saving tomato seeds
Saving tomato seeds
It’s ripe, it’s perfect and it holds the key to an even better crop next year.
Saving your own tomato seeds each year can save you loads of money and also ensure better growing success year after year.
You can begin to control your tomato crops by selecting seeds from the very best tomatoes on the best performing plants you have. Given that our seasons tend to be a bit short in Vancouver, I like to select my seeds from one of the earliest tomatoes on my best performing plant. Theoretically, this helps ensure your tomato plants set their fruit nice and early the next year.
You can also select for size, colour, fragrance or plant qualities, whatever you like, bearing in mind that you won’t be inventing a new breed of tomatoes any time soon of course.
Here’s what to do:
After you’re done chopping that beaut for your boccocini salad, scoop the seeds that remain on the cutting board into a jar and fill with a bit of water so the seeds are floating. Cover the jar with a coffee filter so some air can get in there. Leave the jar in a warm, out of the way place for 2-3 days. This puppy’s about to get stinky.
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