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Re: FERMENT your tomato seeds Re: Massive U.S. food shortage coming – get a backup supply ready RIGHT NOW 

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Re: “Do the following to save your heirloom tomato seeds.”Great tips!

I've actually had very good success with my harvested heirloom tomatoes. Most of what I'm growing this year are 2018 heirlooms in their original packaging. But I'm also growing two types of tomato that I harvested last year, one of which is now 3rd generation.

The marigolds and white chives I harvested last year are also doing well.

The harvesting failures include the frozen tomato seeds, the alyssum, and the hot peppers (jalapeno, tam jalapeno, ghost, cayenne, Poblano, most of which came from peppers given to me by a guy at a garage sale.) - all of which were complete failures The alyssum surprises me the most since I had volunteers springing up like crazy after putting down a bed of them the year before in Virginia. They did all the work themselves, so why wasn't I able to harvest them successfully up here? Mabye it's something Burpee did... or maybe I just have to drop 100 seeds for every plant I hope to grow.

BTW, I made a point of picking up one tomato that grows on vines - which, I think it how you said you prefer to grow them. I also bought a roll of metal screening (used for re-bar) and will cut two 19' lengths with which I'll make two 6' arches. That should give the tomatoes some decent trellises. I'll anchor them with cinder blocks, thus making the trellises sturdy but mobile.







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FERMENT your tomato seeds Re: Massive U.S. food shortage coming – get a backup supply ready RIGHT NOW
By: hydro_gen in 6TH POPE
Thu, 08 Apr 21 7:01 PM 		Msg. 15341 of 60008

DE,

Do the following to save your heirloom tomato seeds.

Take one of the best friuts and cut in half and save the top half and have a BLT or whatever with the bottom. Remove the seeds from the tomato top into a pint size jar with some pure water. Cover with a plastic wrap and keep the wrap in place with a rubber band. Then poke many holes in the plastic wrap and place in the sun to ferment for a week or two.

The fermentation removes the gel sacs surrounding the tomato seed. Scoop everything that is floating and discard. Strain the seeds that are left using a fine mesh strainer and rinse well. Then dump them on a paper towel or newspaper and try to seperate them so they do not dry in clumps. Once dried I put mine in a small paper envelope and write the name and year on the envelope and store in a cool dry place. I started some Kellogs Breakfast from 2015 seeds this year and ALL of them germinated. Your hybrid might produce one or both of the parent strains yet odds are slim it replicates what you remember.

This year I have the Yellow Pear for the 1st time along with Black Krim, Paul Robeson, Cherokee Purple, Mortgage Lifter, German Johnson, Mr Stripey, Rutgers and the Kellogs Breakfast. The Paul Robesons are my favorite and the Black Krim is a close second.

GOOD LUCK.

Stay safe - stay FREE!!!

PEACE

Hydro_gen

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