As a hobby tomato breeder and enthusiast, tomato seed saving is one of my favorite topics! I will show you step-by-step, my complete process of saving seeds--and not just how, but why.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro-Why Save Seeds
01:07 Acquire Ripe Fruit
04:31 Maintaining Genetic Diversity-Inbreeding vs Outbreeding
06:09 Label your Container
06:57 Cutting the Fruit-Beefsteak type
09:47 Adding the Right Amount of Water
11:36 Cutting the Fruit-Pear type
13:49 Cutting the Fuit-Currant type
15:10 Why Ferment Tomato Seeds
16:53 Fermentation Times
17:47 Selecting Different Strains at F3 for Breeding
19:12 Examples of Fermented Stages-Summer
20:15 Examples of Fermented Stages-Fall
21:35 Materials for Washing
22:32 How to Wash Fermented Seeds
30:05 Second Example Washing (with my farm cat)
36:00 Drying the Seeds
38:00 Storing the Seeds
38:48 Viability of the Seeds
39:52 Recommended Resources
Materials Recommended:
Seed Storage Bags 3"x4":
(pack of 200)
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(bulk pack of 1,000)
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Seed to Seed book:
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7 июл 2024
