How To Save Seeds From EVERY vegetable & flower In Your Garden

Here is a way to save tomato seeds without fermenting. Or if you want to save flowers, other vegetables and fruits these are some easy tricks to try! How To Save Seeds From EVERY Plant In Your Garden.

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Ashley has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science.
Some of Ashley’s interests are YouTube, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s YouTube channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her YouTube channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners.
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[MSinclair]

I use a cone shape coffee filter instead of paper towel. Much easier to peel off and it dries quick. I write the name on the filter in pen.

[Sabine_Handley]

Pineapple tomatoes are my new favorite! They make the best sandwiches! I bought a seedling this year but I will be saving seeds for next year.

[catross]

I take seeds EVERYWHERE I go 😅
My husband runs away, he thinks I'm stealing 🤣

[bcrew]

I use paper lunch bags, let it sit, shake well then sift seeds out. I use coin envelopes to store the seeds

[Nocare]

I found fermenting to just be less work.
I put small batches in little paper envelopes with a silica packet. I put a bunch of those in a ziploc. I label the type and year. I've stopped caring about variety since I want to just breed em all and keep the good stuff.
For big batches I use a brown paper bag and more silica. Then I put that in a ziploc.

I got like 2lbs of kale seeds this year and will probably have a half lb of broccoli. Breaking all the pods is where all the work is. Radishes last year was even harder lol.

[butterpoweredbike]

Saving all of my toms from squirrels and grass holes thanks to you.

[justinarnold]

We ferment our pumpkin seeds and to dry them out we put them in the dehydrator for 5 hours on 35 degrees C during winter when the sunlight hours are low also we can put tomatoes through a blender for 30 seconds before fermentation to seperate the seeds from the flesh and help remove the gel coating

[stormy_weather_is_here]

Very informative video, thank you. It seems like people who make plant related videos always assume we know how to dry out the seeds, or even where the seeds are. I like your 'for dummies' videos :)

[theresasavaria]

Wow. Great advice. Your tips are going to save me a lot of time. 😊

[DragonflyenAmber]

Thanks for the laughs and advice. I tried the fermenting method last year and it went horribly wrong, I may have spawned a new species.
At least we can find the paper towel in the stores now, even if we can't afford it LOL

[fillmorehillmore]

I squeeze all Tomato seed into a jar of water, then when it starts to show mold I rinse in a colander (toss the pulp or rub through colander, then spread the clean seeds over paper towel.

[murphyleegaming]

New gardener here (2nd year), one of the most exciting parts of gardening for me so far has been saving seeds from everything that grows well, or has interesting characteristics ( Frankenfruit as you will). Last year was tomato, arugula, parsley, basil, chive, onion, a variety of wildflowers, and cayenne pepper seeds. Germination rates were 100% of what I sowed for the tomatoes and peppers, while the rest were between a 10-30% germination success rate. I did / do ferment all my tomato seeds in jars, and I hang dry my cayennes using simple slipknots with twine (also seconds as pretty decor) then cracked the biggest one open in the spring to sow its seeds. This year is all the same ones as last year’s, along with some cherry belle radish, more varieties of tomatoes, sunflower seeds, cucumber, zucchini, orange sunburst French Marigold, and a variety of lettuce like romaine, prize head and Boston white ( could use tips on harvesting lettuce seed more efficiently, by far the most painstaking process to pick by hand). For any seeds I collect before the frost comes, i like to do a test sow to get a rough initial germination rate to put on the label for the seed. Cant wait to see how they grow next year. Happy seed saving everyone!

[TheWickerShireProject]

When we save tomato seeds we do it the traditional gross but, effective way.
All the seeds are collected and thrown into a glass jar then water is added. This is the gross part.
You have to let the water and fruit ferment a few days. This nightmare draws in the fruit flies as the fruit coating goes wonky and nasty. The seeds are not affected.
After day 5 to day 7, Once we notice the water has changed a nasty color and scum forms on top of the water.
We rinse off the seeds well under the sink in a metal strainer and let dry on wax paper and then sun dry in a sunny spot for a day or two baking them. Once 100% dry they go into paper breathable envelopes. I'm a much bigger fan of drying beans and peas for obvious reasons!

[wormulous]

The worst is letting something seed and it takes "forever" for those seeds to be viable in a sense. So something like a radish I let go to seed but 3 months later....it was still going to seed.

Parsley, for the love... took FOREVER. But now I have about a billion Parsley seeds.

[SunnyNot]

Ashley, how do you eat those beans? Fry them?

[THEHOMEEDUCATIONSTATION]

Your videos are incredible and amazing for our home education lessons . Thank you so so much. 😊

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Just tuned in. Yay! I want to know. Inquiring minds want to know.

[SunnyNot]

What about peppers? Do you need to wait until they are fully ripe?

[franceshoward]

Really interesting and helpful. I grow tomatoes almost entirely for flavour and that often means hybrid seeds e.g. sungold. So how do you tackle that for seed saving ? I get stuck on it.. One needs to know both parents and to do hybridising? Impossible I think to know the parents . . I save heirloom and open pollinated tomatoes but would love some ideas on how to deal with those difficult hybrids or if it is even possible. I think maybe not unless one has a regime of hybridising at home, very difficult for most of us. What would you advise?

[IAMGiftbearer]

I usually wash the seeds in a strainer or rub them on a paper towel, but I've noticed that with my China Jade cucumber seeds that they dry out flat regardless of which method I use. Does that mean they were harvested too early or not viable or will they still germinate? I have not had this problem with honeydew seeds which look very similar to cucumber seeds. Those stay plump after drying.