How to store pollen?

KLITE

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I harvest pollen by cutting off the flowering branch and putting inside a small glass with water and 24h lighting and tipped over paper. Ive had branches live for a month completely neglected and throw off even more pollen than i think they would after collecting. I sweep it all up into an air tight jar and put that inside a baggie. I hear it lasts up to a year if well kept.
Edit. ytou dont need many flowers at all either im talking a couple ofdozen sacks is more than enough for you get hundred and hundreds of seeds. Ive harvested pollen from males 2 or 3 weeks into flowering.
 

bf80255

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I just toss it in a plastic baggie like i hold seeds in and throw it in the fridge.... thats it, keeps for months even in clear bags with little flowers still mixed in
 

redzi

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What can really suck about stored pollen is that it can have effect on the female...stopping flowering in it's tracks but not be viable to the point of making seeds. Even with humidity control and sub zero storage it really falls off after about 30 days. Look on the bright side..if weed pollen were as hardy as some of your tree pollen you could have your female violated by some lousy wild rope plant growing wild in Mexico.
 
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