Gardening 101: How To Hand-Pollinate Tomatoes And Peppers
Posted by admin on Aug 1, 2011
Join us in our garden as we walk you through the incredibly simple process of pollinating peppers and tomatoes!
Duration : 0:2:35
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The flowers are the ones that turn into fruits no?
Aww, if I knew you …
Aww, if I knew you can just flick/shake them, I would not have bought an electric toothbrush to buzz them!
Hehehe, I flick my …
Hehehe, I flick my tomato flowers. It seems to work pretty well too XD
Are the flowers …
Are the flowers supposed to die or fall off?
what a hot grandma.
what a hot grandma.
wow I had no idea …
wow I had no idea that tomatoes where self pollinating and much less that you could pollinate them like that!!!
In the UK it’s …
In the UK it’s easier to just buy a small hive of live bumblebees and place it in the greenhouse. They’re called Beepol hives.
id tear it up
id tear it up
Thanx alot
Thanx alot
I grow gourds and I …
I grow gourds and I pollinate them myself. What works best for me is a Q-Tip. Gourds have both the male and female flowers on the same vine. I just take the Q-Tip and rub it on the male pollin. Then I rub it on the female flower cone. Works eveytime. I grow different kinds of gourds so to prevent cross pollination by the bee’s, I use little twist ties to hold the petals of the flower closed after pollinating. Then the bees can’t get at it.
I’m so happy, it’s …
I’m so happy, it’s IDIOT PROOF!!! I won’t be able to screw it up!
Thanks, for the …
Thanks, for the useful video
Oh, thank heavens! …
Oh, thank heavens! I thought I was going to have to go out and buy a special pollinating brush or something. Thank you for the video. I didn’t k now it was that simple.
Shake it
Shake it
Omg so thats how …
Omg so thats how you do it thanks a lot
I grow bell peppers …
I grow bell peppers, tomatoes and other various vegetables indoors, so hand pollinating is the only way they will produce fruit. I have tried both methods the video suggests and yes they do partially work but what works the BEST is an electric tooth brush. I works 100% of the time and every flower I pollinated produced. I use a Phillips sonic care tooth brush, and use the plastic side of the bristles to vibrate right near the flower.
u r beautiful its …
u r beautiful its true…..
Awe, both you and …
Awe, both you and your mom are wonderful
Now I know what to do when I grow my plants indoors
Hello …
Hello elementsintime and Mom!
I do not know if you ever check back to see the comments on this video as it is a couple years old…..But anyways..
Wanted to say thanks for this video, very well planned and video taped. Let me guess, it took only two tries to get it perfect! (Ha Ha)
I did look at your other two videos and was tempted to buy some bracelets to help the cause, but there was that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Ad in there with it, which is a policy I do not support.
Good Work!
I didn’t see …
I didn’t see anything come off the buds. You sure this works? I will give it a try because this year my tomatoes have been a bust! We had a long June Gloom and I had started in pril..might of been too cold.
Thanks!!! great …
Thanks!!! great vid for people like me who have NO CLUE
Oh My God!
O M …
Oh My God!
O M G ! You have a nice garden! And cute dog!
I’m glad to know I …
I’m glad to know I am not crazy. I “thump” my flowers and over 50% set fruit.
I’m off to shake …
I’m off to shake and flick my tomato plants. Thanks! I was wondering what to do since mine are still indoors and flowering but the weather is too sad to put them outside.
Thank you so much …
Thank you so much for your help! This is the first time I’ve ever grown/pollinated tomatoes, and already, they’re big and juicy!