Tomato plants use similar biochemical mechanisms to reject pollen from their own flowers as well as pollen from foreign but related plant species, thus guarding against both inbreeding and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images If your tomato plants are flowering but not producing fruit, you might be ...

Q: We’ve gathered lots of tomatoes and green beans even though I have not seen many bees. I have planted coneflowers nearby to attract pollinators. Do all plants have both male and female blooms like ...

Put down the paintbrush and step away from the cotton swab, because everything you thought you knew about hand-pollinating tomatoes is about to change. If you need to pollinate dozens and dozens of ...

Mother Nature has given us everything we wanted this spring and summer: lots of water and heat. Problem is that the water and cold weather lasted too long and there was a wee bit more heat than some ...

Whether it's from a lack of pollinators in your area or maybe some unpredictable weather, sometimes those little yellow flowers on your tomato plant can end up looking pretty but fruitless. And this ...

Dear Neil: I saw your suggestion of thumping tomato flower clusters to help them get pollinated. That was why my grandmother used to hit her tomato plants with her broom. How do I know the right time ...

Q. I saw your suggestion of thumping tomato flower clusters to help them get pollinated. That was why my grandmother used to hit her tomato plants with her broom. How do I know the right time to do ...

When your tomato plants aren't flowering, here's how to solve the problem so you can get fruit before summer's end. Both cold and hot temperature extremes can cause a lack of tomato flowers. Pruning, ...

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The researchers identified a tomato pollen gene that encodes a protein that is very similar to a protein thought to function in preventing self-pollination in petunias. The tomato gene also was shown ...