How to store male pollen to use next year?

[Fidel Castro]

Hi

I want to store male pollen to use next year... anyone had made it??

I will follow this steps:
1) harvest pollen
2) dry
3) store in container to keep out water (humidity) and put into the fridge.
4) if you want to use mix with water 1 hour then apply.

it is right???

help please.

 

[Conradino23]

vacuum sealed and in the freezer

 

[jojo677]

As conradino mentioned, it's best to store it in the freezer, and vacuum sealing will help keep out a lot of moisture. I've also read that by mixing it with white flour (1:10, pollen to flour) will help keep it dry as the flour acts as a desiccant and you'll have 10X as much to play with.

As far as using it, I don't believe you want to mix it with water- you should apply it dry. I've read that water kills pollen, though I don't really believe this. It would be much easier to apply dry anyway. There are lots of methods to apply it precisely, once you get that far.

 

[Fidel Castro]

Thanks... ill do that.