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To: Diana in Wisconsin; everyone

beautiful harvest pictures.

BTW, anyone offer good suggestions on saving cherry tomatoe seeds? Any tips very appreciated. So tiny. But mu cherry tomatoes are so delicious I really would love to replant.


15 posted on 09/05/2020 8:30:13 AM PDT by TianaHighrider (God bless President Trump)
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To: TianaHighrider

Yes I save them the way my Dad did. Squeeze out onto a paper towel. Spread if you can. Let dry on a windowsill. Write the variety on the towel. fold up and put in a small envelope and seal. I keep them through the winter in our attached garage (lower Michigan). for planting, just tear off bits of the towel - single ply - and plant with the paper.


37 posted on 09/05/2020 12:07:41 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: TianaHighrider

If only saving a small amount, smear the juice and seeds onto a paper towel and let dry. If saving a large amount, squeeze the juice and seeds into a bowl. You can ferment them for a few days to separate the seeds from the pulp, or mix in a tiny bit of Oxyclean and let sit for 30 minutes. Either way, rinse afterward using a fine-mesh strainer, then spread the seeds on a plate and let dry.

Make sure you label them! If you have more than one variety drying at a time, label them before setting them out to dry. I still keep finding paper plates or little baggies filled with unlabelled seeds, because I assumed I’d remember which was which.


71 posted on 09/06/2020 12:39:25 PM PDT by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: TianaHighrider

Roma tomatoes would be a better choice.


105 posted on 09/07/2020 7:53:02 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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