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Sungold Question...

16 years ago

Hey there! I bought some sungold tomato seeds from Thompson and Morgan and planted one plant.. It's started to flower but I've noticed something, I hear tomato flowers are self pollination and so the stamen is enclosed inside the anther cone, but I noticed that the first sungold flower that's opening has the stamen extended beyond the cone and the flower is not pure yellow, it has a reddish brown stripe, very thin, on the exterior of the petal. Are those normal characteristics of the sungold? And if the stamen extends beyond the anther cone then how do I go about pollinating it since it's on the balcony 9 floors above ground with no natural pollinators except the wind.

Thanks :)

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