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Tending Your Garden
P
ollinate Plants
The table below shows some common plant types
and recommended methods for hand pollination.
For plants not listed below, you may need to do some
additional pollination research – the internet and seed
suppliers are good sources of information.
HELPFUL HINT: If you find your
Garden is producing many flowers
but no fruit, chances are you need
to pollinate or change your pol-
linating method. Dead blossoms
on the Grow Surface are a good
indicator that your chosen pol-
lination method is not working.
Pollination Method Plant Examples
How to Hand Pollinate
(After Flowers Appear)
Self-pollinating Legumes (such as No hand pollination
peas and beans) and necessary
English cucumbers
Shaking Dwarf tomatoes Shake plant gently every
and peppers other day when the lights
are on.
Eggplant Shake plant vigorously
every other day when the
light(s) are on. An electric
toothbrush works well.
Move male pollen to Pumpkin, squash, Use paintbrush to move
femaleower watermelonand pollenfrommaleowerto
commoncucumbers femaleower.Pollinate
when the lights are off.
Dwarf tomato plant
being pollinated by
gently shaking.
Pollination Methods for Common Garden Plants