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Presented by Gabi Masek
2012 Seed Savers Exchange Webinar Series
Tomato Seed Saving
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Our mission is to save North America’s diverse, but endangered, garden heritage for future generations by building a network of people committed to collecting, conserving, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants, while educating people about the value of genetic and cultural diversity.
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Seed saving is the process of saving seeds from open-pollinated fruits, vegetables, grains, flowers & herbs.
Traditional agriculture relied on seed saving to maintain farms and gardens year after year.
When you save seeds from a particular plantvariety, you want those seeds to grow into a plantthat is identical to its parent plants. This trait isknown as varietal purity.
An open-pollinated variety exhibits varietal purityand breeds true from seed; open-pollinated varieties are maintained by allowing a natural flow of pollen between plants of the same variety.
When pollen flows between different varieties within the same species, this is known as cross-pollination.
Cross-pollinated seed is not ideal for seed saving, especially when you want to preserve a variety.
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Is your plant a Hybrid or an OP?
Hybrid plants will not reliably produce seeds that will grow up to be like its parent(s).
Open-pollinated plants can produce seeds that will grow up to be like its parent(s).
Popular Hybrid Tomatoes:Sun Gold, Big Boy, Early Girl, Celebrity
Popular Heirloom Tomatoes:Brandywine, Amish Paste, Black Krim
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fusedanthers
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population size and plant health
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Tomatoes – Solanum lycopersicumTomatoes are seed mature and ready for harvest when the fruits are ripe for eating.
Market maturity = seed maturity
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Tomatoes – Solanum lycopersicumTomatoes are seed mature and ready for harvest when the fruits are ripe for eating
Scoop or squeeze out the seeds into a tallcontainer
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Tomatoes – Solanum lycopersicumTomatoes are seed mature and ready for harvest when the fruits are ripe for eating
Scoop or squeeze out the seeds into a tallcontainer
Add a bit of water to the container, let thewater/seed/pulp mixture ferment for one tothree days as close to 70 degrees as possible.
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Tomatoes – Solanum lycopersicumTomatoes are seed mature and ready for harvest when the fruits are ripe for eating
Scoop or squeeze out the seeds into a tallcontainer
Add a bit of water to the container, let thewater/seed/pulp mixture ferment for one tothree days as close to 70 degrees as possibleStir the mixture daily for 1-3 days. When majority of seed sinks to the bottom of your container, pour off floating seeds, pulp, and any mold, and pour seeds into a colander
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Tomatoes – Solanum lycopersicumTomatoes are seed mature and ready for harvest when the fruits are ripe for eating
Scoop or squeeze out the seeds into a tallcontainer
Add a bit of water to the container, let thewater/seed/pulp mixture ferment for one tothree days as close to 70 degrees as possible
Stir the mixture daily for 1-3 days. When majority of seed sinks to the bottom of your container, pour off floating seeds, pulp, and any mold, and pour seeds into a colanderSpread seeds out to dry on a coffee filter with good air flow. Stir seeds daily. Tomato seeds are dry enough for storage when they break rather than bend under stress
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seed storage
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Thank you! Questions?
2012 Seed Savers Exchange Webinar Series
For more information please visit these resources:
Seed Savers Exchange website: www.seedsavers.orgForum: forum.seedsavers.org
Online Yearbook: yearbook.seedsavers.org
To learn more about seed savingRead Suzanne Ashworth’s Seed-to-Seed
Visit www.seedalliance.org for the free publication, A Seed Saving Guide for Gardners & Farmers