UK Gardeners Advised To Shake This Plant For Bumper Fruit Yield

Tomato flowersThis year has been a bumper one for strawberries, with some growers saying they’ve spotted “kiwi-sized” fruit. This follows our unseasonably hot, dry weather, which is putting us on track for the driest spring on record and leaving us at a “medium” risk of drought. But if you’re after quantity as well as quality, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) says that a two-second shake can help another fruit to flourish as well. Your tomato yield might well be boosted by the brief intervention, they say. Why does shaking my tomato plants help the yield? Though tomatoes do require a little more effort than other backyard bounties, the RHS say that “they’re well worth the effort when you can eat your own home-grown tomatoes all summer long, freshly picked, warmed by the sun, and at their sweetest, juiciest best.”And to maximise your chances of an impressive crop, it’s important to pollinate as many of the plant’s flowers as possible (these become the delicious tommies). Tomatoes have both female and male pollen, meaning they can self-pollinate. Pollinators like bees and natural forces like the breeze can help their unusually heavy and sticky pollen move.This can be done in stiller, less-pollinator-heavy environments like a greenhouse by encouraging insects to the plant ― you might want to consider leaving your greenhouse’s vents open for that reason.But to give the flowers a literal helping hand, “you can also lightly tap or shake the flowers when fully open to aid pollen transfer within the flower,” the RHS advise. Gardener Kia Jade loves the tip, posting on TikTok that it’s a great way to “supercharge” the fruit.“It does increase yield,” she said.@kia_urbangardenerGarden guide & planner link in bio 👩🌾✅ #growingtomatoes#tomatoes#gardeningtok#gardentok#growingtomatoesfromseeds#howtogrowtomatoes#growyourownfood#gardeninghack#gardeningtipsforbeginners♬ Souvenir De Paris - Martin TaylorAny other tips? Monty Don advises against placing your outdoor-grown tomatoes in a greenhouse until the end of May as the sudden temperature change can shock them (even if the days are warm, the nights might still be chilly). He also recommends removing side shoots from tomato plants as though these do bear fruit, they “reduce the overall harvest” by taking energy away from branches that would otherwise carry far more tomatoes. Gardeners’ World also recommends watering potted tomato plants from below to lower their soils’ chances of developing fungus.Related...UK Gardeners Asked To Do Torchlit Search At NightUK Gardeners Urged To Keep Their Grass ClippingsUK Gardeners Urged To Move Stones In Garden This Week

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