Here's an interesting tip from my Food Not Lawns class: if your peppers (green, red, jalapeno, etc) or tomatoes have lots of blossoms but aren't setting fruit, try shaking them lightly 3 times a day. Why? No, it's not plan aerobicise. It actually causes some of the pollen to shake loose and, hopefully, it lands in the right place.
With visions of the guy from LMFAO in my head, I laughed out loud in class when the instructor said this. *snicker*
Fortunately, I've not run into this garden problem yet but will file it away as one of those "useful facts" somewhere in some dark corner of my mind where all those useless 80's song lyrics and movie quotes live.
Thanks for the tip, its good to know!
ReplyDeleteHe'd really laugh at me- I've taken Q tips from flower to flower so I pollinated it! It seems to work!
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