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tomatoes - pollination
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| judith 2007-05-29, 9:25 am |
| is it worth helping them with say a small paint brush?
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"judith" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> is it worth helping them with say a small paint brush?
I use a rabbit's tail - remove the rabbit first of course!!
Geoff
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| Emrys Davies 2007-05-29, 1:25 pm |
| "Geoff" <NOJOY@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> "judith" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> I use a rabbit's tail - remove the rabbit first of course!!
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> 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.
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| ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ 2007-05-29, 1:25 pm |
| On Tue, 29 May 2007 12:46:59 GMT, "Geoff" <NOJOY@virgin.net> wrote and
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>"judith" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>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.
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| Kate Morgan 2007-05-29, 1:25 pm |
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> 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.
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I am glad that someone has said that,I have never done anything to aid
pollination either, maybe I have just been lucky :-)
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| Alan Holmes 2007-05-29, 1:25 pm |
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> "judith" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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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 me@privacy.net
in our killfiles!
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| Alan Holmes 2007-05-29, 1:25 pm |
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"Kate Morgan" <katemorgan@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> 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!(:-)
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