Tomato Seed Saving The RIGHT Way

Fermenting your tomato seeds is not required and they can be saved by simply drying them to a paper towel but fermenting cleans them, weens out bad seed, improves germination, reduces disease, and allows the seed to last longer in storage!

[phoenixr]

Wow 😮 😊now if a store sold this it would probably be $15.00 just for the one

[jkdruid]

I just put the unwashed seeds on a kitchen towel (or toilet paper, )let it dry, write on the paper what type of tomatoes they are, and store until needed.

[eatwhatukiii]

I simply chuck my nicest overripe tomatoes back into the garden and boom, next year I’ve got “volunteers” without any effort. If it works here in Maine with our -30F winters, it should work anywhere.

[seancapobianco]

I just put my rotten tomatoes in my compost. Then I have tomatoes everywhere I spread it! 🤣 best part about tomatoes as weeds is smelling them on your hands every time you kill em. Love that tomato branch smell.

[ThatLadyDray]

I can't even concentrate bcuz my mouth is watering from just seeing that tasty looking tomato. Wow that thing looked good 😂

[barczibelu]

This is a Romanian native tomato, it's called inimă de bou, and can reach up to 1 kg per piece. This is one of my favorite tomato, the taste is out of this world. 💕 🍅

[orionthehunter]

I scrape out a spoonful of seeds. Then I use a butter knife to spread them out on a paper towel roughly 6 x 6 inches. Let it dry a couple of days. Label it and store in a plastic baggy. Next year I pull them apart with the paper towel they are stuck to and plant. I've been doing that for 5 years and always have more than enough plants.

[joewoodchuck]

Heirloom tomatoes can't be beat. Also, seeds from hybrid tomatoes may or may not produce the desired cultivar, if they germinate at all. 😊

[booyahu]

I have always wanted to know how to save my kumato seeds to grow for next spring. Thank you for sharing.

[courtney]

That is one incredible tomato. A salt shaker and I could eat that whole thing. With a cucumber on the side.

[graceburrell]

I just let them dry on a paper plate completely then into an envelope . Works great. All my life.

[tivagirl]

That seems like a lot of work - my grandmother would just put them on a paper towel until dry, they lasted years. Of course, she planted every year. She and Grampa had a huge garden and grew everything they could.

[WookofWallstreet]

Thanks for this. I planted a bunch of seeds and I'm like dang why aren't they growing.

[Mizztree]

I just throw whole tomatoes 🍅 that have passed their best into the garden… and they grow ❤

[smas]

Just the video I've been looking for from a trusted friend. Can't tell you how much money we spent on seeds 2 weeks ago. A roma variety will be new to our garden and needed to buy some seeds. Saving them this year and I copied your reply on best choice tomato on the vine to use. Thank you.

[Carmen-ok]

That’s a huge and gorgeous tomato 🍅 Congratulations 🎊🎉

[denisemarie]

I was glad I did that last fall with my best tomatoes .I have many 2 inch seedlings growing along with basil seedlings and it’s time to get more started now!!!!❤❤❤

[peachykeen]

This is how we save tomato seed every year. I put bags over the blossoms to keep out pollinators, and you just have to tickle the blossoms with a Q-tip or a toothbrush, and they will pollinate themselves.

[nuclearscarab]

Have you had pretty good success in keeping seeds true to the parents even with a large verity of tomatoes that can cross pollinate?

[grovermartin]

Makes me yearn for a fresh vine ripened tomato.