tomatoes - pollination
is it worth helping them with say a small paint brush?
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tomatoes - pollination
"judith" wrote in message ... is it worth helping them with say a small paint brush? I use a rabbit's tail - remove the rabbit first of course!! Geoff |
tomatoes - pollination
"Geoff" wrote in message
... "judith" wrote in message ... is it worth helping them with say a small paint brush? I use a rabbit's tail - remove the rabbit first of course!! Geoff The most effective way I found was to trap some teased out cotton wool in a split at the end of a thin cane and dab the open flowers with it. The wool will gradually become yellow and this is an indication that the pollen is being transferred satisfactorily. Regards, Emrys Davies. |
tomatoes - pollination
On Tue, 29 May 2007 12:46:59 GMT, "Geoff" wrote and
included this (or some of this): "judith" wrote in message .. . is it worth helping them with say a small paint brush? I use a rabbit's tail - remove the rabbit first of course!! I've grown tomatoes for years to my total satisfaction (mostly greenhouse) and I have never, never, interfered with or assisted their sex-life. At most I've given the cane a little tap occasionally to jog the flowers. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ 0 |
tomatoes - pollination
I've grown tomatoes for years to my total satisfaction (mostly greenhouse) and I have never, never, interfered with or assisted their sex-life. At most I've given the cane a little tap occasionally to jog the flowers. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ I am glad that someone has said that,I have never done anything to aid pollination either, maybe I have just been lucky :-) |
tomatoes - pollination
"judith" wrote in message ... is it worth helping them with say a small paint brush? I use a small watercolour paint brush. it has been very successful all the time I have used it. Please use a different 'email' address as a lot of use have in our killfiles! |
tomatoes - pollination
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... I've grown tomatoes for years to my total satisfaction (mostly greenhouse) and I have never, never, interfered with or assisted their sex-life. At most I've given the cane a little tap occasionally to jog the flowers. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ I am glad that someone has said that,I have never done anything to aid pollination either, maybe I have just been lucky :-) I like to be absolutely certain!(:-) |
tomatoes - pollination
judith wrote:
is it worth helping them with say a small paint brush? http://pollinator.com/self_pollinating_tomato.htm http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/vege016/vege016.htm |
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