Question by beddasmom27: does anyone know who to pollinate vegies in a green house like tomatoes?
have just build green house to grow vegies in summer and winter no bugs how to get them polinated
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Answer by Buddhist Monk
I am pretty sure bees are the best, but I also think plants like tomatoes are self pollinating, so there is no need for bugs
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Check with a garden center. You should be able to purchase containers with the bees that can pollinate your tomatoes.
Pollination can also be done by hand but it is a lot of work.
The ones that need pollination are the ones that flower to produce ‘fruit’ – like tomatoes and cucumbers.. So you take a clean Q-tip and twist in the open flower – you will see faint pollen marks on it ~ then do All the flowers. I grow tomatoes all winter long and it works quite well in a sunny window or a greenhouse. Good luck!
In a controlled enviroment like a greenhouse the commercial growers have machines that shake thier plants daily releasing pollen for pollination..You can go out daily after a tomatoe plant starts blooming and shake each plant by hand for about 5 seconds gently every day..this will pollinate them..