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Minnesota

Is it as easy as pumpkins? for example, if I wanted to pollinate a brandywine tomato flower with beefsteak pollin is it easy or not for the begginer? anybody have expierence doing it with tomato's?

1/3/2012 3:19:19 PM

Massachusetts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aj5TPzhDuI&context=C340d2dfADOEgsToPDskKDDDjKJPYoWdOqAjlQBbtX

copy paste..... this is explains it very well, scott....

1/3/2012 3:24:17 PM

That State Up North

A tip on beefsteak/brandywine hybridization:
trim the first couple flowers from the flower cluster. The flowers that will make your big fruit are harder to pull all the anthers out and not miss any pollen. Picking out the smaller flowers makes your hybrid a better chance at being a pure cross.



Nic Welty

1/12/2012 5:04:12 AM

Minnesota

OK, have never done this with tomato's, I will have to watch more youtube videos.

1/12/2012 8:10:29 AM