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[Klona]

@Logan Get well soon!
I tried pollinating my tomato with several ways in the last few days. Is there any indicator that tells me it went fine?

 

[Logan]

@Logan Get well soon!
I tried pollinating my tomato with several ways in the last few days. Is there any indicator that tells me it went fine?

Thanks,Klona. The only way is when it starts to grow into a tomato.

 

[Logan]

Haha! @Upsy Daisy You cheeky monkey!

@Logan Hope you don't mind we taking the mickey!

No it's ok

 

[Logan]

I know what you mean, @Upsy Daisy . I have a friend whom I think is a domestic goddess. When I praised her in front of her OH, he was a bit hurt .. That's the trouble with domestic goddesses - they want everything to be perfect or as they want so..

Even I find it taxing seeing myself opening a sealable bag. He couldn't use the scissors properly and talked about chucking them and then he blamed the plastic being too hard.. Sometimes, I just want to give it a blitz, save all the screaming thoughts inside my head...

I am sure Logan would be a patient patient! LOL!

I don't know, my bottom is starting to hurt, sitting down all the time.

 

[alp]

@Klona Have you got no pollinators? Use a brush to get the pollen and smear the stigma. If you have done so correctly, I don't see why not.. You could collect pollen in a tray if there is a lot.. Try to do it with the stigma of a flower of another plant .. Have you got any bees?

 

[alp]

I like your latest fashion accessory.. Where can I get one??

I would go for a maroon one..

 

[alp]

Have done nothing today, apart from overcooking my creme brulee.. It's so easy to make ..

Yesterday's jacket potatoes
I'm worried that they are all failures as I might have put in too much water..

Miss Bateman No 3

I also have 2 multiblue will take pics later

Love the healthy and sparkling Red robin

Fascinated by this very tiny clematis

So tiny and yet full of details and features.. Did someone feast on its petals???

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Hurrah to the season of alliums... tomorrow, I will take a pic of my purple sensation.

 

[alp]

@Logan I so feel for you.. Get a thick pad to sit on and remember it is only the first day of the 4 to 6 weeks.. Frequently changing positions might help...

 

[Klona]

@alp I shook the flower with my fingers to release the pollen then poked around it with cotton buds so I could smear it. There was some yellow on the cotton, but it was faint. I assumed it was pollen so I continued smearing.

 

[alp]

@Klona with a small paint brush, the chance of success is greater.. as the hair reaches bits that a cotton bud can't reach... That's what I think any way... I used to use a plastic cap of a pen, then I switched onto a tiny paint brush as it traps pollen better and paints better on the stigma .. Also do it on a warm day when the flowers are open and pollen rich, (I reckon every day is a sunny day your way, but not here in mine). People tend to choose an newly formed flower for receiving the pollen.. to make sure that it has not been pollinated by other insects .. These are strictly for trying for new variants .. A lot of fun.. Are you trying for new seeds for new tomatoes??

 

[Klona]

@alp This tomato was originally a weed, but I decided to move it and grow it as a separate plant. I asked around here on the forums and it turns out it's a tomato.
I'm going to take a pic in a few minutes, but it's dark outside.

 

[alp]

@Klona That sounds interesting.. Have you got another tomatoes plant? I don't know if this tomato self-fertilised.. Normally, you use the pollen of one plant to fertilise the stigma of another plant .. I might be wrong..

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Like your choice of colour Logan.

Seriously I hope you are OK, don't mean to make light of your situation- just trying to jolly you up a bit. Take care and rest up and let the family fuss you.

 

[alp]

@Upsy Daisy always takes the words out of my mouth but says them with so much sincerity .. I begin to feel I'm wicked! Hehe!

 

[Klona]

@alp I've read that a tomato flower can pollinate itself because it has both parts.

Here is my mess of a tomato plant: