Recommendations for attracting pollinators

[FountainMan]

I've got a healthy tomato plant that has a bunch of flowers on it. Unfortunately I'm not getting anything in the line of fruit and I attribute this to lack of pollinators like honeybees or butterflies. Is there a way to attract honeybees to the garden and to my tomato plant?

My peppers look like they're about to flower as well.

Thanks.

 

[SQWIB]

I plant oregano, chives, strawberries, clover, sunflowers in my vegetable beds.
I also plant early blooming flowers around the yard.
I get tons of bees on the oregano, I love them buzz pollinators.
Some of my plants, tiger lilies, sun patients, bee balm, black eyed Susan, daisies, queen annes lace, thyme, chives, stargazer lilies, water lilies, iris, to name a few.
I also seeded my yard with white clover and the raised beds with crimson clover.
It's a very busy yard with pollinators.

 

[marlingardener]

Fountainman, tomatoes are self-pollinating. Pollen from one flower falls on another and you get a tomato! If you aren't fortunate enough to have our stiff Texas breezes, you can just shake the plant. Peppers, which are in the same family, also self-pollinate. Just shake the plants gently or take pollen with a small paint brush and transfer it to another flower.
I would recommend planting pollinator attracting plants. Even if your tomatoes and peppers don't need them, many other vegetables do, especially squash and beans.

 

[alp]

@MaryMary posted videos showing how to use an electric toothbrush to pollinate tomatoes

Have a look here please!

 

[alp]

Echinacea purpurea is one the best bets. Then you have knautia, scabious. Anything purple or blue.

 

[headfullofbees]

A lack of pollinators is not your problem.
Tomatoes have perfect flowers, with everything in them to produce fruit.
If your tomato plant was indoors, I'd suggest tapping the stem/s; as it's outdoors, this is unnecessary.
Peppers are the same, a light breeze will cause self-pollination.
You have another problem, probably temperatures.
What are conditions like where you live?

 

[DirtMechanic]

Let your yard grow long. It is a secret pollinator attracting weapon of a formidable size.

 

[TomatoTango]

Weeds and flowers. If that fails, flick the stems each day a few times gently.

 

[FountainMan]

I plant oregano, chives, strawberries, clover, sunflowers in my vegetable beds.
I also plant early blooming flowers around the yard.
I get tons of bees on the oregano, I love them buzz pollinators.
Some of my plants, tiger lilies, sun patients, bee balm, black eyed Susan, daisies, queen annes lace, thyme, chives, stargazer lilies, water lilies, iris, to name a few.
I also seeded my yard with white clover and the raised beds with crimson clover.
It's a very busy yard with pollinators.

Got a bunch of Oregano growing. My Water lilies are recovering from a China Mark Moth infestation which was eliminated thanks to BT Thuricide treatment. My irises are thriving but it's past their blooming season. My guess is it's either the wrong season or being in a more urban "city" maybe the bees aren't as common here? I'm not sure. Seem to be attractive other insects.

 

[FountainMan]

A lack of pollinators is not your problem.
Tomatoes have perfect flowers, with everything in them to produce fruit.
If your tomato plant was indoors, I'd suggest tapping the stem/s; as it's outdoors, this is unnecessary.
Peppers are the same, a light breeze will cause self-pollination.
You have another problem, probably temperatures.
What are conditions like where you live?

We're hot. I live in the Dallas,Texas area. This time of year 100+° days are full stock. I believe it is the heat. I have one of those Bluetooth based plant monitors that tracks light, soil moisture, temperature and fertilizer content. On a 100 degree day it informs me the temperature is too hot. Lately with the cold front we had I haven't been getting those warnings.

 

[FountainMan]

Let your yard grow long. It is a secret pollinator attracting weapon of a formidable size.

I would except I no longer have a yard. Just a 5' X 10' apartment patio.

 

[Leeski]

Peppers and chilli some times need a hand I hand pollinate with old electric tooth brush just gentle go from flower to flowers and give them a tickle lol

 

[headfullofbees]

Peppers and chilli some times need a hand I hand pollinate with old electric tooth brush just gentle go from flower to flowers and give them a tickle lol

A good shake will do the same.