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sgt.colon



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gz



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 22 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

A rose in the greenhouse here seems to be helping pollenation... here's something nice..and while you are here, just pollenate these please


Mistress Rose



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Nice.

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dpack



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that was 2 days ago, it is still developing a few fruit and ripening the earlier ones rather well

it is now on reduced feed, ie if it looks a bit pale it gets a dilute dose, to "flush" the crop so as they do not taste of feed rather than tomatoes, once half are turning colour i will stop feeding

dpack



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a few of the fruit trusses

sgt.colon



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That looks excellent. On for a good crop this year but the looks of that.

gz



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 22 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That is good pollenation.
Wish mine was as decent!

Nicky cigreen



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I read on the riverford veg page that they are having low pollination in the polytunnels as it is too hot for the bees in there. interesting.

My tomatoes are all in greenhouses and have set fine, and I seem to spend a lot of time ushering trapped bees out...

dpack



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re pollination

there are insects, i suspect moths are as important as hoverflies and bees

i do the "fluffing" thing of touching as many flowers as are open with a finger tip to transfer pollen

the latter is time-consuming, so insects are your chums if you have more than a few plants

Nicky cigreen



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I don't do anything to aid pollination, it just seems to work out.

dpack



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we just ate the first two small type toms, very nice

Slim



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 22 2:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Tomatoes shouldn't need flower to flower transfer unless you're breeding, but they do need a good shake from insect or wind to assist in pollen dropping from the anther cone on to the stigma

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 22 6:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have heard that too Slim. In fact it was the way the old gardeners used to get their people to do it. I daren't do it with mine though as they have already fallen over once and are not only held up by the canes.

I have had two semi ripe tomatoes off ours; the first ripened in the larder and was really nice, the other is sitting there ripening.

Slim



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 22 9:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Only the flowers need a shake, not the whole plant! It's a good job for an old electric toothbrush, but that shouldn't be needed for most outdoor plants. If outdoor plants aren't setting fruit well, something else may be wrong (not enough light, water, etc)

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