On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:12:40 GMT, dommy
wrote:

Hi all,

I was planning on growing some tomatoes next year.

What is the difference between the tomato seeds that i take out of a
supermarket bought tomato and ready packaged tomato seeds.

Would it make any difference in yield between the two different type of
seeds. Ie taking seed out myself from a ripe tomato, or a ready bought
packet?

thanks in advnace.


I've usually found that large supermarket tomatoes produce pretty
decent results even though many are probably hybrids.

What I suggest however is that you order some HEIRLOOM tomatoes and
have some fun growing them. You are familiar with red tomatoes but
did you know there are yellow, black, brown, striped, green, purple,
pink and white..etc colored tomatoes? About the only tomato color
that does not exist is blue. There are small grape sized, cherry
sized, regular and beefstake sized tomatoes.

You can order seeds from many places on the internet. There are a
great many varieties to choose from. Don't just limit yourself to
red, try something different and you won't regret it. I recommend
yellow tomatoes.