Freezeing pollen
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Smerc
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Did you find an answer on this?
Moisture is bad and if the sacs have moisture in them, then I wouldn't see it as advisable.
Never heard of the flour thing. The fuck is that?
Assume it's like other types of pollen and can be stored for years in a dry container + desiccant + freezer.
Moisture is bad and if the sacs have moisture in them, then I wouldn't see it as advisable.
Never heard of the flour thing. The fuck is that?
Assume it's like other types of pollen and can be stored for years in a dry container + desiccant + freezer.
xombie
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I haven't tried to use it yet, doubt it's good. It had moisture, I threw the sacs in without removing the pollen.. the flour I've seen a few times online, it dries it up apparently.
macsnax
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You need to dry pollen before storing it. The freezer works but I've found the fridge to work too.
Smerc
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Was just curious. Seems to make sense if it absorbs moisture, but doesn't cause a bad reaction to the pollen.
Did a google search and seen that some also used flour. It's probably pointless though when an actual silica gel desiccant is used.
The issue with freezing is that water will turn into ice at very low temperatures in the freezer and a desiccant can't soak up ice from what I read, only water in it's natural form.
So even if you put a desiccant in a jar w/ the pollen, it will be less effective once that water turns into ice from the sounds of it.
Silica gel works at below freezing temps, but works best at room temps.
Also, it seems water is used on plants that have been pollinated only to immobilize it so it can't spread to other plants. I haven't read anything that factually asserts that water deactivates the pollen by killing the pollen. It's touted that it can by some, but I haven't seen science on it.
So either way, just place the pollen in a jar or vial w/ a desiccant, then into the freezer and you should be good for years from the sounds of it.
DarkWeb
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You need to collect the pollen. Don't keep it in the sack. I lay them out on a piece of tin foil to dry, they will open up and then I take a tea strainer........dump all of it in it over another piece of tin foil to separate the pollen from the plant material. Now make the foil into a taco and pore it into a pill bottle. Dry a small amount of flower and add to the pollen. Use the dry flower to "cut" the pollen. The flower makes the pollen go farther. I store my pill bottles thoroughly labeled with all the traits from that pollen on the labels in the fridge. I've never froze it but don't see why you can't.