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To: afraidfortherepublic

I have 3 Honeybee Hives on my acreage.


10 posted on 06/05/2015 8:48:01 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: US Navy Vet

Bees don’t are not major pollinators of tomato flowers and they don’t visit them often. The flowers are self pollinating. The wind blowing through the plants and causing the flowers to vibrate is the best pollinator. You can do as I like to do, vibrate each plant every day by tapping the stems with your finger so the flowers vibrate. Summer heat can shut down pollination of the flowers.

Make sure your fertilizer is balanced and not high in nitrogen. Nitrogen is good for for green leaf growth, not flower/tomato production.


25 posted on 06/05/2015 9:30:52 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: US Navy Vet

Tomatoes don’t need pollinators. Their flowers have male and female parts unlike cucurbits (squashes, melons, cukes, pumpkins, etc, which require pollinators - bees,or whatever visits). Take a chopstick and gently tap the flower heads to help ensure pollination IF you have flowers. Don’t over-fertilize them. They’ll just become a dumb, happy shrub (think - people with EBT cards and welfare.. Ha!)
Flower don’t like high heat and humidity. Cool night are best for the flowers to “set”.

Someone else is correct about containers and tomatoes. There ARE certain varieties “engineered” for containers.. The Patio variety is one that comes to mind..

Boy, you should see my heirloom Black Krims.. AWESOME. I have some 75 Krims loaded with fruit, plus another 25 or so of hybrids - Better Boys and Super Steaks.. It’s going to be a great year here in GA.


30 posted on 06/05/2015 9:51:11 AM PDT by Original Lurker
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