Wind or bee cross pollination

JimmyCrackedCorn · August 11, 2013

I have been successfully saving and replanting seeds from a few varieties of tomatoes from my back yard for 4 or 5 years now. I have never bagged blossoms or isolated plants.

Today I spoke with a local extension employee who warned me that I have been doing it wrong. He said that if I have bees in my garden (I do) that the tomatoes will easily cross and I won't get what I expect when I regrow those seeds.

Have I just been lucky so far? Is this as big a concern as he was stating?

August 11, 2013	#1
JimmyCrackedCorn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Illinois Posts: 21	Wind or bee cross pollination I have been successfully saving and replanting seeds from a few varieties of tomatoes from my back yard for 4 or 5 years now. I have never bagged blossoms or isolated plants. Today I spoke with a local extension employee who warned me that I have been doing it wrong. He said that if I have bees in my garden (I do) that the tomatoes will easily cross and I won't get what I expect when I regrow those seeds. Have I just been lucky so far? Is this as big a concern as he was stating?