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Thu, May 26, 11 at 6:17
| Okay, I have a aeroponics system and my plants are flowering. I have heard that I may have to mimic a bee to pollinate the bud. My pepper plants are flowering too. Do I have to do the same for them or will this stuff just happen automatically? |
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- Posted by dickiefickle 5B DousmanWi. (My Page) on Wed, Aug 10, 11 at 9:13
| Tomatos are self pollinating ,just shke yhe plants every day |
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- Posted by mrsjustice Hampton Va. (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 16:52
| I will tell you how to pollinate your tomatoes as farmer did 100's year ago. This is for all plants that have both male and female, mostly found in heirloom or open pollination plants in hot weather. Farmer back than use to take small stick to hand pollinate when temperatures were over 80's to ensure productivity for market when suffering weather like this. This is very labor intensives. If you take a box of tooth picks and use a clean one for each variety, with very clean hands in between or "a change of plastic gloves. You can successfully take each tomato flower softly in your fingers and pollinate each and every flower, especially in hot weather like this. . Farmer Joyce Beggs |
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