Pollen Collection And Long Term Storage

[Autoqueen25]

What happen to the pics good thread I was about to ask about pollen storage

 

[weedified]

One thing about storage everyone should know is that storage needs a dry and tidy place. Also, the storage material should be humid-free to avoid the invitation of bad microbial agents that would destroy the stored pollen.

 

[Clix]

I thought it would be good to get up a thread on how I collect and store my pollen. I have managed to keep viable pollen for well over a year.

This is how i collect my pollen, the stem of the plant goes into the slit. Keep it simple after all.

I tap it all out onto a glass surface.

This is one part i see allot of people miss. You need to separate the pollen sacs from the pollen. Any kind of moisture is the enemy of pollen. If you keep moist plant matter with the pollen during storage you will reduce the shelf life.
Zero moisture!!!

Which brings us to the storage part of this thread. I store my pollen in little bags, with a few grains of rice in it. The rice is to help pull out any moisture while it's in the freezer. Silica desiccant balls also work too. Anything to help draw out moisture will work here.
Label your pollen so you know what it is.
s60= sour60 BP = breeder pack open pollen = open pollenation

After i let the pollen sit in the bag for 10 or 15 min, with the rice. It's ready for the freezer.

If you take you pollen in and out of the freezer often, the shelf life will be reduced. What i do is rub a few Qtips into the pollen while in the freezer, and place it back in there. I try to never let the pollen in the baggy get back to room temp. The change in temp will create moisture in the bag, which will destroy the pollen.

If you have to add more pollen to your freezer baggy, repeat this process, and let the new pollen get to the freezer temp before adding to the "long term storage baggy"

If you are good about it, you should be able to keep pollen for a long long time. :thumbs:

Know this is an older post but good info and useful.

 

[Quater]

I have collected some Super Auto Pollen from Tao Seeds over few weeks i got 3 bags who i put over the branches and repeat it with the same bag a few days took the sacks out and put it in the freezer
Im dont know if there is too much moister in can i do something to reduse the moister while in the freezer ?
And my main question is when i get them out of freezer and want to pollinait are there things i have to do and carry for ? Cause i read dont let them go to room tempeture
Sorry for my bad english , im really fixed to creating own strain just orderd some interesting one s from Ace Seeds and got some other regs from tao seeds
( they have auto s semi s and photo s all reg ) who look very promising for north climats

 

[Mizzo81]

I have collected some Super Auto Pollen from Tao Seeds over few weeks i got 3 bags who i put over the branches and repeat it with the same bag a few days took the sacks out and put it in the freezer
Im dont know if there is too much moister in can i do something to reduse the moister while in the freezer ?
And my main question is when i get them out of freezer and want to pollinait are there things i have to do and carry for ? Cause i read dont let them go to room tempeture
Sorry for my bad english , im really fixed to creating own strain just orderd some interesting one s from Ace Seeds and got some other regs from tao seeds
( they have auto s semi s and photo s all reg ) who look very promising for north climats

U need to let dry before putting in freezer I think.

 

[Shaawing]

I posted this before but you can fill this out like you work for a school/hospital so forth. And get 100 free, no shipping or anything. http://www.eppendorfna.com/int/?l=131&action=survey&surveyident=SAMPLEORDERFORMENA
I use them for seeds storage with a piece of sponge and silica balls. ( saw Dinafem doing it and seemed to be a good idea )
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Lol I know this is from 2011 but that's exactly why I want to comment.. I clicked the link and it just brought me to their home page but I investigated and you can still get samples!

I was curious so I looked and a lot of medical distributors give samples.. just Google " lab disposable samples free "

 

[Shaawing]

I ordered the samples a few hours ago and they already started a ups tracking number and everything

 

[Shaawing]

Also if you dont know what to say for department or division/institution just put " a and e " (accident and emergency) for department and " health care " for division/institution.. you need to pretend you are actually a doctor lol

 

[The Bedroom Gardener UK]

Some pics & processing pollen, as original pics are gone.

Pics taken from the guide - Bedroom Gardener's Bible

 

[Bigg Al]

Some pics & processing pollen, as original pics are gone.

Pics taken from the guide - Bedroom Gardener's Bible

Thank you sir!! I needed to see this as I'm about to start collecting some pollen!!

Home boy almost ready!!