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CTMIAMI

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Best ways to store Dragon Fruit Pollen
« on: May 26, 2018, 01:09:25 PM »
It is clear if I want some DF production from my experimental patch I home I have to learn how to store pollen as long as 30 days or so. As I have only one adult sugar dragon.
There are several ways of doing it. I hope we can start a tread just on pollen storage and methods we are using. There are some papers out there,  some vey complicated using nitrogen etc. We have no access to that.
I need a simple effective method to store pollen.
I started by building a storage vessel.  Using Styrofoam, and shellacked cardboard  I build a little rack.



I have some glass vials. About 5ml that I can use to store the pollen.


All that fits inside a mason jar, and I can put orange indication silica gel at the bottom.

As an option I can use my food saver to pull all the air out of the jar.


The plan would be to place the pollen vials open inside the mason jar with the silica for a couple of days in the refrigeration and then freeze. What is not clear in my mind is If I should pull the air out, during the refrigeration process and or the freeze portion.
Any comments?




« Last Edit: May 26, 2018, 04:26:33 PM by CTMIAMI »
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