Millet and others, I have a large pump house that is air tight and no light can get in either but I have plenty of artificial light and heat so I use it as my green house in winter. There are 8 different citrus plants inside and they are doing great right now.I check on everything on a very loose schedule. Today I found an excellent flush of blooms on several of the citrus plants. Since there is no wind or bees should I use a small hand held gasoline blower on maybe just idle speed to help with pollination?
Thanks. Tom

Tom, last week I also noticed that many of the citrus trees (both in ground trees and container trees)in my greenhouse have started their "spring" flush and bloom. To move the air inside my greenhouse I use six 2-ft. square box fans. Three fans blowing the air down from the ceiling to the plants below, and 3 fans moving the air horizontally around my 32'W, 72'L, 11' H greenhouse. Citrus trees appreciate air movement. As for pollination, many citrus trees are self pollinating and do not need any help from man nor insect. A few citrus varieties require cross pollination with another variety. You can also spray your trees at full bloom with Gibberelic acid (GA3). GA3 will "pollinate" the flowers, and in your setup should also produce mostly seedless fruit. Lastly you could either hand pollinate with a brush, or use a hair drier, or any other air blower, **however most likely nothing will be needed by you to obtain fruit**. Not knowing what cultivars you grow the sentence just above **might not be true. Below is a list of Citrus that I am aware that require bees or mankind to cross pollinate in order to bear a crop of fruit.

Dancy- Don't need bees but parthenocarpy very weak.
Temple - Don't need bees but parthenocarpy very weak.
Orlando
Minneola
Robinson
Osceola
Nova
Lee.

These varieties, as all citrus, can also be "pollinated with GA3.

Millet (368-ABO-)

I agree with Millet that you don't have to do anything (in most cases) but if you want to hand pollinate, a blower will be of any help because the pollen of citrus is of the "gluey" type. Made to travel on insect's legs. Not the kind that goes by the wind. Though you will have to use a brush.

Thanks for the quick reply. I have to go back because it smells so wonderful. My varieties do not include the ones you listed, Millet. I remember Meyer, Ponderrosa, an Orange I had tried outside in ground that was too much work so now it is in a pot , maybe another Meyer and I thing a Bearss lemon and a Mexican Lime and probably a Satsuma. Its very crowded in there and using a brush on flowers one by one is not going to work for me......I cut thorns as I find them by they can sneak up on me too. I think a fan hanging from the ceiling would be cool [ pun intended] and I will work on that not so much for pollination but for health and protection against disease....again thanks for the quick reply and thank you so much for all you and others do on this forum site ! Tom