That last is good info.! Ie., if I want to “repeat” a tomato I really like, I should try hand pollinating some of it’s flowers, and then try to isolate them (the flowers) until the flower begins to set as a fruit. Correct?
A couple of the plants grown from seeds from (what I think were) Golden Jubilee plants last year have begun to set fruit. God knows how they’ll do in these hot temperatures, but, hope springs eternal..
I’ve heard that tomatoes mostly self pollinate and that if you tap the flowers when they are in bloom it will knock the pollen down and encourage pollination.
Speaking of hope, there are several t-storms to our west, but, NWS says there’s less than a 20% chance they’ll get here. Meanwhile, we are baking off last night’s 0.7” of rain.
Hand pollination helps up your yield per plant. Here’s a step-by-step:
https://positivebloom.com/how-to-pollinate-tomatoes-by-hand/
The ‘isolation’ we were talking about is to prevent cross-pollination from a second variety via insects or bees if you want to save the seeds.