Tip to help tomato flowers turn into tomatoesby Tara Nolan |
I was reading advice in our forums the other day and one of the posts piqued my interest. A reader was having trouble with her tomato flowers dying before they turned into little tomatoes. “Beeman” came to the rescue and recommended vibrating the flower stem or spritzing the open flowers with a small hand sprayer filled with warm water to encourage pollination. Ten days later, “Crazy4Columbine” reported that the spraying worked! I thought I’d pass along this helpful tip and I might see if it works on my zucchini plant. Some of the flowers have been dying before I get a mini zucchini!
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Hey, I’m Crazy4Columbine! Yes, Beeman’s advice did work wonders and I noticed a difference after just a week or two!
Apparently, 1. the Bee’s hadn’t pollinated my tomato flowers (not sure why, lots of bees!) and 2. we’ve had a rather cool rainy summer so we were not getting the hot hot days and heavy dewy mornings that tomatoes need to pollinate themselves. This being my first year ever growing tomatoes, the advice I found on the forums was of a great help to me =)
I’ve never heard of that before but the last zucchini I grew had the same problem. Guess a little massage never hurts anyone. :0)