That's cool about the palm sales John. That's interesting about pollinating the palms that way with spray bottle.

Those flowers are looking like Monday will work out just fine for you. It's really cool to watch the the seeds develop, I gives us something else fun to watch in the garden.

Bill

Monday will work out just fine

Great!
I'm watering the Trachy heavily today so I don't risk washing pollen off after Monday's application.

Thanks!
Barb

Barb,

Been following along here, looking forward to seeing the results!

Steve

Thanks Steve...pretty exciting for me 😆

Barb you could also try using a paint brush wet with water run it along the pollen and paint it on your flower pods. Steve thanks for following this experiment. Some seeds will be on there way to Kansas in the fall. Super cold hardy Trachy`s. How are those washy`s doing I sent you three years ago? Bill it is fun to watch our what shouldn`t grow here palms flourish!

try using a paint brush

I'd rather eat gravel than hold a paint brush 😆 😆

Will try all methods...OK, most of them. 8)

UPS just arrived with the pollen!

Really busy today, so will get at it tomorrow morning and post pics.
Of what, I'm not sure. 😆 😆 😆

Sounds like a mass of seeds inside a bag.
Maybe I should just THROW them at the female blossoms? 😆

Barb

Drumroll....

The female blossoms appear to each have 3 little holes.
Hope that means they're receptive to male pollen.

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Used a small dampened paintbrush to disperse "stuff" from the bottom of UPS bag along each branch of flowers:
There wasn't any dry powdery stuff, and the "balls" wouldn't stick, so put them all over the place.
Then sprinkled "balls" (well, what would that be called?! LOL) on every branch above and beside the flower branches.

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Then I hung some of the male branches in the crown, as well as the inside out bag that held the pollen, and the paper towel.
Appropriate (I think, LOL) that John sent it in a liquor store plastic bag 😆 😆

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Didn't play any soft music... 😆 😆

Now it's up to Mom Nature...

Barb

Barb looks like the pollen dried out quite a bit waiting to get to you. Hopefully brushing it on will be good enough to fertilize them as well as leaving the pollen branch in the crown. It also looks like it is perfect timing as your female flowes are opening now. Go seeds.

John

John,
I expected to see yellow powder inside the envelope, but there wasn't any.
The inside was still damp, thanks to the paper towel you inserted in the bag.
But the little balls wouldn't stick to the female blossoms, even with a wet brush.

Hope that sprinkling the balance over adjacent fronds helps for when the wind blows.
Dead calm today...darn it.

Thanks again for sending the male branch, John.

Barb

Barb you may want to crush some of it into a powder and apply. That should help me thinks.

John

crush some of it into a powder

Excellent idea!

Now where's my mortar-n-pestle? 😆 (kidding)

Barb

While waiting ... 😆

Look at how this ole Trachy is stretching, growing like crazy.

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Three long and thick spears

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Barb

Great progress pics so far, hopefully everything goes well!

Thanks, Cameron!