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will my pollen be damaged if I freeze it? i collected a fair amount, and it is in a small glass vial which now sits on a bed of silica gel crystals inside a heavy duty ziplock bag in my freezer.

any advice would be great- this is my first pollenation effort.
email me if possible.

OzGrowa

I have had trouble storing pollen beyond 4 or 5 days, even in the freezer so I am not to sure if yours will be viable whatsoever....

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DoVVn_CaSt

Ive stored pollen for long periods and had no problems.I think the way u are doin it will cause problems though.The glass vile will hold the moisture in and not allow the dessicant to absorb it.What I do is take a piece of notebook paper and fold it into a small envelope.I then use that to hold my pollen cause it breathes.I put the envelope and a dessicant inside a ziplock bag and then put that in a tupperware container.Its now ready for freezing.U can place many small envelopes in the same bag just make sure they are folded shut well.After freezing allow the container to come to room temperature before u open it or else ull get condensation inside the container and on ur pollen as well.As soon as it gets wet its done.U can also reuse dessicant packs by placing them in the oven at 150 degrees farenheiht for one half hour.

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DoVVn_CaSt,

Thanks for shining some hope down towards this post. About 2 weeks ago I had to destroy the male, but before I trashed him I made a huge paper tarp and beat the pollen off the plant. I ended up with a LOT of pollen, and stored it in the way you mentioned, so it can "breath" in the freezer. I get the feeling people look down on making F2 hybrids, so I just wanted to say thanks again for your reply.

DoVVn_CaSt

Theres nothin wrong with F2's.I actually prefer them sometimes cause u get more variety.U can choose that special taste or high that u wouldnt get with an F1 cause they are mostly the same.

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