Hi Bea

I heard of both things, someone in the tomato forum does the electric toothbrush thing.:) Shaking the plants is also common, I don't do any of that because I have a lot of other things to do, besides with the winds that we just had shaking would not be a good thing, still get a lot of flowers and tomatoes.

It is like hand pollinating fruit trees and squash plants, no time for that either and my plants are abundant with fruit. I pay more attention on the over all health of the plant and possible bugs...

Silvia

I do hand pollinate squash, but the wind takes care of the tomatoes for me.

Yes, I do squash too if there aren't enough bees around, but never had to do tomatoes. Interesting, though, about the toothbrush. I think I'd just give them a jiggle.

Then there's the old wives tale about smacking fruit tree trunks with a board to encourage fruiting.

I heard about smacking the fruit trees,lol.

When you get parthenocarpic squash, there is no need to hand pollinate, a few days since posting my zucchini can make a lot of difference, today I have to harvest some.

Cavili, it is one of my favorites, parthenocarpic too.

Tiger

Cupcake

Gold mine

Tomatoes have some fruit also, the wind and cold did a number on the cucumbers, peppers have some fruit.

Silvia