How To Harvest Tomato Seeds
Tomato seeds usually store well.
How to harvest tomato seeds. Not that its particularly complicated but harvesting seed from a moist fruit like a tomato is a bit different than from a dry seed capsule like a poppy a radish or zinnia. Wet freshly harvested Roma tomato seeds. Label your jars with the variety of tomato you plan to use for each jar.
Spread the seeds onto a folded paper towel and allow them to air dry naturally. Squeeze cut tomato halves over a glass or jar. Store the seeds until spring in a clean glass jar with a tight fitting lid.
You can use the tip of a knife to pick out large tomato seeds from a mass of gel and dry them on a paper plate or make seed discs or tapes by arranging seeds on small pieces of coffee filter paper towel or toilet tissue. I use a piece of yarn tied around the branch next to the tomato as a marker. Harvest or purchase your perfect tomatoes selected for seed saving.
To remove the sac and to help destroy seed-borne diseases put them through a fermentation process. Using the tip of a dull knife or a spoon scoop out the seeds. To get out the seeds start by cutting the tomato lengthwise opposite direction of where the stalk grows.
To freeze core fresh and unblemished tomatoes and. You may cut away the remaining core and pulp for composting or using in a sauce or other food. Heres the step-by-step instructions for saving tomato seeds.
Spread the seed out on paper towels to absorb any moisture in a warm dry location. Each of these methods is designed to remove the pulp and gel from the tomato seed. Place the dried seeds in an envelope or sealed jar.