TOMATILLOS Cross-Pollination for Tomatillos: How Different Varieties Can Help You Grow a Bountiful & Delicious Harvest! Tomatillos are a popular crop that require cross-pollination to produce fruit. Different varieties of tomatillo will pollenate each other, resulting in hybrid seeds. To keep a variety pure, two or more plants of the same variety must be grown near each other as pollinators. The development of paper husks on
CROSS-POLLINATION Safeguard Your Garden from Unwanted Cross-Pollination Effects with Tips and Strategies Cross pollination is a process that can easily occur in certain plants, such as peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra and tomatoes. It has been known to cause undesirable results, so it’s important to be aware of how this process works and what you can do to avoid it. Lettuce is
CROSS-POLLINATION Cross-Pollination with Solanum pimpinellifolium: Understanding Factors Affecting Seed Saving Near Currant Tomatoes Solanum pimpinellifolium, also known as currant tomatoes, are a popular variety of tomato that can be found in many gardens. They have an extended stigma that protrudes out from the anther cones more so than regular tomatoes, making them more receptive to pollen from other varieties. This raises the question:
CROSS-POLLINATION The Possibility of Mixing Up Your Saved Seeds & Cross-Pollination in Tomatoes Saving seeds from the previous year's crop is a great way to save money and ensure you get the same variety of tomatoes. However, when saving your own seeds, it's important to be aware of potential cross-pollination between varieties and the possibility of mixing up the saved seeds. This was
