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Sarracenia pollen and hay fever


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I suffer with hay fever moderately, last night was a bad night it has been dry here, not much rain

hence my water butts are getting lower. I know tree pollen is getting worse in April.

However how bad is Sarracenia pollen for hay fever sufferers, as I have been pollinating 

my flowers over the last few days.

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Hay fever is caused by plants which are wind pollinated such as grasses and trees . They have highly mobile pollen. It can also be caused by insect pollinated plants grown in large numbers ( e.g. Rapeseed) when the wind stirs up the flowers. Sarracenia pollen is unlikely to cause you problems unless you are growing large numbers outside, and you have developed an allergy to the pollen. Generally insect pollinated flowers have stickier less mobile pollen. As long as you aren't sticking your nose in the flowers to pollinate them you should be OK [emoji3]


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This is such a specialist subject, I think that you may have difficulty in getting the answer that you need.

I suppose if you have quite a large Sarry collection and you are in the greenhouse all day, it may affect you.

I am lucky in that I don't suffer from hay fever, although after a full day in the marquee at Chelsea Flower Show, I sometimes feel a bit sniffy. It's nothing very serious though.

It's a pity there isn't some kind of meter for measuring the pollen.

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