tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862795292493220882.post5384630305142975578..comments2023-09-26T03:55:34.532-07:00Comments on Growing vegetables with Ms Green Fingers: Gimme beesBlur Tinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07792543153416871887noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862795292493220882.post-60148813725930820912009-03-09T21:40:00.000-07:002009-03-09T21:40:00.000-07:00Ouch. =(I'm hoping that the sunny weather will ret...Ouch. =(<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping that the sunny weather will return very soon, and that all our plants will be able to grow better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862795292493220882.post-73871815673341438622009-03-09T19:12:00.000-07:002009-03-09T19:12:00.000-07:00Oh, thanks for the tip. Yesterday my plant fell du...Oh, thanks for the tip. Yesterday my plant fell due to the rain and while making it upright, I broke one of the branches with flowers. Heart pain!<BR/><BR/>I was waiting to pollinate my pumpkin but funny there were no female flowers for so long. Now my pumpkin plant has died.Blur Tinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792543153416871887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862795292493220882.post-24310431954058423632009-03-08T21:24:00.000-07:002009-03-08T21:24:00.000-07:00And oh, oh! If your tomato's male flowers open wit...And oh, oh! If your tomato's male flowers open without a female in sight, you can pluck the males and store them in a ziplock and in the freezer and wait for the females to open before pollinating them. That way, you won't have missed opportunities.=)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862795292493220882.post-57229596426426563642009-03-08T17:56:00.000-07:002009-03-08T17:56:00.000-07:00Oh wow, thanks for the advice. I shall go pollinat...Oh wow, thanks for the advice. I shall go pollinate my plants soon!Blur Tinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792543153416871887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862795292493220882.post-92197557427240395982009-03-08T06:42:00.000-07:002009-03-08T06:42:00.000-07:00I think chillis don't need manual pollination. The...I think chillis don't need manual pollination. They self-pollinate. Capsicums have a 50% success rate with self-pollination and about an 80% rate if I manually pollinate with a cotton bud.<BR/><BR/>A friend on the MyFolia website had to manually pollinate ALL her tomato plants before they'd fruit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862795292493220882.post-41495511499301035782009-03-08T06:36:00.000-07:002009-03-08T06:36:00.000-07:00I was thinking of doing that too but somehow my ch...I was thinking of doing that too but somehow my chilli plants managed to flower and turn into fruit without any help.Blur Tinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792543153416871887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862795292493220882.post-81274130704343128542009-03-08T03:32:00.000-07:002009-03-08T03:32:00.000-07:00You can do manual pollination. That's what I did f...You can do manual pollination. That's what I did for my capsicum plants. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com