I would think that apple juice would just make the pollen sticky (and may attract pests). Where did you read/hear that idea? From what I can tell in the closeup the plant looks fine, just leave it alone (don't water any more until it dries out, and I wouldn't fertilize now, though some people do at fruit set - there was a recent thread on that on Tomato forum). Tums won't do anything for you. Either you have sufficient calcium or you don't (again, there's a BER thread going right now, some people use calcium nitrate if needed). The main thing in avoiding BER is consistent watering, but I know that's hard with the rain we've had lately. The good news is most of the time it's just a maturity thing and as the plant's vascular system matures it's better able to transport Ca to the fruit. I've got to say I've rarely had a problem with it, but then I don't grow in containers.

Xuan,H.Vittattum is one of the species which has some clones of other than diploid chromosome count. If you have a teraploid of that, you probably have a fertile tetraploid seedling. If it is diploid the chances are great that it is a triploid and mostly infertile. Del

Hi Hippiezep, Congratulations on you well deserved efforts, you are an excellent hybridizer and would give any bee a run for their money :-))) I think they're all beautiful and I especially love the the 3rd down from the top and the very last one, they're stunning!!! Fred

I concour with the other commenters - the specimen "Giraffe" x "Jewel" is a major success. Thank you for the documentation, and keep a vigilant eye on your most precious achievements and acquisitions respectively. One year of neglect, and they might vanish within a crowd of more vigourous specimens - I speak from experience :(