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#learn this valuable garden skill - seed saving #tomato

Seed saving is an important skill to learn to keep your food supply going for years to come.

Start by choosing your favourite tomato and use a ripe or over ripe fruit. They will have a better guarantee of germination.
If it’s not fully ripe, allow it to sit in the counter for a couple of days.

Cut and scrape off the juice and seeds and use a jar or cup with an open lid, save the remaining parts for cooking. You want to get as much of the juice as possible, this will be use to ferment the seeds and separate it clean from the tomato flesh and seed coating.

NO NEED TO ADD WATER in the jar, I’ve learned that by adding water, it will jump start the seeds to germinate during the fermentation process. I’ve had times when I have forgotten I was saving seeds and pass the 3 days mark, the seeds started to root. Now I just ferment the seeds in its own juice and this hasn’t been an issue yet.

After 2-3 days, you’ll notice a strong smell or a white film on top. If you also notice mold on the top layer, you can remove it easily, the seeds aren’t affected by it.

Rinse with water, remove any seeds and flesh that floats. Repeat until you have clear water. Good seeds will remain on the bottom.

Use a strainer and lay the seeds on a flat container or parchment paper. Let it completely dry for 2-3 more days.

The result should be nice clean seeds which you can store in an envelope in a cool dry location. If done properly, tomato seeds can store for 5 or more years which guarantees you years of tomato supply.

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Never Buy These 5 Seeds Again! 🫛🧄🥔🌼

It’s seed saving September, so this month I’m going to show you how I save the seed of several different plant and flowers. 👨🏼‍🌾👍🏻

But to get started, here’s 5 simple seeds to save that you’ll only ever need to buy once and then never again…

Peas - Even though it’s hard not to eat them all, just select a couple of strong plant and leave some nice looking pods on them to dry. They can dry in place, or once fully mature, I hang them undercover for another couple of weeks and then pop out the peas and store them in a paper envelope or something similar for next year.

Garlic - Garlic is very easy to grow and save seed or ‘cloves’ from for the next year. I harvest and use some of mine green, but let most bulb up, then I just select some of the biggest and healthiest, dry and store them in the tunnel for a couple of weeks and then inside the house until next year. Then I just split and replant the coves next year.

Potatoes - Another easy one to grow, I just save some nice medium sized tubers when harvesting and store them in something like a paper sack in a cool dry place over winter, keep out of the way of mice 🐭👀 and then I just pull green out next year, chit them prior to planting and then pop them back in the soil.

Marigolds/calendula (pot marigolds) - Two in one here as It really couldn’t be simpler to save seed from these very popular flowering plants, just allow the flower to go to seed and dry out then collect, store and save them for next year.

Are you saving seed this year? 😊🌱

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