Saving Tomato Seeds Is Easy! In this video, I show you the 3 essential steps you need to do to successfully save your Heirloom Tomato seeds for next spring. No more buying them at the store or trying to order from seed houses that are sold out or not selling to the little guys like us!
Its an easy easy process and I’ll show you how to 1) Collect 2) Ferment and 3) Dry your Tomato seeds for storage…and they’ll last for up to 5 years!
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Tomato Growing Series:
Part 1 – Seed Starting: https://youtu.be/qlEp0iDfB-k
Part 2 – Seedling Transplanting: https://youtu.be/2TwdTYl-7bk
Part 3 – Planting In The Garden: https://youtu.be/my4G0wgmeJc
Growing Tomatoes In Containers: https://youtu.be/aW8S1aiTpNc
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Where do you store dried tomato seeds? In freezer or where. We have a damp and humid climate.
Best gardener for me. Simple, to the point. Now I know why my seeds didn't sprout last time. I shall poo the Napkin method from this day forward. Thanks Garden Buddy.
Thank you, I use a slightly different method, I add water after a few days, rinse off and add more water and leave the water for a few days and rinse once the seeds fall to the bottom, then rinse off again and dry them on aluminium foil.
I tryed this so many times but they just die when I transplant them
I dry sweet, hot peppers and just trying my Sugar Baby seeds but got to wait till next year to see what happens ❤️
Does it matter if the tomato finishes ripening on the windowsill? Are those seeds still viable?
I want to grow Carolina Reaper seeds. But I don’t know what it needs. Could you help?
Great video as always, but I NEVER store seeds in plastic, always paper envelopes due temp changes which may cause condensation in a plastic bag. Has this ever happened to you?
Last time I did this my seeds sprouted while fermenting, lol
I just found two tomatoes that some birds or other critters munched on (can't blame them, they are tasty tomatoes) but now I realize that instead of tossing those tomatoes like I used to do, I can still harvest the seeds and continue the cycle. Why didn't I think of that before? Thanks for another great video and for getting me to think more like a gardener instead of a 'consumer'
As usual very useful tips
Here I was just popping them fresh and wondering why it didn’t work! Thanks I love your channel!
Just Harvested 5 Jersey Tomato I’m sure this will be the new norm for us all and we need to start last year.
I just let the tomato… get funky….. then squish it on a paper towel, and spread it the seeds out away from each other the best i can. That removes some of the jell. Let them dry totally. Then use my scissors and cut the paper towel in little square or triangles with 2 or 3 seeds on each one. Then i store them in the labeled plastic bag. Planting… i just stuck a piece with the seeds in each growing cell. That worked fine with my store bought red grape and golden cherry tomatoes. They all came up. But we know Cherry tomatoes are a generous veggie is all ways.
Could you do a video about air layering tees? It would help so much
I just checked: both varieties I'm growing are open pollinated. Fun!
I never knew about the water soaking… I did it the very long way! I put the seeds on a paper towel bust the gel packet around each seeds one by one and transfer them to a new piece of dry paper towel… it takes for ever, then they dry there for 2 days, and they don’t stick because the gelatine sac is gone… than I transfer them in a plastic a bag and keep them in a cool dark place. It worked last year and they germinated well … I do about 200-300 seeds of each kind like this… like I said time consuming for sure. I will try your method next time. I have all kind of seeds drying on my kitchen table right now. Lettuce which I have grown to seed pods on the plant, peppers cucumbers and tomatoes…
This is a great channel, I always learn so much, thank you. Have a great day. And may the Lord keep you and yours safe until He returns. You are in my prayers.
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I am loving your videos! Thank you for your time and effort!
Are pepper/ jalapeno seeds much the same process
I have a few different kinds of tomatoes, but not sure if they are heirloom…should I bother saving any of them?
Can you collect Viable seeds from grocery store tomatoes ?
Hahaha, there was a funny part in the video, I might be the only one who noticed it.
i broke a few of these rules with my glut of yellow pear tomatoes – I used the flesh for chutney and got the gel of like 200 tomatoes collected in a sieve, used luke warm water rinsing over them for several minutes as I gently agitated them with a wooden spoon (so they gently rubbed gel off by hitting the sieve metal wire)
I then popped out paper towels and made a couple of layers sandwich this mass of seeds and I popped that into a large sandwich bag. every couple of days for about a week I would tip the mass of seeds onto new/dry paper towel.
they came out bone dry with no visible gel and I had tens of thousands of the things – i don't know the germination rate, I had them come up like grass when I threw fistfuls into my raised beds!
Can it work for tomatoes that are hybrid?
Should we cover the seeds as they ferment ?