Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Monday June 17th, 2013
Today- my brother’s birthday. Happy Birthday Dan! I think it is also Bunker Hill day- wasn’t most of the battle fought on one hill over, Breed’s Hill?
As far as pollen counting is concerned, the Rotorod makes a funny noise, but all the parts were there and working together.
Making its first appearance of the season, (drum roll) our friends the weed pollen, specifically English Plantain. A circular pollen of varying size with many pores. It can be as large as grass pollen. When I identify a pollen under the scope, I have to focus the lens up and down to look at in different planes to catch sight of the pores.
There were a large number of mold spores seen-alternaria and one of the black molds, aspergillus.
Total Pollen Counts
- Grass 39 High
- Weeds 9 Low
Items of interest under the lens
- Grass
- Plantain
- Molds- Alternaria, Aspergillus
A look at English Plantain
![plantainbroadleaf3[1]](http://www.pediatricallergyindy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/plantainbroadleaf31.jpg)
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June 17, 2013
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Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Sunday June 16th, 2013
I had an equipment problem today. While doing some outdoor work, I noticed a strange noise from the pollen station. I noticed that the bar that holds the collection rods was gone. I had to get on my hands and knees and start combing the grass in gradually increasing circles from the post. About 6 feet out I found the bar and the screw cap. This bar is about 4 inches long. Somewhat hard to find in tall grass.
The length is 4 inches. Small paper clips are holding the acrylic rods out for display. The bar is propped on one of those IPad pointers that supposedly work just as good as your finger.
Total Pollen Count
- Grass 3 Low
Pollens Identified
- Grass
Hopefully the new equipment will arrive soon.
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June 16, 2013
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Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Saturday June 15th, 2013
Today’s report is exactly like yesterday’s. I did indeed look at the pollen rods- one had entire bug on it.
Total Pollen Count
- Grass 17 Moderate
Identified Pollens and Other Things
- Grass
- Pine
- Mold
- Chrysanthemum
- One dead gnat
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June 15, 2013
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Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Friday June 14th, 2013
A bit of a relief today. The grass pollen decreased. The Pollen.com site gave a medium count and interestingly their forecast had plantain and nettle (weeds) as emerging.
Total Pollen Counts
- Grass 17 Moderate
Things on the pollen rods
- Grass
- Pine
- Mold
- Chrysanthemum
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June 14, 2013
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Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Thursday June 13th, 2013
Grass pollen levels have been consistent over the past 4 days.
Total Pollen Count
- Grass 27 High
Identified Material on the Rods
- Grass
- Pine
- Mold- Alternaria
- Mold- Cladosporium
- Mold- Aspergillus
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June 13, 2013
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Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Wednesday June 12th, 2013
The pollen rods today had an interesting mix of biologic material. The grass pollen was high for the day. I saw one very striking pollen- probably too small to be what I thought it was, but it looked like pyrethrum or chrysanthemum- a small sphere with triangular protrusions all around it.
Total Pollen Counts
- Grass 34 High
Identified Pollens and Other Stuff
- Grass
- Pine
- Rose
- Pyrethrum/Chrysanthemum
- Alternaria mold
- Cladosporium mold
- Aspergillus Mold
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June 12, 2013
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Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Tuesday June 11, 2013
Reworked title; ‘The real pollen counts for Indianapolis on Tuesday June 11th, 2013′
The Indianapolis Star uses www.pollen.com as the source for the predictions for the day’s pollen counts. Today was to be at a level 6 with grass, walnut, and mulberry pollens. I would beg to differ. Our mulberry trees are bearing ripe fruit. The pollens came out prior to this. I am only seeing grass pollen and mold spores. The National Allergy Bureau has a scale with the choices of low, moderate, high, and very high.
Today is the third day in a row with levels just into the high zone.
I noticed increased numbers of mold spores, mostly Alternaria. The rotorod system is not set-up for mold spore counts. A different collector is needed to report on mold. I can’t give a mold spore count, only share the observation that many were on the sampling rods.
Total Pollen Counts
- Grass 31 High
Identified Pollens and other things
- Grass
- Mold- Alternaria
- Insect wings and other appendages- I wish they would get out of the way.
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June 11, 2013
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Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Monday June 10th, 3013
The rain had an effect on the counts. Grass levels were still considered high at 23 grains of grass pollen per cubic meter of air sampled. The ranges for low, moderate, high, and very high for grass are different than the ranges used for tree pollen.
Total Pollen Counts
- Grass 23 High
Identified Pollens
- Grass (tis the season)
- Rose
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June 10, 2013
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Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Sunday June 9th, 2013
Sunday was like Saturday for the grass pollen counts this weekend.
Total Pollen Counts
- Grass 50 High
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June 9, 2013
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Indianapolis Pollen Counts for Saturday June 8th, 2013
It is Saturday-I was surprised at the count today. I was miserable. The nose was fine, however the eyes were another story. Swollen, watery, red, and itchy. Despite the antihistamine, I still had the eye thing and hives that did not itch. I had to take refuge inside. After rinsing the eyes and staying inside, it gradually resolved. Outside trying to cut the grass quickly was my triggering event. I should know better.
Total Pollen Count and Identified Pollens
- Grass 53 Moderate
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June 8, 2013
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