Pollinating Tomato Flowers

Updated on July 31, 2013 By Tomato Guy 16 Comments

When flowers won’t set, it’s time to lend a helping hand by shaking, tapping, misting, using a fine paint brush and vibrations from a toothbrush. More info. …

16 Comments

  1. Tamalain July 31, 2013

    I have a micro vibrator that is totally awesome for setting the flowers. Went from 0 fruit to 30+ in a week.

  2. babylontorch July 31, 2013

    hahaha No it’s not rubbish , male -female parts is inside the flower, by shake, or wind naturaly shake it and it’s done ! , when you grow them indoor there is no wind then you have to shake them you can shake (flowers) with a finger or a pen or something

  3. babylontorch July 31, 2013

    hahaha No it’s not rubbish , male -female parts is inside the flower, by shake, or wind naturally shake it and it’s done ! , when you grow them indoor there is no wind then shake is the way. you can shake the flower with only a finger or a pen , something with

  4. Patitapawana Arjuna dasa July 31, 2013

    what a rubbish…
    

  5. Ilaxffxi July 31, 2013

    @2:15 I tried a dildo and got a better result!

  6. James Anderson July 31, 2013

    Zucchinis have male and female flowers so the pollen needs to move from the male to the female. The toothbrush trick won’t work with zucchinis. Use a small brush if you need to. I find that the bees like the zucchini flowers so they will do an adequate job.

  7. poop gorilla July 31, 2013

    you should let the bees polinate it, the bees need polen for honey

  8. mirry mitzi July 31, 2013

    can you use the toothbrush for zucchini pollinating please?

  9. mrbing70 July 31, 2013

    great video

  10. Christina Wilson July 31, 2013

    Thanks so much for the helpful info! I’m very excited to know there’s something I can do to help things out a bit; I was wondering what I was going to do if no bees showed-up in my (rather remotely placed) tomato plant!

  11. Tonys Allotment July 31, 2013

    good advice and videos. found you via Ian Knockton. You got my sub

    Tony

  12. fjoa123 July 31, 2013

    wow you’ve got some pretty nice looking tomato plants

  13. ericsalamun July 31, 2013

    If u dont have a tooth brush I have used a palm sander just on the side of the pot and BAM done all at once haha. Do a test on that might be interesting.

  14. PhantomAct July 31, 2013

    i thought u needed to take the pollen from one flower and transfer it to the thingy of another flower/plant?

  15. ox4poluter July 31, 2013

    i planted tumbling toms and they sprouted on 24th april and its now 25th june and they are only about 6-7 inches tall, is that normal?
    i thought they would be bigger.

  16. kazalgeo23 July 31, 2013

    nice use of your sonicare lol they are also brilliant toothbrushes!! thanks for tip

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