Seeds stil viable from frozen tomatoes?
 

I found a few frozen tomatoes from last year's garden at the back of
my freezer. Assuming the original plants produced viable seeds, would
they still be good after being frozen. I would assume so, since seeds
freeze outside (just not as long as these did, 7 months).



DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener

Seeds stil viable from frozen tomatoes?
 

DigitalVinyl wrote:
I found a few frozen tomatoes from last year's garden at the back of
my freezer. Assuming the original plants produced viable seeds, would
they still be good after being frozen. I would assume so, since seeds
freeze outside (just not as long as these did, 7 months).


They should still be viable, unless you cooked them before you froze 'em.
I don't think the dip in boiling water to peel them will hurt the seeds much.

-Bob

Seeds stil viable from frozen tomatoes?
 

zxcvbob wrote:

DigitalVinyl wrote:
I found a few frozen tomatoes from last year's garden at the back of
my freezer. Assuming the original plants produced viable seeds, would
they still be good after being frozen. I would assume so, since seeds
freeze outside (just not as long as these did, 7 months).


They should still be viable, unless you cooked them before you froze 'em.
I don't think the dip in boiling water to peel them will hurt the seeds much.

-Bob
Nope they weren't cooked, just surplus. The tomatoes just produced
more than I could eat at some point in july-aug and I figured freeze
some for sauce later. I just forgot these few were left.

I've planted them as started and soaked a few to test for germination.
So far (60 hours) none are sprouting.

DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener