Indoor tomato plants

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Post: # 3839Post Andy Hamilton »

My tomato plant currently sitting happily in my living room is starting to flower, will I have to pollenate it by hand?
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Post: # 3840Post shiney »

Here Andy!

I found this, it maybe of use...

http://home.earthlink.net/~tillerbee/In ... ening.html
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Post: # 3841Post Andy Hamilton »

Nice one, cheers
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Post: # 3860Post couscous »

Your hand may just be a bit too big.

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Post: # 3874Post Wombat »

I thought that tomatoes were wind pollinated and you just had to shake the flowers :shock:

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Yes but how much wind does he get in his living room? Unless he eats lots of beans! :lol: :lol:

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Post: # 3893Post Andy Hamilton »

Millymollymandy wrote:Yes but how much wind does he get in his living room? Unless he eats lots of beans! :lol: :lol:
You have been to my living room then :lol:
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Post: # 3897Post shiney »

MMM,

I was thinking along the same lines, but I was too scared to say so!!
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