Gardeners are using electric toothbrushes to encourage their tomato plants to produce more tomatoes – here’s how the trick could earn you a bumper crop

Ripening tomatoes growing on tomato plants and marigold plants in container.

Here’s something I didn’t expect to see on my TikTok feed this week: an electric toothbrush being used on a tomato plant.

That's right – gardeners are now using electric toothbrushes to vibrate the flowers on their tomato plants. I first saw the trick on @farmhouseinthefield's TikTok video. It’s said to encourage the plants to produce more tomatoes – so if, like me, you’re growing your own tomatoes, you’re probably wondering whether this trick can actually produce a bumper crop.