If your love apple plant has bloom that flower but are not producing yield , there is one matter that is probably causing it . Tomatoes have bloom with both male parts ( stamen ) and female parts ( pistils ) . Unlike squash vine , which has freestanding male and female bloom , that entail that the pollen has a very short agency to move around in order of magnitude to make fruit . Most of the time , gravity rather than bee does the caper with tomatoes . If the weather is humid , the pollen may stick and not go where it should . Luckily , this is a problem that is easy remedied .

Step 1

Identify the stamen , pistil and pollen of any flower that is currently in blossom on your tomato plant . The stamens are the foresighted frond that adhere out of the middle of the bloom . The pistil is the cup - same bottom of the efflorescence , above which the stamen ascend . The yellow fabric on the end of the stamen is pollen .

Step 2

twiddle your dry paintbrush gently over the tiptop of the stamens . endeavor to amass as much pollen onto it as you may .

Step 3

swob the pollen - coat paintbrush generously in the pistil of the same flower . This will lodge some of the pollen where it needs to go .

Step 4

Repeat with any other open flush you see on your tomato plant . It is all right if you cross - pollenate as well . The tomatoes will still be marvellous .

Tip

Pollinating your tomatoes by manus may take some time and cause , but it is ultimately deserving it . If you ever become involved with growing plant in a glasshouse , you will need to utilize this manoeuvre even more often . Unlike tomatoes , many other plant need bees to pollinate them , which are scatty in greenhouses . If you observe that other yield - bearing plant in your garden are experience a similar problem , this solution will work for them , too . It is advisable to use a separate paintbrush for each plant species , however . If you have planted several different miscellanea of Lycopersicon esculentum plants together , it is likewise advisable to use a disjoined paintbrush for each assortment . you could reprocess paintbrushes that you apply for mitt - pollinating . Simply wash them in water and provide them to air ironic . computer memory with your other garden putz until the next time you need them .

Warning

Take special care if you or a neighbour have planted heirloom tomatoes . Chances are unspoilt that whoever is growing heirloom is assay to preserve that particular variety and would not savour inadvertent cross - pollenation .

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