Re: Blossom Set

Thanks all.  Blossom set for tomatoes.  Something else for AG's.  First the
Great Pumpkin, THEN the Great Tomato!!!.  Steve.

--- On Sun, 6/14/09, Kathie Morgan <fishrap@att.net> wrote:

From: Kathie Morgan <fishrap@att.net>
Subject: Re: Blossom Set
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 7:09 PM

Steve,

If you want to grow big tomatoes, purchase the book Giant Tomatoes by 
Dr Marvin Meisner, who also grows giant pumpkins. Everything you need 
to know is in it, and much more. You'll thank me.

Kathie



On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:25 AM, steve minor wrote:

> I didn't realize tomatoes were self-pollinating(duh on me).  Thanks 
> for
> enlightening me.  My question concerned after I pollinate the female 
> flower by
> hand, would blossom set( which is basically calcium chloride) help 
> produce a
> big one.  My understanding is that calcium is a necessary, and often
> overlooked, mineral in the making of a giant pumpkin, and I wondered 
> if what
> works for tomatoes would help pumpkins.  Thanks for the reply.  Steve.
> --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Russ Stokes <rstokes@wi.rr.com> wrote:
>
> From: Russ Stokes <rstokes@wi.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: Blossom Set
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 11:21 AM
>
> Tomatoes are self pollinating.  Meanwhile pumpkins produce separate 
> male and
> female blossoms.  Therefore, the pollen from the pumpkin male bloom 
> needs to
> be transferred to the pumpkin female blossom (the female bloom is 
> easily
> identified because of the small fruit growing directly behind the 
> bloom). This
> can be done by bees or other insects or by hand.  Giant pumpkin 
> growers
> usually perform this task manually.
>
> Blossom Set for tomatoes has been around for a long time and I am 
> not sure
> that it actually works other than by spraying the tomatoe blossom, 
> you cause
> pollen to be dispersed from the anthers to the stigma which sets a 
> fruit.
> Gentle flicks of the tomato blossom between 8 am to 10 am is the 
> best time for
> tomatoes to be pollinated by hand.
>
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