How to Collect And Store Dragon Fruit Pollen

Collecting and storing dragon fruit pollen is essential to cross-pollinating the night-blooming flowers to set fruit. In this video, I’ll show you how to collect pollen via a mini vacuum and how to process and store your pollen for future use. I’ll also show you items I have in my dragon fruit collection kit.
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[@hebnermm]

This is a fantastic video. Explains everything in a clear and easy to understand format

[@FurFeathersandFlowers]

Nice video. Very helpful tips. This was the first video I saw that addressed cleaning the vacuum to avoid cross contamination.

[@franciscommonroig9460]

Alternative: remove the white filter of the vaccum and use a 4 cup coffee paper filter instead.

[@davidlatif7829]

Excellent video. Thank you for sharing.

[@harmonysdragons2610]

Another great video liked and shared

[@shamrockgirl804]

Thank you so much! People were in the DF groups asking about how to collect pollen. I’m like, ‘I’m working on a video about this!’ lol

[@user-it2gg3cj8w]

If I want to store it for minimum three months then where I keep it? deep freezer or normal freezer. Please reply

[@javatechnic]

Interesting video and thanks. how to clean your tool as it'd be kinda sticky the inside after collecting the pollen. thanks

[@shamrockgirl804]

I recently collected sticky pollen due to rain, and I had to wash the vacuum filter and reservoir after each use. It was hard to wipe it out. I also let the pollen dry out a little longer too.

[@michaelmartinez7360]

Can you put a link to the vacuum you are using?

[@shamrockgirl804]

I've added a link to the vacuum on Amazon in the video description.

[@pozzowon]

Great video, so people want to collect pollen so they can hand pollinate other flowers during the season, is that correct?

[@shamrockgirl804]

That's correct. I and many other growers collect pollen to cross-pollinate other dragon fruit varieties through the flowering season. It's tough when you have mostly self-sterile varieties, so you almost have to collect pollen.

[@bgbthabun627]

thank you for this, it was a really interesting video!

[@shamrockgirl804]

You're so welcome! It's fun collecting the pollen!

[@surge_vasquez]

Hi. Where did you get the vacuum? Others I see have different filters.

[@shamrockgirl804]

In the video description, I have an amazon affiliate link to the vacuum that I used. I bought two vacuums because I had multiple varieties bloom during the same night. I made sure to collect and clean them in between varieties! lol
The vacuums have filters but the pollen is easy to brush off. It becomes a problem if the pollen or atmosphere is sticky or humid. I used coffee filters as a temporary filters while I cleaned the device's filter. In fall 2023, after I made the video, I had issues with sticky pollen.

[@gregcaudill7745]

Do you know anyone that sells dragon fruit pollen? I have one plant that is blooming so far, still waiting on the other.

[@shamrockgirl804]

Wallace Ranch Dragon Fruit Farm out of California sells dragon fruit pollen. But it's best to ask for pollen locally because of the low viability. You can join a dragon fruit group (some or region or state specific) and ask for pollen. People will trade it.

[@nielsbishere]

One question though; what's the stigma?

[@Forroja]

The stigma is the female reproductive part of the flower. it collects the pollen usually from bees, ants or other insects and sometimes by the wind blowing the pollen from the anthers onto the stigma.

[@nielsbishere]

@@Forroja stigma balls, gottem

[@Forroja]

@@nielsbishere noooo!!! :) its more like the vagina leading to the uterus. The pollen would be like semen. Get it?