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I think it lasts longer than 24 hours. I just keep adding fresh pollen to the same container whenever there is a bloom with some and then using when I need it. I just keep it at room temp, and at the end of the bloom season I toss the container (a takeout condiment container). I get close to 100% pollination take rate, and I know that quite often the pollen is several days old. being super precise doesn't seem necessary for me.
Freezing will kill the pollen.Vincent.
Hi my wife's Atamoya tree is growing flowers but at different speeds, where the male flower has died before there were female flowers. What is the proper way to store pollen to pollinate the female flowers? Photos were taken by my wife.Thank you pros!
Quote from: vincenton on June 07, 2018, 07:25:13 PMFreezing will kill the pollen.Vincent.This is inaccurate. As long as pollen is dried for approx 90mins it can be frozen for months and still be viable. Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304423805003717That said I wouldn't recommend letting this plant set fruit, it's still a little small to hold much of anything.
Quote from: TheDom on June 07, 2018, 11:05:42 PMQuote from: vincenton on June 07, 2018, 07:25:13 PMFreezing will kill the pollen.Vincent.This is inaccurate. As long as pollen is dried for approx 90mins it can be frozen for months and still be viable. Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304423805003717That said I wouldn't recommend letting this plant set fruit, it's still a little small to hold much of anything.Thank you thank you. What if I use individual stakes to support a few fruits =D should I try to bear some tasty fruit?