: Steve Todd
Illinois (Zone 5b)
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And,

I now have 20 tubes of pollen stored in the freezer for next year, of all my bestest stuff. I feel like a kid at Christmas...lol.
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Aug 29, 2016 3:12 AM CST
Name: Sabrina
Italy, Brescia (Zone 8b)
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Aug 29, 2016 6:26 AM CST
Name: Cynthia (Cindy)
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Sabrina Hilarious! Hilarious!

By the way, my grandparents on my dad's side immigrated to the USA from Italy.
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Aug 29, 2016 6:29 AM CST
Name: Sabrina
Italy, Brescia (Zone 8b)
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Where did they come from?
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Aug 29, 2016 6:29 AM CST
Name: Cynthia (Cindy)
Melvindale, Mi (Zone 5b)
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From what I understand they came from around the Naples area.
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Aug 29, 2016 1:32 PM CST
Name: Dot or Dorothy Parker
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James do you dry your pollen before freezing it? I store mine in the little centrifuge tubes also. I dry mine overnight in the tubes with the lid open. I close it in the morning and put in the freezer.

Dot
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Aug 29, 2016 2:27 PM CST
Name: James
South Bend, IN (Zone 5b)
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Yes, Dot, I do. I normally take the anthers and leave them on a labeled piece of paper for up to 3 days before putting them in the tube. As long as they are dry and cool, I've noticed no problems.
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Aug 29, 2016 2:28 PM CST
Name: Daniel Erdy
Catawba SC (Zone 7b)
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Would a 0.2ML centrifuge tube be too samll or would 1.5ml be better?
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Aug 29, 2016 3:57 PM CST
Name: Dot or Dorothy Parker
Fort Worth TX (Zone 8a)
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I use the 1.5 size.

Dot
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Aug 29, 2016 5:12 PM CST
Name: James
South Bend, IN (Zone 5b)
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I actually prefer a broad bottom 2.0 mL tube like the one on the left.


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Aug 29, 2016 5:45 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: pam
gainesville fl (Zone 8b)
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Larry Grace once came to our daylily club, he says he uses matchboxes. Ive been using those ever since, altho I dont freeze alot of pollen. I might just have to have some of those flat bottom tubes tho.
Leslie Mauck years ago, suggested I dry my pollen on paper plates. After a couple of days, the pollen is nice and dry, and the filament is adhered to the plate, so you can get just the pollen.
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Aug 29, 2016 6:15 PM CST
Name: Daniel Erdy
Catawba SC (Zone 7b)
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I guess we got booted from the "seeds from the LA" thread for talking about pollen too much Shrug!
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