I believe i am having a pollination problem
 

I have flowers on my indoor hydroponic tomatoes but they don't seem to be pollinating i do occasionally give them a pretty hefty few shakes but they still don't seem to be going. The reason i am worried is i planted some plants outside (soil) as well but i planted them like prolly 3-4 weeks after my indoor hydroponic ones and they have tomatoes coming on them.

An suggestions for pollination would be helpful

thank you

You could add a couple of oscillating fans to help with air circulation.

will the movement of the plants from the fans cause the pollination or just the blowing air?

The air movement (wind) should help pollinate the tomato plants, and the oscillating movement should also help shake the plants a little. As well as move the air in all directions, rather than in just one direction. But if you don't have a oscillating fan, than a regular fan should still help.

This is an old thread, but I thought I would add my two cents in case others come across it.

What I do is use an electric tooth brush. I just turn it on touch the stem near the flowers for a few seconds. This beats the living daylights out of the tomatoes and there is no way the pollen isn't going to get spread around.

I currently have 4 tomato plants growing that just started to flower. I have 2 of the flowers showing pea sized green tomatoes now. I'm sure it won't be long before the other flowers do their thing.

I just shake the plants a few times a day. Works for me.