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Posted by roughie tasmania aust (My Page) on Wed, Jun 29, 05 at 6:50
To be quite trueful i haven't a clue what i am doing in this area.
The summer just past i saved differen't variety tomatoes & when i tried to dry them to get the seed it didn't work.and when i burried whole tomatoes they came up.Now i am really lost.
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All my fallen tommies from this year are sprouting, useless really.
The way to get seed from a tommy.........
Get your best looking ripest tommy of the variety you want the seed of.
Squeeze all the seed and juice out of it, into a glass or similiar thing. it needs to ferment so that the seed will stay viable for more than one season.
Leave it in the glass for a few days. It will get a filmy thing on top, and not smell real good, that is the mould forming and fermentation is taking place.
I tend to leave it about a week, then I rinse off all the gunge using a fine sieve. try to be gentle. Then I dry the seed from the sieve on paper towel, and Hey Presto......Tommy seeds which will last a few years.
Hope this Helps, adamo.x x x |
RE: drying tomatoe seed
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 29, 05 at 12:36
| You can rinse using a fine sieve or go through a short series of (as it were) rinse cycles. First, scrape the mould from the top of the liquid containing the seeds being careful not to take too many seeds with it. Then add water to the glass (or whatever container you're using) and swirl it around. Then let it settle. Bits of scunge and rubbish will gradually float to the top with the healthy seeds heading for the bottom. Gradually empty the container, tipping out the liquid containing the rubbish, keeping the healthy seeds towards the bottom. Repeat the process until the water is relatively clear and you only have the healthy seeds left. It should only take three or four rinses. I use coffee filter papers to dry the seeds. I found they stuck to paper towel. Anyway, spread the seeds out to dry (on a surface that will absorb the moisture but not stick to the seeds) and leave them somewhere warm and dry until they're absolutely dry. But don't leave them in the sun. They should dry within a week. |
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