The bee spray is working well, bringing more insects to the party. I have seen more wasps, bumblebees, butterflies. How ever I am still not getting bees on the tomatoes. I am starting to get a lot of blossom drop. Blossom drop is where the flowering plant falls off due the lack of pollination. However the good news is that tomatoes are self pollinators or self fertilizing. They contain both male and female reproductive parts inside of the flower. Tomatoes and peppers are asexual. Now how to get the flower to pollinate itself. Well, bring on the good vibrations. The way I choose to do it in my garden is by using an old soft electronic toothbrush.
Take the toothbrush and turn it on and place it on the back of the stem of the flower and it push it in a vertical position and count to 5 and move to the next blossom. The vibrations loosen up the pollen and make it fall towards the stigma of the plant.
If you don’t have a vibrating tooth brush you can use the old hand method. Just grab the plant around the base and shake for a few seconds.
Here are some other videos I found on how to perform the technique.
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