Q. I have three Topsy turvy tomato plants. I was wondering how to pollinate them? I have them in a screened-in porch.
-Summerville, South Carolina
A. Tomatoes “self pollinate” but the mechanism is tricky. Bees usually do the job but there shouldn’t “be” any bees on your porch! The pollen is up inside the flowers. Wind can dislodge the pollen so it meets the female part of the flower. But just to be sure, give them a quick shake… mid-day if possible.
Barbara Emerson
Have Green Thumb
Manchester, Massachusetts
