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Saving Tomato Seeds

04 Monday Nov 2013

Posted by joellecole in Gardening

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DSC_0450Some of the varieties of tomatoes I had this year, I just loved!  I had purchased a few organic, heirloom plants at a huge sale around me at the beginning of the summer.  They were $3 a pop, so I hoped that if I loved them, I might be able to figure out how to save seeds to recreate this year’s abundant harvest. My problem had been trying to get seeds separated from that weird, goopy, gross part.  I had tried everything in the past…smooshing it onto a napkin to dry, putting it in a strainer and trying to rinse it.  I just couldn’t get it right.  So I googled how to save seeds and saw a blog post from one of the college agriculture extensions (I’m so sorry that I can’t find that post again to give credit to them).  I followed their simple steps and couldn’t believe how easy it was!  So if you have some tomatoes left from your harvest, try this method:

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