Collecting Pollen

[biotechbill]

What is the best way to collect and store pollen?

I attempted this a while back, but when I tried to pollenate a plant, I didn't get any seeds?

The pollen was about six months old, and I had it kept in a mason jar?

Thanks in advance for any tips!

 

[l33t]

Pollen needs to be stored in cold conditions to survive and collected with low almost zero humidity. Water kills pollen

Collect it as it falls from the male flowers , you can tap the branch to force pollen to fall
Use a shiny/glossy magazine-backcover (non porous surface) as a collection dish and use a CCard to collect it. Store it in a small vial with some rice and put it in the freezer.