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Tomatoes come in a wonderful array of different types each with their
own unique shape, size and taste.
Growing heritage or heirloom tomatoes helps preserve this fantastic diversity of fruit for future generations.
In this short video we explain which kinds of tomatoes you can harvest seeds from and demonstrate how to prepare, dry and store your seeds to give them the best chance of germinating when planted.
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Hi there, not sure if you're still answering questions after five years, but I'm confused about the "remove gel" step. It looks as if you're saying the gel should be removed before putting the seeds into the glass, but you don't actually show how to do that. And does it really need to be removed before fermenting/separating? It seems to me that the rinsing and straining at the end would remove the gel. Thanks!
i need some help. When I soak them in water, some of them sprouted.
What a total faff and waste of time. Just extract the seeds onto a paper towel, dry them and germinate.
I've got a mystery tomato plant growing out the side of the compost bin. My dad chucked a couple of rotten tomatoes in there last year, and it started producing about 4 or 5 fruit in early september!
Obviously its far too late for them to ripen enough to be edible, but the fact they've been able to grow in our very poor compost and with practically no light means it's a tough tomato.
I'd like to keep it for next year, obviously the plant isn't going to survive the winter, so I'll be taking the seeds and the cuttings. Hopefully it'll work, never tried this before.
Thank You.
Can this process be used with other plant seeds as well?
Does this have to be done at the end of the season or anytime?
I used the tomatoes from supper market, with that I know which tomatoes I like. Take out the seed put inside damp tissue papers, put inside the bag zip up. It’s germination in few day
You're saying it wrong. Its 'tomato'. Jk. Great video
Can dry the whole tomatoes and have a similar result? Either in the sun or in a dehydrator
Also could this work for peppers?
So do I just drop the seeds in dirt and cover when I'm ready to grow them?
from the great state of Tennessee – Thank you
Where do i heriloom seeds ? Why are these better than supermarket tomatoe seeds?
This is a great video. Just subscribed. Going to try this. Ive never grown any edible but herbs from seed so looking forward to giving it a go.
I've done all this except the drying for 2-3 weeks after cleaning, I only left them for maybe a week at the most, then planted them in some seedling mix. It's been over a week and nothing has sprouted, they aren't shop bought tomatoes, so the seeds aren't sterile (if that's even a thing with tomatoes) and the temperature is in range of germination. Should I let the mix dry out for 2-3 weeks and start the watering again?
Edit: I didn't ferment for days, but they were cleaned well, to the point you could see all the white hairs.
I have watched this so many times as I need to refresh my memory each season.I am currently growing tomato seeds from 4 years ago with success Cheers Denise- Australia
Thanks for info.
The simplest way I've found is to squeeze your seeds directly from a tomato into the strainer like the one shown in the video, and then just wash them with your sink sprayer until the seeds separate from the gel. (I tried the soaking method once many years ago, and ended up with sprouted tomato seeds.. not the best.)
let them dry on a china/glass plate so they're easier to collect, as drying them on a paper towel means you have to pick them off of it. After they've dried on the plate for a day, they can be stored away.
I've had tomato seeds stay viable for several years that way, I think my oldest ones are from 2014 and I grew some of those this year 🙂
What if the seeds never separate from the gel part? What can you do?
Thanks Ben. This is a really great video with clear easy to follow steps.
Thanks so much. Just what I needed to know.
When I tried fermenting them, all of my seeds sprouted so I’ve just started picking out the seeds and letting them dry on a plate for about a week and then storing them, worked great this year!
Dude!! Wife & i bought 3 small plants.
A cherry tomato,,a yellow cherry tomato
and a full sized tomato..
The plants were small..
MY GOD!! By the end of the summer we were getting 100 tomatoes a day and each plant grew to over 10 feet tall and about 6 feet wide. We had a whole spider web. We are in New England.. So come October & they are 1/2 dead but still producing 10-20 a day but we stopped.. We are tomatoed out lol…
So i took 300 and got the seeds & couldn't figure out the jelly problem & did what you said..
By luck i got it right.. An di thought i used all my Irish luck in the early 90's Jumping Around 😉
Thank you!
I did this and the next day, or two, all the seeds had sprouted in the water, which is not what I wanted.
To clarify – f1 variety seeds might not produce the same offspring as the parent plant, but they'll still produce a plant with enjoyable fruit, right?