Found a very informative video on how to cross pollinate tomatoes

sirtanon · November 5, 2011

Was doing a search, since I'm interested in doing a cross or two, and found this video, which is VERY clear on how to emasculate a tomato flower, etc..

For those of us who have never done it, or aren't 100% clear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acVHJBKlUIE

Enjoy!

Mudman · November 9, 2011

Thanks for the link! Great video- quick and simple. Wow, I wish I could get the pollen to fall out of the flower like that. I'm not sure if it was the humidity or what but I had a heck of a time this summer trying to get any pollen for my crosses.

clkeiper · December 1, 2011

Great. I have always wondered how to do this. Isn't youtube such a great place to see all the things (and some you don't want to know exist) you have always wondered how to do or is done? Thanks for the link.

SteveS · December 23, 2011

I also had a difficult time getting pollen. What are the factors in this? Is it the humidity, the time of day or the maturity of the bloom?

Steve

tessa · December 23, 2011

wow...what a great clip. thanks for that!
now off to ponder the possibilites!

dustyrivergarden · December 23, 2011

I have had that explained to me a few times but after watching someone do it well I think I could actually do it . very nice film.

tessa · December 24, 2011

i went out into the garden and had a go at emasculating a blossom. so easy. wish it was that easy for all species. LOL. k. just joking. settle down everyone.

dustyrivergarden · December 24, 2011

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i went out into the garden and had a go at emasculating a blossom. so easy. wish it was that easy for all species. LOL. k. just joking. settle down everyone.

thats just not right. lol

doublehelix · December 24, 2011

Here is video I made last summer on how to cross tomatoes. I had a 10 year old cinematographer, but I think I got the important stuff in there.

http://youtu.be/3aj5TPzhDuI

I wasn't sure how to embed a Youtube vid so I just posted the link.

salix · December 24, 2011

Steve, very nice lesson. Well and clearly presented and kudos to your cinematographer!

sirtanon · December 24, 2011

Nice video you've made there. Very simple and easy to follow. Thanks a bunch!

doublehelix · December 24, 2011

Thanks. Glad you got something out of it.

tessa · December 24, 2011

wow...that was great!
as a filmmaker myself, i want to give my compliments to the 10 year old DOP. excellent work!

Paul R · January 30, 2012

Thanks!!

Paul R

bower · February 11, 2012

Thanks from me too! I had read about this process and it sounded hard to do, but now I'd be willing to try. Those are both great videos.

I especially appreciate DoubleHelix's use of an old sunglass lens to collect the pollen. I am a hopeless junkrat and, as it happens, have a number of such lenses which have waited in a drawer for years to discover their purpose. Every discovery of a purpose for junk, that happens before you gave up and threw it away, is cause for a celebration!

November 5, 2011	#1
sirtanon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ (zone 9b) Posts: 796	Found a very informative video on how to cross pollinate tomatoes Was doing a search, since I'm interested in doing a cross or two, and found this video, which is VERY clear on how to emasculate a tomato flower, etc.. For those of us who have never done it, or aren't 100% clear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acVHJBKlUIE Enjoy! __________________ I could sail by on the winds of silence, and maybe they won't notice... but this time I think it would be better if I swim..

November 9, 2011	#2
Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	Thanks for the link! Great video- quick and simple. Wow, I wish I could get the pollen to fall out of the flower like that. I'm not sure if it was the humidity or what but I had a heck of a time this summer trying to get any pollen for my crosses. __________________ Mike

December 1, 2011	#3
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Great. I have always wondered how to do this. Isn't youtube such a great place to see all the things (and some you don't want to know exist) you have always wondered how to do or is done? Thanks for the link. __________________ carolyn k

December 23, 2011	#6
dustyrivergarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Holbrook, Az zone 5 Posts: 157	I have had that explained to me a few times but after watching someone do it well I think I could actually do it . very nice film. __________________ “The yield of a crop is LIMITED by the deficiency of any one element even though all of the other necessary elements are present in adequate amounts”. J. Von Liebig's law of the minimum.

December 24, 2011	#9
doublehelix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 190	Here is video I made last summer on how to cross tomatoes. I had a 10 year old cinematographer, but I think I got the important stuff in there. http://youtu.be/3aj5TPzhDuI I wasn't sure how to embed a Youtube vid so I just posted the link. Last edited by doublehelix; December 24, 2011 at 05:31 PM. Reason: sp.

December 23, 2011	#4
SteveS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 123	I also had a difficult time getting pollen. What are the factors in this? Is it the humidity, the time of day or the maturity of the bloom? Steve

December 23, 2011	#5
tessa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: perth, western australia Posts: 1,031	wow...what a great clip. thanks for that! now off to ponder the possibilites!

December 24, 2011	#10
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Steve, very nice lesson. Well and clearly presented and kudos to your cinematographer!

January 30, 2012	#14
Paul R Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Avilla IN Posts: 300	Thanks!! Paul R

February 11, 2012	#15
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	Thanks from me too! I had read about this process and it sounded hard to do, but now I'd be willing to try. Those are both great videos. I especially appreciate DoubleHelix's use of an old sunglass lens to collect the pollen. I am a hopeless junkrat and, as it happens, have a number of such lenses which have waited in a drawer for years to discover their purpose. Every discovery of a purpose for junk, that happens before you gave up and threw it away, is cause for a celebration!