Do you need to polinate Tomato plants for them to grow?

I am growing Tomato and Bell Pepper plants in our Apartment. I was wandering if you have to do anything special to them to get them to grow fruit. Do I have to polinate them..





I have plenty of sun coming in the big bay window all day long so that wont be a problem..I had flowers but no fruit yet.. is there anything special that needs to be done?


Thanks

Do you need to polinate Tomato plants for them to grow?
Tomato's need to be pollinated but they do so with just the wind. No bees are required. If the plant is inside with no wind shake the plant and that should do it.


Peppers will need the bees I think so do that with a little fuzzy brush or put them outside.
Reply:You will need to pollinate the blossoms. Bee's usually do this for you but hopefully not in your apartment. You can use a small artists brush or a q-tip. Just get the pollen down on the main part of the inside of the blossom. You can buy a can called blossom set at a gardening center but this is probably too much for just a couple of tomato plants. Tomatoes like a lot of light.





Good luck and good eating.
Reply:For most tomatoes, yes. There are a few tomatoes that don't need pollination but those aren't often readily available. After the flowers bloom it will take a little while for fruit to appear but without the pollination you won't get any.





If you don't have any insects to pollinate then you'll need to do so by hand.





The link below is a full description of how to do so, complete with pictures
Reply:NO, IF YOU HAVE FLOWERS GIVE IT ABOUT A WEEK AND YOU SHOULD START TO SEE SMALL BERRY LIKE THINGS, THEY TURN INTO YOUR TOMATOES! ALL I HAVE IS LITTLE FLOWERS RIGHT NOW ALSO!
Reply:You need to put them outside so the bees can pollinate them.