Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:35:11 -0700
From: minok2014@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Blossom Set
To: pumpkins@hort.net
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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