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Originally Posted by jpop
Have not tried it yet but seems straight forward from what I have seen. my biggest concern is crossing as my EB's have 2 plants each of different varieties.
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I wouldn't even worry about it. I have never had a cross from my OWN saved seeds, at the time of year that we grow, Hallictidae bees are not very active especially during the early part of the season when the fruit are largest and my seeds are saved then. And we don't even have bumblebees here.
Even the folks I have given out seeds to, the only time a cross was present, it was from a kindly donor from another state who shared seeds with me. And I don't bag my blossoms, but you could if you are really worried. Plus as posted here in many threads, even where the type of bees that cause crosses are present, it's only about a 5% chance of a cross.
Honeybees do not cause tomatoes to cross pollinate.