John saves tomato seeds: Central Texas Gardener

See how to save seeds from your favorite tomatoes to plant next year. John Dromgoole offers two techniques for extracting and drying and explains how to store the seeds until next winter.

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• tomatoes
• gardening
• seed
• saving
• organic

[spiritartman]

Excellent!! Was looking for this for months! Question now is where do I find the first batch of Heirlooms?

[smognote]

love your video!! still somewhat confused. i have a small growing area with early girl/big boy and blondkopchen cherry tomatos. can i save these seeds or did they all cross pollinate? if so can i still plant them to possibly get new varieties? thanks, charles

[peteacher52]

Thanks for that. I didn't know why the fermentation process was necessary. I just squirt the pulp into water, shake it up, change water a couple of times then drain most of it off; suck the mixture up into a plastic bottle with a narrow nozzle ,and squeeze it out gently in rows on paper towels. The casing around each seed is built-in glue, holding in place when dry. Next season plant the whole thing in seed raise mix, then prick the plants out while still small. High germination rate. Peter, NZ

[ROCKGY1]

HI I HAVE BEFFMASTER TOMATO PLANTS I BOUGHT FROM HOME DEPOT THEY ARE VERY HEALTHY AND I WANT TO SAVE THOSE SEEDS DO I USE YOUR METHOD FOR SAVING THE SEEDS . THANKS

[The4LA2Baker0]

thank you so much.

i love heirloom tomatoes but hate paying the inflated prices for them. finding seed was also proving difficult. Now when i plant my garden next year it will be 2x as rewarding. You have made my day.

[juangoglia]

Im doin it !

[goldenacres08]

Thank you so much. This is so simple and will be used this year for sure.

[Throckmorton0003]

Very cool indeed, thank you very much.

[jessgator]

Great information. Very easy to follow.

[1976tazz13]

Thanks John

I have been gardening for 40 years and found your presentaion simple to follow and straight forward with many intresting facts about tomatos and thier seeds. I hope to see more from you.