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sgt.colon

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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 22 8:02 am Post subject:

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 22 12:37 pm Post subject:
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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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 22 7:01 am Post subject:
Nice.

dpack

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Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 22 10:42 am Post subject:

dpack

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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 22 10:04 pm Post subject:
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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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 22 10:13 pm Post subject:
a few of the fruit trusses

sgt.colon

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Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 22 7:26 am Post subject:
That looks excellent. On for a good crop this year but the looks of that.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 22 8:38 am Post subject:
That is good pollenation. Wish mine was as decent!

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
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Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 22 9:17 am Post subject:
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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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 22 10:31 am Post subject:
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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Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 22 10:56 am Post subject:
I don't do anything to aid pollination, it just seems to work out.

dpack

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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 22 2:45 pm Post subject:
we just ate the first two small type toms, very nice

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 22 2:19 am Post subject:
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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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 22 6:27 am Post subject:
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

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 22 9:55 am Post subject:
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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