Mar 30, 2023 · Cooking with pine pollen or cattail pollen is fascinating. If you've been wondering how to get your own, and what to do with it, I explain all of that in this post.

While pine trees grow both male and female cones, the intention is not to self pollinate. Female cones are produced high up in the crown of the pine tree, while male cones (catkins) are produced on the branches below.

Jan 7, 2025 · Catkins are long slim clusters of tiny flowers that grow on some trees. They have small petals, or none at all. What are catkins for? Catkins allow the tree to reproduce. Catkins enable female flowers to be pollinated when pollen from male flowers is blown by the wind.

Jun 1, 2023 · The flowers on a loblolly pine tree are orangey or yellow male pollen cones that look like clusters of catkins. The pollen-producing male flowers appear in March and April. Loblolly pine trees are monoecious — meaning they produce male and female flowers on the same tree.

Nov 21, 2024 · Male pine cones (catkins) are softer than the female cones. The male cones give off pollen in the spring, and they grow quite long before finally falling off the tree. It’s the female cones that are more woody and grow the little pine nuts or seeds between the scales.

May 5, 2014 · I harvested pine pollen this year, a local Goodwill store and city park had a dozen or so smaller trees so the catkins were low and eminently pickable! At first I was frustrated because the ripe buds shed 90% of their pollen to the air before I could get the bag over the branches, and the bag kept snagging!

Nov 3, 2020 · In this article I will cover how to collect pine pollen, how to store it, and how to cook with it. Related: How to Make Pine Syrup at Home (Step by Step Guide With Pictures) If you have lots of pine trees in your area, you may notice a light coating of pollen on your car in May or June.

Nov 27, 2023 · Everything you need to know about catkins, and which trees have catkins, in our guide. In late winter and spring, usually before the leaves appear, catkins hang from the bare branches of trees like alder, hazel and silver birch.

Feb 4, 2017 · For those of you who are NOT allergic to pollen, this is a wonderful treat! Ever park your car under some pine trees in spring, only to come back and find a yellow coating all over your vehicle?...

Feb 25, 2021 · With pine catkins just starting to come into season I thought I’d use them as the star ingredient in this super fresh caper recipe. There is a really short window to harvest the catkins before they mature and start to produce the delicious, highly medicinal pollen, which of course can be gathered and used in…