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EdBurton said:

On to the subject of shipping pollen.
I have tried swapping pollen with a few online daylily friends during the bloom season and the results have been dismal at best.
I just don't believe that the pollen survives being in the postal system during the summer season for any length of time.
With the exception of 2 pods set in New York out of 300 odd attempts between us all the results haven't been worth the effort.
No one from the original pollen swappers asked to do it again, so that about sums up our experience

In a new test I sent pollen from Wisconsin to Texas in the middle of this last winter to see if shipping in cold to frigid temps would make a difference.
When I hear the results I will pass the info along.

I have the results back from my shipping frozen pollen in the dead of winter from Wisconsin to Texas.
My friend says he has pods all over the place using the pollen I sent him.
It seems that sending the pollen in winter may be the answer to success.
If anything else on the subject comes to my attention I will post that also.
Ed Burton