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OK, I am getting a fine paint brush to do some pollinating. Is there a prefferance between a nylon/synthetic and real hair brush? Or is there some other type of brush I should look for.
Thanks,
Tom
My preferred tool is a number 0 water color spotting brush. Bristle material doesn't matter but I used to only buy red sable for my painting. Difficult to find these days.
I've used toothpicks, matchsticks, paper matches (the torn end), fingertips, a tiny taper of paper, tweezers. Anything really that will give you control you need and that the pollen will marginally adhere to. You can pluck off an anther or two with tweezers and do it that way too.
A risk in using a paint brush is that pollen can remain from a previous pollination attempt and you might create unintended crosses. That's the advantage of the Meadowview method, since each toothpick is used just once.
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