Pollinate one flower to do the whole plant?

We have one tomato plant in our flower garden that has a few small tomatoes on it. I'm concerned about watering from above and washing away pollen from the remaining flowers lest they not make tomatoes. My husband thinks that once the plant is pollinated, then the other flowers will make tomatoes anyway. Is that true, or does an insect need to hit every single flower? Thanks.

Pollinate one flower to do the whole plant?
number one, water the plants at the ground level, they absorb water through the roots not the leaves. also only the pollinated flowers will make fruit, bumblebees are the best cause of the vibration of the bodies move the most pollen. at our green house we literally put a vibrator on the flower stalks to promote self pollination.



on a side note to faithlocket,

indeterminate means that it will produce an infinite amount of blooms, the patio varieties of tomato are determinate plants they only get so large and only produce a certain number of blooms then they are done. suckers are essentially colateral branches and if you leave them on the plant it will take longer for the plant to produce fruit or the fruit will be smaller, because the plant is putting energy into greengrowth and not fruit development.
Reply:Most tomatoe plants now are interdeterminate - they pollinate themselves without any helpers. Many flowers still will not produce tomatoes. These flowers, called suckers, should be pulled off once it is clear no fruit is coming from them. You can water and not wash away all the pollen, you'd be surprised at how the very long and involved process works. However, watering tomatoes should be done only when the ground is completely dry several inches down. Overwatering is common and causes a less desirable taste, less vitamin concentration, and may cause bursting fo the fruit -- especially in smaller tomatoes.



Good Luck!
Reply:The tomato is the ovary of the flower...that is, the seeds are pollinated, then in nature they fall to the ground where the flesh of the tomato supplies nutrients for the seeds to germinate and grow new plants. A tomato will not develop unless the flower has been pollinated.



Pollination is the the sexual reproduction to make new plants, not new flowers on a plant.

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