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Jun 21, 2018 10:37 AM CST
Name: Dnd
SE Michigan (Zone 6a)
Daylilies Dog Lover Houseplants Organic Gardener I helped beta test the first seed swap Celebrating Gardening: 2015
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Bootch,

Hello there! Unfortunately, wet pollen typically does not work well. I'm not an expert on the matter, but I've heard it from enough people who are to know that it's probably a waste of your time to try pollinating with it unless there is no way to get pollen from that plant again. I recommend just waiting until the next bloom opens and use pollen from that. If it is a matter that you have two blooms open on the same day that you want to cross and you aren't sure that you will get that opportunity again, keep in mind that you can store pollen in the freezer, as long as it has been dried out before you put it in there. I save pollen from particularly desirable daylilies so that when blooms open that I want to cross it with, I have pollen that I can thaw out and and use.

Also, just so that you know, you put this in the 'Classifieds and Group Buys' section, but I think you meant to put this in the Daylily forum. Maybe a moderator could move it there for you?
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