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Jan 6, 2014 6:11 PM CST
Name: Joe
Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)
Lilies Region: New York Seed Starter Plant and/or Seed Trader Garden Ideas: Level 1
How do you guys store your pollen? Do you take the anthers off and put them in a plastic bag and freeze? If so how long is pollen viable frozen or unfrozen?

When hybridyzing is there a best time to pollinate and do you cap the stigma?

In the past I've just taken anthers off and just thoroughly rubbed it on a stigma that didn't look "dirty". No cap or anything. Now that I am getting serious about this I'd like to do it right! I'm also assuming that saving your pollen lets you try crosses with the flowers that don't simultaneously open as well.

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