Pollination bags

[j.t.delaney]

Hi there,

Now that I'm hunkered down for the Winter with my mother plants established, it's time to look into "best practices" for proper pollination isolation techniques. I hope next year to start producing my own seeds, and I want to make sure I keep my strains pure. Since space is at a premium, the only practical way to ensure that cross-pollination doesn't occur is to use netting or pollination bags.

so, does anybody have experience with these, and a preferred vendor? There seem to be a fair number of plant breeding supply outfits offering these products, but where to start?

 

[Smiter Q]

See this thread. He used gel caps for isolation. Inexpensive and seemed to work quite well.

http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/21484-yaotzins-grow-progress-2011/page__st__40

 

[j.t.delaney]

See this thread. He used gel caps for isolation. Inexpensive and seemed to work quite well.

http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/21484-yaotzins-grow-progress-2011/page__st__40

Nice idea -- thanks for the link! It's avery practical solution for plants cultivated indoors (outside, things would get all melty pretty quickly.) Until Spring comes, I have time to give this a shot. After that, I need to figure out bags.