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[[Image:Hydroponic_tomato.jpg|thumb|left|Tomatoes grown [[Hydroponics|hydroponicly]] on rockwool]]
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==Saving seeds==
  
==Saving the plants from frost==
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===Version 1===
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To save tomato seeds cut out the center, use as  much of the tomato as you can, run the center with seeds thou a sieve in cold 
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water. Use your hands and just water until the seeds are clean of any pulp. Then spread them out on a screen or paper towel to dry. Make sure they're thoroughly dry before packaging. Package in paper and be sure and write on it when what they are and when you saved them.<!--Juli@Canning2-->
  
When the first frost comes, if you still have tomatoes coming along, here's a very easy way to save them.  
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===Version 2===
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Squeeze the seeds in a jar pulp and all and it has to ferment for 3 weeks or until mold grows on top, when that happens you rinse the seeds in a sieve and dry on a paper towel, I was told by a expert you always have to ferment the seeds first.<!--Tess@Canning2-->
  
No need to wrap each one in newspaper. If you have a dry basement or other unused space that will not freeze, simply pull up the tomato plants roots and all, shake off the dirt and hang them upside down so that none of the leaves touch the floor. The tomatoes continue to ripen very slowly, they do not rot, and you can easily see which ones are ripest without having to unwrap a bunch of newspaper.
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[[Category:Fruit]] [[Category:Gardening]]

Latest revision as of 22:41, 11 January 2010

Saving seeds

Version 1

To save tomato seeds cut out the center, use as much of the tomato as you can, run the center with seeds thou a sieve in cold water. Use your hands and just water until the seeds are clean of any pulp. Then spread them out on a screen or paper towel to dry. Make sure they're thoroughly dry before packaging. Package in paper and be sure and write on it when what they are and when you saved them.

Version 2

Squeeze the seeds in a jar pulp and all and it has to ferment for 3 weeks or until mold grows on top, when that happens you rinse the seeds in a sieve and dry on a paper towel, I was told by a expert you always have to ferment the seeds first.