There are many tricks that can increase the yield of crops growing on your garden plot.
Among them, according to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , are crop rotation, the use of mulch, green manure, the selection of the right neighbors for plants, the choice of varieties that are resistant to diseases, as well as pollination.
We will talk about the last “point” today.
The process of hand pollination means that you will have to transfer pollen from the stamen of the male flower to the pistil of the female flower yourself.
For this, you can use a dry brush, and if you don’t have the necessary tool at hand, a regular cotton swab will do.
Alternatively, you can pick a male flower and perform manipulations with its help.
Don’t think that this operation will take you a lot of time – it will take about 10-15 minutes to treat a tomato greenhouse measuring 20 square meters.
In addition, you can make your task easier by planting aromatic plants next to crops that depend on pollination (which primarily include tomatoes, eggplants and zucchini) - lemon balm, monarda, mustard, hyssop and others will cope with this task perfectly.
