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    Tomatoes- How To Get One Out of Every Flower

    People often ask me how I get so many tomatoes every year out of my tomato plants.  Good soil, proper sunlight and the right amount of water are the usual answers, but I have a tip that I like to share with anyone who will listen. Electric toothbrush.  Yes you heard me, electric toothbrush. Tomatoes, eggplants and peppers are all self pollinating plants.   That means they do not need a separate plant to pollinate.  It works like this.  When pollen from a plant’s stamen is transferred to that same plant’s stigma, it is called self-pollination.  When pollen from a plant’s stamen is transferred to a different plant’s stigma, it is…

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