Would I get a crop of tomatoes if I simply use the seeds from a supermarket
tomato? If so, do they need to be dried out first, or can you sow them
while still moist, plucked straight from the fruit?

TIA

Jim

"Jim xzy" wrote in message
. 4.11...
Would I get a crop of tomatoes if I simply use the seeds from a
supermarket
tomato? If so, do they need to be dried out first, or can you sow them
while still moist, plucked straight from the fruit?

TIA

Jim

We have done this for quite a number of years. My wife, a gardener for over
50 years like to experiment and try new ideas. She dries them out on kitchen
paper then depending on the time of year, keeps them safe until next Spring
or sows them straight away. This practice/experiment started when she really
loved some Cherry Toms we had from Safeway/Morrisons.

Don't forget, you can't destroy Tomato Seeds, they even come out the other
side of the Sewerage Treatment plant ;-)

Mike

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Jim xzy wrote:

Would I get a crop of tomatoes if I simply use the seeds from a supermarket
tomato?

You likely will, BUT: The supermarket tomatoes are likely hybrids, and the
offspring may not resemble their parents, and the variety may be better
suited to wherever they were grown as opposed to where you are. Seed is
cheap compared to the effort needed to grow the plants.
Having said that, the method I like for saving seeds is:
Scoop the seeds and pulp out of 1 or more tomatoes and put in a jar.
Add an equal amount of water.
Let ferment in a warm place for a few days (3 or 4; some types may start to
sprout if you go longer).
Add more water, slosh around, and pour off the pulp, leaving the good seeds
on the bottom, then pour the seeds into a biggish sieve. Rinse under
running water, then let dry. You can remove a lot of the water by blotting
the _underside_ of the sieve with a paper towel.
Rub the dry seeds between your fingers to de-clump them.
Voila! Clean ready to use seed.
It's cold and rainy in the American colonies. If it weren't for the
greenhouse, I'd go crazy(-er).

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Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

On Apr 2, 1:26*pm, "'Mike'" wrote:
"Jim xzy" wrote in message

. 4.11...

Would I get a crop of tomatoes if I simply use the seeds from a
supermarket
tomato? If so, do they need to be dried out first, or can you sow them
while still moist, plucked straight from the fruit?

TIA

Jim

We have done this for quite a number of years. My wife, a gardener for over
50 years like to experiment and try new ideas. She dries them out on kitchen
paper then depending on the time of year, keeps them safe until next Spring
or sows them straight away. This practice/experiment started when she really
loved some Cherry Toms we had from Safeway/Morrisons.

Don't forget, you can't destroy Tomato Seeds, they even come out the other
side of the Sewerage Treatment plant ;-)

Mike


Tomatoes are sometimes found in the 'wild', especially on river banks
downstream of sewage outfalls. I remember seeing some plants growing
on an island in the middle of the River Taff during a drought year.
Eventually the rains came and the island disappeared, and the hoped-
for crop with it.
R.

Jim xzy wrote in
. 4.11:

Would I get a crop of tomatoes if I simply use the seeds from a
supermarket tomato? If so, do they need to be dried out first, or can
you sow them while still moist, plucked straight from the fruit?

TIA

Jim

My answer is just sow them, they will come through, well most of them,
eventually.

A better idea is to buy a packet of Gardeners Delight, a growbag and a
watering can, oh and tomato feed.

I get the idea that you like to experiment. I say that because a packet of
tomato seeds costs pennies(less than a pound of tomatoes). I am not
knocking you, I like all this too.

Best wishes Jim.
Baz