Comments on: Seed Saving - Saving Your Own Tomato Seeds

By: Alexandra | Occasionally Eggs

Alexandra | Occasionally Eggs — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 11:46:29 +0000

Wonderful instructions! I'm a big fan of seed saving, but I've always done it a little differently (just through trial and error) and it's great to have an outline in place. Thank you!

By: Justine | JustineCelina.com

Justine | JustineCelina.com — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 15:31:40 +0000

Huh. This was fascinating -- a process I had no idea about. Thanks for another educational post, Markus! I'm going to start bookmarking your gardening resources for 2017 when I'm (hopefully) able to start up my community garden!

By: Redawna

Redawna — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 22:33:30 +0000

Great post! Love the information here. I have saved seeds before from things like peppers, petunias, dill and various flowers but never from my tomatoes. All my seeds get dried then bagged and stored somewhere dark and cool but nothing I save seeds from goes though the process you talk about here. In just a few years you can amass a good sized collection of seeds. I had no idea about the fermentation process. Very interesting. Sharing with a friend who grows huge amounts of toms every year.

Have a fantastic weekend.

By: Sean@Diversivore

Sean@Diversivore — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 21:29:54 +0000

Markus, this is awesome. I didn't know about the fermentation step involved in saving tomato seeds (in fact, a lot of this is new to me - I've only had a garden for a couple of years and I'm still trying to figure out how best to maximize my use of it). I've heard that tomatoes are exceptionally good at self-seeding, so this seems like an excellent project to start with. It's too late for me this year, but hopefully I can hit the ground running and get some interesting varieties into the ground! I'll definitely be referring back to this then!

By: janet @ the taste space

janet @ the taste space — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:22:25 +0000

Great info. I started saving seeds this year but I didn't save them from my tomato plants. I planted a few varieties close to each other and I was worried about cross pollination. I see you saved a few varieties, so am I being overly paranoid?