JustANobody's Neck Beard Basement Grow

[Gadarien]

Hey @JustANobody you know how long pollen stays viable? Or anyone else here. I was thinking of trying to collect some, but didn’t know if it would be worth it before I find the mother I want to pollinate.

[JustANobody]

I have no clue to be honest. I plan to collect or attempt to collect a bunch of the Mango hashplant pollen. @DougDawson is probably the guy to ask pollen collection questions to.

[Gadarien]

Oh yeah good point dudes always got pollen going. I’ll give him a shout.

[Hotrods_and_hounds]

Pollen last for awhile if properly stored. I have not tried it but have been told il to a year in the feezer. I have some in the fridge that’s probably 6month old.

[Gadarien]

Awesome thank you for that!

[Cormoran]

I just pollinated a Frankenstein downstairs with pollen from this gentleman about a week and a half ago… already seeing seeds starting to form. The pollen’s been in the fridge for 2+ years now, apparently.

The STUD Stable

Durban Freeze at 3 weeks. It tricked me into growing it out fully by growing preflowers that looked halfway female, and I don’t have the heart to kill it just yet… though I’ve given it nothing but water for two of those weeks, and haphazardly at that. Still stubbornly staying alive and healthy. [IMG_20220212_155133375]

@PhilCuisine says he’s gotten seeds from pollen stored in the freezer for 15 years. Dunno if the fridge works quite that well, but I can personally testify that it certainly lasts a while.

[JustANobody]

How do you store the pollen?

[Cormoran]

Well, now it’s in a plastic baggie in a random drawer of my fridge, I think it might be for cold cuts or something… no humidity control, it’s not the crisper bin. As far as drying it, I just put it in a tupperware container, tossed a few silica packs in there and closed the top for a week or so. It seems to have worked.

[JustANobody]

Thanks for the information

[BIGJ]

I bought a pollen sifter box few years ago off Amazon. Works pretty good. Gets all the debris out and a silica pack in the bottom dries the pollen nice. This one I bought, is no longer available, but gives ya an idea I have an older version, came with scraper card and have not had any glue or splinter issue like in the reviews
https://a.co/d/8SiHhqO

[JustANobody]

Oh I had something like thst for making kief. Same thing? I got a trim bin to help make hash from the seed runs, wonder if that would also work.

@Dirt_Wizard do you have something up your sleeves for this? You always have good info for these types of things.

[Rhino_buddy]

Pollen Drying and Storing

Hi all! I am prepping to get some pollen from my upcoming LA Confidential plants. This is not happening for a month or so. Trying to get some groundwork and research first. I have searched OG and Google. I am finding conflicting advice to sift through. What I am gathering is that pollen, especially from Indica varieties, is wet and needs to be dried first. Adding baked flour in a roughly 1:4 ratio will help spread it out as well as drying it. This flour/pollen mixture should be collected…

Some info in this thread. Not the same one I was remembering tho.

[JustANobody]

Thanks dude

[BIGJ]

Yep Ive used it for kief as well. I Just take it outside and blow it out good after each use , mist some rubbing alcohol on it then blow out again to keep clean and unwanted old pollen neutralized

[TopShelfTrees1]

Pollen if dry and put in the freezer can last 10 years , probably longer but I’ve used 9/10 year old pollen a few times and it worked perfectly.

[Gadarien]

Thank you all for the information.

[JustANobody]

Dude that’s wild.

[JAWS]

cut if its well rooted and very clean.

peace …

[JAWS]

years if worked correctly, and also some pollen no matter how well you work it will not stay viable very long.

i have had 6 year old pollen give me seeds while 6 months old pollen not.

peace …

[Gadarien]

Good to know. I don’t have any yet, but I’ve got some ideas on crosses and don’t know what I don’t know when it comes to breeding.