Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Yes, you can use a small brush to move the pollen from one flower to another.

Like tomatoes, peppers are self-pollinating - helped by the wind. All you should need to do is brush your hand (like a gentle breeze might do) against the flowering branches to release pollen to the pistil in each flower.

Love, Linn B (aka Smart Red) Gardening zone 5a - 4b in south-est, central-est Wisconsin

--- In Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com, Di Koehler <dikoehler@...> wrote: My peppers are blooming in the greenhouse now what do I do? I understand they
> need pollinators to set fruit. Can I hand pollinate with a brush?

• New Members 5