Just a note on saved pollen - if you continue to have trouble (frozen has never worked for me) you may want to try saving some of the pollen in the refrigerator in addition to freezing it. I have just gotten seedlings from a refrigerated pollen cross that was between 17-day-old pollen anthers used on another cultivar. They had been in and out of the fridge almost every day in 90 degree weather during that time, since all were kept in a pill container with 21 different cells of various pollen.
Another pod's seed that is just getting put in starter soil was from 11-day-old pollen. Refrigeration may not extend pollen for years, but it does seem to work for at least 2.5 weeks in my experience. And, that can stretch crosses out over a nice span of the season, with many more FFOs appearing after the last blooms of those refrigerated anthers.
