best way to ship pollen?
also, i'll make you a good of agrosoak for an illegal brug! just joking here. brugman has no illegal brugs and i think he was going to burn some? haven't seen the pics yet.
This message was edited Wednesday, Dec 19th 11:06 AM
questions for BRUGMAN
my dear, do you have a license for that agrosoak??
i'm an old hand at smuggling, connections to get licenses pre dated if needed....lol
this is supposed to be a joke. i am a law abiding person who has never been arrested and haven't had even had a traffic ticket since 1979. DS says i am getting old, he can tell cause i don't drive fast enough for him anymore.
This message was edited Wednesday, Dec 19th 10:55 AM
Best way to ship pollen is on the flower itself attached to a small cutting-soak the cutting in water for a few days to allow it to get as much as it can take and pull all the leaves off-always ship priority mail or next day. Next day one can just send the anthers though. Also-one can simply dap on cotton swabs as well if its from a good rich pollen producer. If one can keep the pollen cool-via a cold pack-dry ice-etc that helps as well. I have some other methods I am trying to cook up involving wax and small bottles of water-stamens stuck inside vials of water etc...get back to you if any of my other idea's work.
Best get that deleted Arelene-somone might think you are serious.
This message was edited Wednesday, Dec 19th 10:49 AM
Argh...I wish I had sent the pollen that way. I just pulled out the anthers. Brugcrazy, if that pollen doesn't work for you, I will send more.
I found a five gallon bucket of Agri-Soak at Knoxville seed. I will have to look up the price, but I know it was over $100. It was more than enough to do 2500 baskets. Wonder if some wanted to go in and buy one and split it amongst themselves. I will call and get the exact price today.
Since it's made in the USA, don't think we need an import license do we? Wonder if we need a water-saver permit?? Do we need an environmental impact statement? How many years should we study it's impact?
Sorry, just being silly. ;-)
calling my seed and feed now...
Cala-lol-perhaps all I need is 1 bucket at that price. Have too see if Arlene has a big truck and wants to do a trade...have seedods almost mature on many of these.
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brugman, do you know where to buy it up there? off to gvlle in a little while, gonna get us some. have two weeks off for Christmas starting this weekend. I WILL BE IN BRUG HEAVEN.... maybe a little time for Christmas too!!
isn't it a shame we can't joke without worrying? Wish I had the agrosoak to trade for those seed pods!
tig, you can have all you want, if i trade for them.....
ah, I will help you grow some if you need, but you're the one going to all the trouble!! you just keep taking care of him so we can all get to that double pink.
tig..... i still have maybe 70-80 at least seed pods on my plants!!!!!!!!!!!! i have planted some seeds experimentally. i can promise you i have seeds enough to send you all bunches already, JO, CG, DrS (these pods and flowers all look alike to me), isabella, suavolens white, X white, my frosty pink, maybe a couple on culebra, 3 on a versi white hybrid i posted a pic of a few weeks ago, several on XVP, nothing too exciting but i think brugman's X aurea kind of heavy pollen white is a dad of most, also jean pasco 15-20 seeds....
have 2 turning yellow on isabella, i am so proud i haven't picked them yet!!
Dont' know how it happened, but I listened to eric rambling just long enough to get hooked on seedlings!! There just seems like so much reward in knowing that you got it that far, hard to explain. I can't stop myself. I better go clear out the extra room and buy more lights, cause before spring, I'm going to need it:)
Arlene-sounds as if you have tons going on with the seeds you already have. these are just pink aurea type crosses on things like Dr.Sues, Solid Gold, etc. Your Culebra cross is my favorite though out of your garden. That is a superb hybrid indeed that is going to be forthcoming.
PLEASE ,OH PLEASE!!!?????
eric, passing on most of my seeds to my brug friends here..... None of us could sleep at night thinking about those babies going up in flames..... let me know