On 4/18/2015 11:54 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:20:21 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

We had some very delicious cherry tomatoes from our local supermarket. If we plant the seeds from those tomatoes, what are the chances of actually getting some of the seeds to sprout, or are the seeds likely to be infertile because the tomatoes are some sort of hybrid?

Oh, indeed, they can sprout and grow, but unpredictably so in both
viability and breeding true.

I am a devoted composter and have gotten great "volunteers" from the
winter's store-bought tomato leavings that have contained seeds in
what has gotten spread on beds come spring.

Boron


Indeed. My aunt had a ragged compost heap of indeterminate age at her house
and by July it was invariably covered by tomato, cucumber, melon and other
plants which popped up on their own. Non-hybrid fruiting plants which don't
produce viable seeds don't last long in a natural setting.