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IM ATTEMPTING TO BREED SOME OF MY USUAL VARIETIES BUT HOW LONG WILL THE POLLEN STAY VIABLE? HOW LONG CAN IT BE STORED IN FREEZER? 
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IM ATTEMPTING TO BREED SOME OF MY USUAL VARIETIES BUT HOW LONG WILL THE POLLEN STAY VIABLE? HOW LONG CAN IT BE STORED IN FREEZER? 
If you want to store it long term you must remove the moisture from the pollen with desiccant. Then I'd recommend vacuum packing it in a glass jar and sticking that in the freezer.
I used that method to store pollen last may (2007).
I just pulled some of the pollen out a couple weeks ago (10 months old at that point) and used it to successfully pollinate a female plant in my cab. Seeds are visibly forming right now.
I used that method to store pollen last may (2007).
I just pulled some of the pollen out a couple weeks ago (10 months old at that point) and used it to successfully pollinate a female plant in my cab. Seeds are visibly forming right now.
and if you dont use any form of desiccant you may see mold in as little as a few days especially if you keep it trapped in a small atmosphere.
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I keep it stored with rice and flour in the vials
I have kept pollen for over 18 months and it has still been viable. I don't keep it in the freezer i keep it in the fridge.
i have also used a contact lens case with no rice, but with flour and pollen was viable after a year.
I keep it stored with rice and flour in the vials
I have kept pollen for over 18 months and it has still been viable. I don't keep it in the freezer i keep it in the fridge.
i have also used a contact lens case with no rice, but with flour and pollen was viable after a year.
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Blakendn
A few of my boys ready to be put up for the future.
I just used some Kodiak Gold pollen that I've had for about a year. I'll find out soon if it was still viable. I'm hoping. I used the freezer method storing it with rice to keep moisture from making it non-viable.
OldPathBluSky
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How long into flowering for a male can the pollen be harvested? Is it right before the nanners are about to burst open?
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OldPathBluSky said:
It's normally 2-3 weeks after you flip to bloom before the pod's start to open but some can drop pollen earlier and can be harvested for months after as well.
OldPathBluSky
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marijuanamat - Thanks man, much appreciated :smile:
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I can't keep pollen viable for more than a few months.
5 years would be amazing.
5 years would be amazing.
bakelite
Active member
OldPathBluSky said:
I know this post is a bit old. I have found that when males are cut back (i.e. topped just before a node) they will generate new shoots with flowers for a while. You can also stick cuttings of males with flowers in a glass of water and they will continue to drop pollen for a week or so as well. Just keep them under 12/12 and you'll be all set.
-bakelite
KingDub
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glad i read this thread. i just chopped down my Purple Kush male and all i did was store the pollen by itself in the freezer.. hopefully i fixed it in time.. i knew i should of took a clone of my male... you live a learn. thats one thing i learned is to keep clones of everything! and marked to!! clones in a humidity dome if kept moise will only grow a couple inches and stay at that height for a long long time. i had some clones that are about a year long.. i kept trimming the roots under them but probably didnt even need it done.
GrassRoots
Active member
bakelite said:
I found that the photoperiod is not important with this method nor is the intensity of the light. I cut a few male branches off about 4 days ago when I killed the male plant they were attached to and as of yesterday they started dropping pollen. I have kept them in my laundry room with the light in there just left on, it is just a 20 watt cfl and the cup and cuttings are sitting on my washer a good 4-5 feet away.
How exactly do you use desiccant to dry the pollen and where do you find it?
You can use rice or the small packs of silica gel you get in some goods,all you do is place the rice/silica packs in with the pollen after you've let it sit out in a dry atmosphere so it loses most of the moisture then add flour to the pollen then the rice/silica then freeze.
Ok, so you're mixing this stuff in with the pollen itself, that is for instance the pollen gets covered in flower?marijuanamat said:
Yes i mix in the flour so i've got around a 50/50 mix and i've found it makes the pollen go along way compared to pollen on its own.
