Sending Pollen / Pollen Exchange

I thought of an idea sort of along these lines, a little different. Imagine if you had a small sealed glass or plastic tube with a rock wool cube with a cutting in it of your favorite mother. At the top of the tube would be a few LED lights and a battery to keep the plant lit for the mailing trip, and a small IV Bag fed to the rock wool cube for moisture. I think this would totally work, I bet you could rig a mailing setup for a clone for 15-20$ with a little effort. Just an idea, sorry I have a head full of shrooms right now :P good times
 
Ouchie said:
I thought of an idea sort of along these lines, a little different. Imagine if you had a small sealed glass or plastic tube with a rock wool cube with a cutting in it of your favorite mother. At the top of the tube would be a few LED lights and a battery to keep the plant lit for the mailing trip, and a small IV Bag fed to the rock wool cube for moisture. I think this would totally work, I bet you could rig a mailing setup for a clone for 15-20$ with a little effort. Just an idea, sorry I have a head full of shrooms right now :P good times
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Clones are not a problem mate. I have had clones lost in the post for nearly a week and they were fine apon arrival.

Were talking pollen here.. The powdery stuff that come from male plants..
 
ive sent pollen a few times. my method is to collect the pollen then have in my jars with a dessicant called cobalt chloride. when its dry its blue, then when it has absorbed the moisture in whatever it is in it turns purple. after i remove the pollen i place in my storage jars and the desiccant and into the fridge for 3 or so days to slowly removed moisture. doing it fast will damage and collapse the cell walls in the pollen making it non viable, then after a few days in fridge i seal them up air tight with fresh desiccant and into freezer. lasts for years this way. when ive shipped it i use dry ice in a live fish styrofoam container and overnight it to its destination.
if its not cared for as soon as being removed it will get damaged.

im sure we all have our ways but thats how i do it and been fine so far for me. it is expensive to do it. shipping this way cost a fortune and to be honest isnt worth the effort...or cost...to me
 
Doobz said:
Clones are not a problem mate. I have had clones lost in the post for nearly a week and they were fine apon arrival.

Were talking pollen here.. The powdery stuff that come from male plants..
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Then just send a clone of the male? Same thing, same problem solved...
 
G.A said:
ive sent pollen a few times. my method is to collect the pollen then have in my jars with a dessicant called cobalt chloride. when its dry its blue, then when it has absorbed the moisture in whatever it is in it turns purple. after i remove the pollen i place in my storage jars and the desiccant and into the fridge for 3 or so days to slowly removed moisture. doing it fast will damage and collapse the cell walls in the pollen making it non viable, then after a few days in fridge i seal them up air tight with fresh desiccant and into freezer. lasts for years this way. when ive shipped it i use dry ice in a live fish styrofoam container and overnight it to its destination.
if its not cared for as soon as being removed it will get damaged.

im sure we all have our ways but thats how i do it and been fine so far for me. it is expensive to do it. shipping this way cost a fortune and to be honest isnt worth the effort...or cost...to me
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Very interesting mate. Do you think it can be freeze dried or will this damage the pollen itself?
 
Ouchie said:
Then just send a clone of the male? Same thing, same problem solved...
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You seem to be missing the point bro... Everyone knows about sending clones...

I am thinking of a way of sending pollen on an "as need" basis..

Like if I have some ladies in flower at the moment and I wanted to cross them with some pollen a friend has then there is no point in sending a clone because by the time the clone arrives, has fully rooted and then switched into 12/12 then its gonna be too late to pollinate the fems I have in flower..
 
G.A said:
ive sent pollen a few times. my method is to collect the pollen then have in my jars with a dessicant called cobalt chloride. when its dry its blue, then when it has absorbed the moisture in whatever it is in it turns purple.
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Hey Bro,

I believe that You are actually using silica gel with a cobalt chloride indicator in it. Its a good product, and can quite often be dried and reused time after time.
 
Doobz said:
You seem to be missing the point bro... Everyone knows about sending clones...

I am thinking of a way of sending pollen on an "as need" basis..

Like if I have some ladies in flower at the moment and I wanted to cross them with some pollen a friend has then there is no point in sending a clone because by the time the clone arrives, has fully rooted and then switched into 12/12 then its gonna be too late to pollinate the fems I have in flower..
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Sorry didn't realize timing was an issue :) I was just trying to be helpful
 
Collecting pollen

I like your method Dr. Purp. Could I sugest using wax paper instead of foil? When collecting pollen from males, I make a wax paper pouch and hang from the male stem, where the pollen will collect. When ready to pollinate or store, i remove the pouch and dry, then store my pollen. As for sending via mail, Ive never had success with this so I cant share a method. Great thread tho

Peace and positive vibes

GFam
 
Nice one Elmer - It seems everyone has the same views or very similar methods on collecting pollen and storing.

Drying the pollen with some rice and some flour. Then adding some silica and into the freezer seems to be the general rule of thumb.

We need more definitive answers on sending the damn stuff and reading that thread it seems one or two people have sent it and its been in the post up to 8 days and it was still viable. This is great news..
 
G`day Folks
I`ve posted otherlinks back in the thread check them out to . glad to be of assistance bros an sis .
Elmer Bud .
 
yes it is the silica, sorry wasnt more clear on that. and i do reuse it.

and not sure on freeze dried. main thing is slowly get the moisture out to not damage cell walls then basicaly like seeds or anything....keep the air off it and cool.
 
I save my pollen and have sent pollen successfully before. Some of my pollen has been in the refrigerator for a year and is still viable. I've heard from another pollen collector that it will last for years if stored in the freezer. When I send it I use wax paper folded up like a B.C. headache powder. I then use packing tape to seal it up. This has worked. You have to use it right away when sent this way. I made a thread at ICMag that explains how I catch and store pollen. It works very well. The key is keeping it dry and removing plant material. I did a lot of experiments with different kinds of desiccants in mason jars with digital and analog humidistats. I found that super dried wheat flower and super dried rice worked extremely well. They will take the humidity lower than silica I've found through experimentation. If dried well they will bring the humidity down to below 7% which is good. To get it lower you would need Calcium oxide (CaO), commonly known as quicklime which is hard to come by these days. The only people who sell it, that I found, sell it by the train load to water treatment plants. I was going to recreate the thread here but I believe I've used up my allowable space on the picture server I have been using. So I'll just post a link.
Pollination Tricks and Saving Pollen:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=166164
 
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oscar the rotund said:
I save my pollen and have sent pollen successfully before. Some of my pollen has been in the refrigerator for a year and is still viable. I've heard from another pollen storer that it will last for years if stored in the freezer. When I send it I use wax paper folded up like a B.C. headache powder. I then use packing tape to seal it up. This has worked. You have to use it right away. I made a thread at ICMag that explains how I catch and store pollen. It works very well. The key is keeping it dry and removing plant material. I did a lot of experiences with different kinds of desiccants in mason jars with digital and analog humidistats. I found that super dried wheat flower and super dried rice worked extremely well. They will take the humidity lower than silica I've found through experimentation. I was going to recreate the thread here but I believe I've used up my allowable space on the picture server I have been using. So I'll just post a link.
Pollination Tricks and Saving Pollen:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=166164
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Wow thanks mate.. Thats awesome..
 
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