I live where there are many Amish and Mennonites. I learned that they mimic nature by slicing heirloom tomatoes, about 1/4 inch thick, placing a good potting soil dirt with peat and sand in it, lay tomato slices all over the mixture covering any open spaces. Then place the pot in a root cellar or dark place (above freezing) for the winter, NO watering. Come spring there will be small tomato plants about an inch high. Now thin plants to bigger pots and start watering. Very easy way to save seeds.
Colonialman. That is a good idea and I can see how it works. The difficulty for most of us is the lack of a root cellar.
Wow!!!
That sounds like something I’d like to try! I’m going to see if I can get hold of some heirloom tomatoes. There’s an elderly couple here who sell fresh produce from their garden, so if anyone would have heirlooms, it would be them.
Are you supposed to also put the potting soil/peat/sand mixture on top of the slices to cover them? Or just leave t hem “as is”?
Ping to Post #22! Brilliant. :)
Thanks for sharing that, Colonialman. I really DO learn something new (or old!) every day. :)