Hand Pollinating Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Zucchini and more! 3 Ways to increase your garden yields!
If you are wondering why your otherwise healthy plants have no fruit on them; Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Squash, Zucchini, Peppers, etc. You probably don’t have a plant problem, you likely have a pollinating problem!
Bees and insects usually do that work for us, and even some types of plants are setup by nature to take care of the pollinating process, but sometimes nature needs some help. Maybe the humidity is really high, or its way to hot or too cold for the pollinators to be out. Well, I have something you can easily do yourself that can help move things along in the garden; Hand Pollinating! It doesn’t guarantee that every flower you hand pollinate will set or produce a fruit, but it certainly helps your odds, and it’s so easy to do!
Chapters are listed below to make it even easier to reference the information you want to see!
TIME-LINE:
00:00 – Short Introduction
00:33 – NOT ENOUGH FRUIT! – why does this happen and what can we do about it
00:55 – OPEN POLLINATED PLANTS – what is it, how to identify it and how the pollinating happens
01:54 – SELF POLLINATING PLANTS – the perfect flower, what is it, how to identify it and how the pollinating happens
02:48 – METHOD 1 | BEAT IT! – how to help self-pollinators pollinate their fruits
04:02 – METHOD 2 | SHAKE IT! – Another method to help self-pollinators pollinate their fruits
04:39 – METHOD 3 | BRUSH IT! – This not only works for open pollinating plants with male and female flowers, but also works great for self-pollinators too!
06:27 – HOW WE DID IT - Recap and condensed description of what open pollinating and self pollinating plants are, and all three methods we used.
07:53 – WHAT THIS VIDEO IS NOT – the interchangeable use of the terms open and self pollinating is outside the scope, these are generalized rules for hand pollinating your plants
08:37 – THANK YOU - Live your best well-balanced life and thank you!
Thanks for taking the time to watch this video! If you’ve had success growing your own ginger from store-bought roots whether in containers or in the ground, tell everyone in the comments. I always love to hear how other people do things and it helps us all learn!
Thanks again and don't forget to get your hands dirty!
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