Saving Tomato Seed
1.
Use tomatoes that are edible ripe – NOT overripe or rotting.
2.
Label a
3.
Cut the fruit in half and squeeze the contents into the cup-
seeds, juice, pulp and all
4.
Place the cup in the shade in a covered area outside or in a
garage or shed – it will really smell bad and attract fruit flies!
5.
After about 3 days, once a white fungus layer forms, add
water to fill the cup – carefully remove the fungus layer and discard. Pour the contents into a fine mesh sieve and,
with water running over the seed mass, press with a spoon so that everything
but the seeds passes through the mesh.
6.
Scrape out the cleaned seed, spread onto a labeled unglazed
paper plate and let air dry in the house for about 2 weeks.
7.
Tomato seeds, if stored in glass or plastic vials, will last
10 years or more, even if stored in any room in the house (no need to freeze or
refrigerate).