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Question by chubbylover: Can the seeds of the newly harvest tomato be used as seeds for the next cropping?
I am working on a research about tomato and i want to know what is the best way to keep the supply of the tomato seeds continuous without buying seeds every planting.
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Answer by lovingdaddyof2
So long as the plant is not a hybrid, the current seeds are alright to use. Hybrids are usually bred to be sterile. Keeps the seed producers in business.
Just remeber that the definition of a fruit is a seed pod. So that all fruits can be planted to grow the next crop.
I usually get 3/4 of the seeds for the garden from the previous years crops. Some it just isn’t worth it for to me.
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I know a man who grows beautiful tomatoes. He does his planting by throwing fresh tomatoes into the garden where he wants the plants. It works every year.
Well, how many tomato plants do you need to grow at a time? And… do you need each batch of tomato plants to be the same as the last ones?
Usually the scientific method used for research requires that you change only one variable at a time. So … many tomatoes are crosses. The seeds of these will be some combination of the parents of the original plant. So they wouldn’t be the same, generation to generation.
If you plant heirloom types, you might do better. They are usually open pollinated. But the best thing to do is buy a large packet of seeds. Tomato seeds last me about 3 years, with some lasting 5 and still germinating well. You can get many seasons of plants out of a seed packet, unless you’re planting all 50 or whatever seeds come in the packet at the same time.
we have been doing this for years….we let the ones we want for seeds to fully ripen on the vine remove all of the seeds onto a platter with paper towels placed on it…put these where they will dry out and then the next year you can sow these seeds to grow the same type plant….will not work if you have hybrid tomatoes….we also do this with green beans, peas,watermelons, peach trees, cherry trees,and many others plants..considering the high price of seeds and other food plants it is just cheaper to do this…
You can plant the seeds from a tomato, but they will not produce the same kind of tomato as they came from. It is best to purchase seeds each year from known varieties to get the best yield, as well as disease resistence.
I believe so as long as you keep the seeds infection free
yes, but first make sure that the tomato is well ripe then the seed
is sun dried.then it is ready again for cropping
yes, I just let the leftovers, and mix them into the ground, of course I enrich it with new soil and food, then leave them, the following year I have lots of crop to deal with,
don’tbe afraid to try this, it works and your crop will be better than the first year
I also have done this with passionfruit, it works great as it does with many other fruit and vegs