Amanda

Trim away foliage from around the target blossoms so you won't end up with foliage growing inside the bag and cramping the blossoms. Bag the blossoms before they open, before the yellow is visible. As soon as fruit has set, when the chance of cross-pollination has passed, you can remove the bag. Nip off any blossoms that were in the bag that haven't opened or didn't pollinate. Tie something like a piece of coloured string to the stem of the bagged fruit to identify it as having been bagged. It's too easy to lose track of unmarked fruit as the plant grows.

Simple as that!

Raymondo said something on another thread that he buys tomatoes for their juice if his don't have enough so there must be more to this than spitting the pips into a paper towel. :)

Amanda

At first you'll notice that the seeds tend to clump together at the top of the fluid, but (depending on the weather) after 2 or 3 days you'll see that some are starting to fall to the bottom of the glass. If you tap the glass, others fall too. That means the gel has broken down and you can start rinsing to get rid of the crusty fungal top layer and all the fibrous junk.

I dump the contents into a large glass for rinsing so that I can use a bit of pressure from the tap to clean off the debri. The seeds are generally nice and clean, but if not, then I tip the contents into a fine mesh tea strainer and stir around with my finger to mush up the clingy stuff, then rinse again and spread the seeds to dry. I generally try to spread them in a single layer for even drying.

Whenever I get around to it, I store the seeds in paper envelopes at room temperature for the first year, plus I put all of last season's seeds into a large ziploc with a bit of silica gel and store them in the fridge before the next season begins. Always let seeds come to room temperature before opening them tho, to avoid condensation. If you need to get into the packets often, it would probably be simpler to just store them in a cool dark place in your coolest room of the house.

PP