Bass Playing for a Better Tomato Crop?

[srbbass]

I was watching this video about self pollinating or hand pollinating tomatoes and 2 of the 5 techniques mentioned are (each video starts at correct timing):

- rapid finger movement against the flower to shake pollen onto the stigma



- playing an instrument for your plants to help vibrate the pollen off the stamen into the stigma



Clearly, we bass players are ideally suited for these, so until more of my gigs return, I will be hiring myself out for tomato plant pollination duties. No I will not accept resultant tomatoes as a form of payment.

 

[Oddly]

I'd do it for tomatoes!
I do like a good tomato.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Plants like Jazz, had a Buddy whose Dad always had a radio playing the "Smooth Jazz" Station in his greenhouse.
Said he noticed a big difference.

 

[Downunderwonder]

Plants like Jazz, had a Buddy whose Dad always had a radio playing the "Smooth Jazz" Station in his greenhouse.
Said he noticed a big difference.

Did they play a lot of Herbie Hancock?

 

[TOOL460002]

Plants like Jazz, had a Buddy whose Dad always had a radio playing the "Smooth Jazz" Station in his greenhouse.
Said he noticed a big difference.

Had a friend do the same (greenhouse/indoor). I've read studies that seemed legit and proved growth. I personally play Beatles/Aphex Twin when gardening. Just in case.

Also you can put plastic bags around the male parts to collect pollen and use a frozen bee on a stick to pollinate. Little more work but successful method.

Rock on and happy growing! Got plenty of months left.

EDIT: Are there any plants I should not post pics of?

 

[Wisebass]

Are there any plants I should not post pics of?

Done!


greetings

Wise(b)ass

 

[TOOL460002]

 

[Lagado]

 

[Lagado]

Also you can put plastic bags around the male parts to collect pollen and use a frozen bee on a stick to pollinate. Little more work but successful method.

What happens when the bee starts to thaw? Surely there is a fine brush of some sort to mimic the behaviour. Frozen bees...

 

[JRA]

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Done!
greetings
Wise(b)ass

 

[srbbass]

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Done!


greetings

Wise(b)ass

Yeah you might NOT want to pollinate those girls

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Did they play a lot of Herbie Hancock?

A bit. The playlist was selected by the local Community College radio station so they got a good mix as well as a history/music lesson, not just the tunes.

 

[Wisebass]

Yeah you might NOT want to pollinate those girls

Why not? I love tomatoes!

Btw I have real tomatoes (plants) and I trust the bumble bees to take care for them.

Luckily we (still) have a lot of them where I live.


greetings

Wise(b)ass

 

[TOOL460002]

What happens when the bee starts to thaw? Surely there is a fine brush of some sort to mimic the behaviour. Frozen bees...

If you thought murder hornets were bad just wait on the white walker bees. Actually I don't know. Only used that method in bio lab, but it worked well. Genetics experiments begin this fall/winter, so I may be in the "pre-frozen bee" market. It's like the boutique pedal version of q-tips.

 

[Lagado]

If you thought murder hornets were bad just wait on the white walker bees. Actually I don't know. Only used that method in bio lab, but it worked well. Genetics experiments begin this fall/winter, so I may be in the "pre-frozen bee" market. It's like the boutique pedal version of q-tips.

It's not a question on the morality of bees is it. A frozen shrew would serve the coverage of no less than five bees, and, comes with a handle.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

What creature are we freezing to brush our teeth with?

 

[Michedelic]