Pam Moore wrote:
On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:22:56 GMT, "jim" wrote:

is it possible to grow tomato plants from seeds taken directly
from
a tin of peeled plum tomatoes?

I doubt it, but I grew plants from seed from sun-dried toms, and
have
not bought tomato seed for some years. I just save seed from tasty
toms.

Geoffrey Smith says peach-stones generally survive the canning
process, and will grow pretty true to type. I'd be amazed if a tomato
seed did, though -- and would be rather worried about the safety of a
tin of tomatoes whose seeds were still viable, as it would suggest
the contents hadn't been properly heat-treated.

Mike.