On 21/02/2015 09:24, Pam Moore wrote:
On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 21:11:58 +0000 (UTC), Judith in England
wrote:

We had a very nice tomato from which I kept all the seeds.

After much rinsing I placed them between sheets of paper towelling. When
they were dry I tried to remove them but some (quite a few) have bits of
the paper stuck on.

I wonder if there are any chemicals on the paper that would affect them -
if so is there a better way?

(There were so many I easily can afford to throw away the papery ones but
it would be good to know.)

I always save tomato seed by spreading them directly onto kitchen
paper straight from the fruit. I spread them out, leave to dry, then
when ready to sow I cut or tear the paper towel around the seed and
plant the whole thing. I've never had a problem.


and the kitchen towel holds a lot of water right where it's needed. I
often germinate seeds between two sheets, with some bubble wrap over the
top. I can then transfer the whole thing to a seed tray or whatever. IME
seedlings don't take kindly to being separated from the paper though