I've grown Paradigm open pollinated seedlings.

Paul

the best i can recall .... you need the flower that opened this morning ... and within a couple hours.. the pollen is spent ..

are you searching the freshly opened flower???

yesterdays is no good ...

ken

At 6am this mornings new bloom wasn't even wide open yet, and I can see the same thing as yesterdays bloom is happening ... But it has been very unusually cool and wet ... nice seedling Paul!

You can try removing the stamens and put on a paper plate or a paper towel etc.... And place it so some sun light hits them, but someplace where they won't get desturbed by wind animals kids etc... And see if that helps. Cool and damp can sure affect the anther from releasing the pollen but it could be getting eaten by bugs too. Hope this helps

Thank you! I will try that, seeings it doesn't look like the nights will be warming up anytime soon, either.

and do note.. some plants .. like plantiginea... bloom in the afternoon... so its pollen is spent by the next morning ... etc ...

you have hit the timing wall.. that many peeps who sex their hosta.. but have to go to work .. hit long ago ... you just keep trying ...

some peeps used to store pollen... in old film canisters ... in the fridge and freezer .. i think herb Benedict tried some outrageous time period.. but i forget how long ...

and storing the pollen.. is how you would fert something like plantaginea in the afternoon ...... actually being a species .... its has great potential to give babes that are all exact look alikes ... so you would use P pollen on other plants.. hoping to transfer the fragrance ....

ken

Ken is right. The bees take the pollen early and often. The anthers continually make pollen during the day and the bees collect it. You can either get up at 5:30 or so and take some pollen then, or you can take a flower that will be open the next morning, break it open, remove the anthers and leave the pistil, and put those anthers inside. In the morning there will be lots of pollen to use.

Steve

Excuse me, Steve, but when you remove the anthers and leave the pistil, what do you put the anthers inside of? There will be lots of pollen where?

Sorry if I am not getting the process pictured.